was a bag of balls. it actually went beyond sucking and into the realms of severely pissing me off and and sending me into a tronyn-esque rant mode ;)

as for his other films i agree with sleepy, i liked signs (disregarding the terrible ending) and thought sixth sense & village were alright, but not a fan of his other stuff. i actually thought the others was one of his too prior to reading the above :Z 

Unbreakable made me angry too, it was so goddamn pretentious! Look everyone; this the new movie of the wunderkind! What an asshole. 

I like all of his movies, especially unbreakable! ;-)

Signs and Lady from the Water took a second watch to appreciate them, though. And Village sucked for everyone who had been watching the trailers and went into the movie expecting something horrorish.

I think he really excels at portraying the characters. His movies, and Signs in particular, are character portraits before anything else, or at least I see them as that (and enjoy them greatly).

I guess the movies suck if they don't succeed in making you care for the characters, but well, that's the nature of character heavy plots, isn't it? 

They all are movies that have protagonists defunct in one way or the other; what makes them interesting is how they show the way these characters interact and react to the world around them (and why), and that good (or particularly evil, e.g. in The Village or Unbreakable) can come from their defunct reactions. In that way, his movies seem to care deeply for all of their characters, even the evil ones.

I don't think his movies have a message more focused on one particular thing, like "meaning of life" or something like that. At the very least, I choose to ignore it ;-) 

It's no news that you like pretentious artsy stuff. 

It's pretending to be artsy. And his characters really aren't very deep, are they? I like Signs because it is suspenseful and is about an Alien Invasion / End of the World scenario, and I always like that. I also like that it tells the story of an apocalypse (or prevention thereof) from the perspective of a small family that lives way off the map in some rural area. It's a cool idea. 

but as sleepy says, I think he thinks they're artier than they actually are (well the scripts anyway).

But I still stand by his skill as a director, particularly a suspense director.

The plot of Unbreakable is balls, the rest I actually quite like. 

Rocks. Great ghost story. Continually creepy and intriguing. Like the way "good vs bad" pans out, or not as the case may be. 

I get where Nitin is coming from - there is something approaching sterility in the movie... something like, working too hard to fit the 'classy ghost mansion horror' tag I labelled it with, maybe?

Still, I own it, like it.

Hate the village. Ham fisted.
Signs was okay, but yeah, the ending - those endings... also, hate his cameo in that movie.

also, was thinking of this today

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLMyInUPQ2g 

it has good parts :)

Trying too hard might be what I was annoyed with, I honestly cant remember (I could check my func review but cant be arsed right now).

Btw, for those that like The Others, The Innocents is worth a watch. I prefer Others but your mileage may vary. Innocents definitely looks classier and is a very good film. 

yeah now that I think about it I think I kind of talked it down earlier in this thread... 

Speaking of 80s slasher crap, anyone seen C.H.U.D.? Its been on my wanted list for a while but I can't find it anywhere. Is it any good? 

cinemageddon 

That's where I saw it.

Good cheesy horror vibe, really bad d�nouement (awful foreign accent mark added for czg's sake.) 

czg is this your channel?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4r7wHMg5Yjg&feature=player_embedded 

Saw this movie tonight, was pretty damn beautiful. I'm not generally one for artsy foreign movies about the growing pains of a young girl, but I must say this was excellent.

Westerners have no problems compared to little Iranian girls =/ 

 

Waltz with Bashir makes a good companion piece even though they are nothing alike. 

Waltz With Bashir is fucking amazing. Incredible concept too.

The Battle of Algiers is a must watch for everyone btw. Won't real off a load of stuff about it just read the wikipedia article :)

The Battle of Algiers (film) 

is one of the greatest films of all time. Need to see it again, might pull it out this weekend. 

Salvatore Giuliano would probably make a good one with Algiers. Might try it :) 

I think Tronyn mentioned this earlier, good film for sure and I dont think I'll forget that chainsaw scene in a hurry. 

I'd cry too. jesus. that's a totally different view of the south - I don't imagine it that way now, but maybe in the 30s or something. anyway john hawkes and jennifer lawrence led an amazing cast. it was convincing, however real it might or might not be. 

Little Fockers: rubbish. 

its based on a book from someone who lives in the Ozarks. I'd say there's a good chance it's happening right now.