If he didn't make them, people wouldn't even say most Shyamalan movies had a twist

Odradek

Discuss

Obā-san

was there a twist in Airbender?

i didnt see the whole thing

Anonus

naney said:

was there a twist in Airbender?

i didnt see the whole thing

the twist was that it was a massive waste of time

Obā-san

it's not a twist if it is patently obvious from within the first 5 minutes

Klinotaxis

the film of his i've seen all the way through is the village

so

Odradek

Signs: No game-changing twist

Lady In The Water: No game-changing twist

The Happening: No game-changing twist

The Last Airbender: No game-changing twist

Devil: No game-changing twist

After Earth: No game-changing twist

The Visit: No game-changing twist.

That is most of the movies he's made at this poin.

Bee

Odradek said:

Signs: The aliens were completely fucking stupid all along!

The Happening: You could outrun air and stop it with shitty wooden doors all along!

The Last Airbender: I guess some of the overblown bending dances vaguely resembled The Twist.

Odradek

Not game-changing.

Calica

lady in the water's twist was that the most important person in the world is actually the author insert

Odradek

Odradek said:

Not game-changing.

Imipolex G

why does it have to be game-changing?

Odradek

Because that's what people mean when they say Shyamalan twist.

Otherwise people are acting like twists on the level of "The force exists and Luke uses it to blow up the death star" are something only he does.

Imipolex G

that's not a twist at all.

Imipolex G

are you trying to defend one of our most sacred punching bags?

Odradek

are you trying to defend one of our most sacred punching bags?

Alduin

Odradek said:

Because that's what people mean when they say Shyamalan twist.

Otherwise people are acting like twists on the level of "The force exists and Luke uses it to blow up the death star" are something only he does.

Imipolex G said:

that's not a twist at all.

Alduin

or have you known people who have disappeared into thin air upon death

Salix Babylonika

i think the reason that people rag on Shyamalan is less that he's a bad director (which he is, mind you) and more because his last name is non-European, and therefore, "funny".

Section42L

It doesn’t help that The Sixth Sense feels like the epitome of something that worked on shock appeal when it first came out but just hasn’t aged well since.

Alduin

queenpoison said:

i think the reason that people rag on Shyamalan is less that he's a bad director (which he is, mind you) and more because his last name is non-European, and therefore, "funny".

Nnnnot really. Quentin Tarantino's last name gets made fun of a lot too.

Salix Babylonika

Acererak said:

queenpoison said:

i think the reason that people rag on Shyamalan is less that he's a bad director (which he is, mind you) and more because his last name is non-European, and therefore, "funny".

Nnnnot really. Quentin Tarantino's last name gets made fun of a lot too.

I have never heard anyone make fun of Tarantino's last name.

I have heard "M Night Schlamadamadingdong" like 30,000 times in my life.

Alduin

Odradek

queenpoison said:

Acererak said:

queenpoison said:

i think the reason that people rag on Shyamalan is less that he's a bad director (which he is, mind you) and more because his last name is non-European, and therefore, "funny".

Nnnnot really. Quentin Tarantino's last name gets made fun of a lot too.

I have never heard anyone make fun of Tarantino's last name.

I have heard "M Night Schlamadamadingdong" like 30,000 times in my life.

Calica

Acererak said:

Calica

queenpoison said:

Acererak said:

queenpoison said:

i think the reason that people rag on Shyamalan is less that he's a bad director (which he is, mind you) and more because his last name is non-European, and therefore, "funny".

Nnnnot really. Quentin Tarantino's last name gets made fun of a lot too.

I have heard BoJack Horseman, and nobody else, make fun of Tarantino's last name.

I have heard "M Night Schlamadamadingdong" like 30,000 times in my life.

fixed for my personal experience

Princess Alice

Section42L said:

It doesn’t help that The Sixth Sense feels like the epitome of something that worked on shock appeal when it first came out but just hasn’t aged well since.

The thing about Sixth Sense is it's, well, a one-trick pony. If you already know the twist--which at this point we all do--it loses its one and only gimmick.

Crystal

I don't.

Princess Alice

Crystal said:

I don't.

That genuinely surprises me, since it seems to be up there with "Darth Vader is Luke's father" in terms of twists that have become common knowledge

Obā-san

M night shyamalan has never made a good movie, they range from "mediocre" to "god awful", and no people expressing their subconscious racism through mocking his last name are ever going to change that

Calica

Central Avenue said: Crystal said:I don't. That genuinely surprises me, since it seems to be up there with "Darth Vader is Luke's father" in terms of twists that have become common knowledge



same.  Actually, I suspect you might know it without knowing it's related to The Sixth Sense.

Odradek

naney said:

M night shyamalan has never made a good movie, they range from "mediocre" to "god awful", and no people expressing their subconscious racism through mocking his last name are ever going to change that

Okay

Calica

odradek can you just skip ahead and tell the story about how jjba spoiled the sixth sense to half of japan

Odradek

This chapter came out before The Sixth Sense was widely released in Japan

Odradek

I liked the part of the Village before the twist.

*naney swoops in to be pointlessly contrarian again*

Obā-san

no that was good

Obā-san

but the twist fucked it

Obā-san

also Signs was probably good but I am soured on it because during a drinking binge my mom watched it like 50,000 times and made us all watch it too

same wrt Bridget Jones's Diary

Salix Babylonika

why would anyone do that to a person

Obā-san

because you are drunk and want to have "fun" with your kids obvs

Bee

I assure you, your experience with Signs would probably be improved greatly by alcohol, with best results occurring when you pass out and all the poor schmucks who are still awake draw crop circles on your face in revenge.

Obā-san

ok

Alduin

I have a confession to make - the only Shyamalan movie I've ever watched is After Earth.

Calica

Acererak said:

I have a confession to make - the only Shyamalan movie I've ever watched is After Earth.

i've heard shyamalan is actually the least bad part of that movie really

Alduin

Yeah, it was mockable because it was one big-budget Will Smith vanity project.

Tachyon

i don't think that finding foreign-sounding words funny is racist

it's an insensitive thing to make fun of but the humour derives from the unfamiliar syllables and the absence of apparent meaning

Tachyon

Also, i'm slightly annoyed that i know the twist from The Sixth Sense

spoilers are stolen experiences, knowing twists in advance does not ruin a good film, but being surprised by a well-foreshadowed twist is one of the most emotionally satisfying experiences for me as a viewer

When i say well-foreshadowed i really mean consistent with everything prior, it should be sufficiently telegraphed that someone might spot it, but not so well telegraphed that everyone will

Crystal

Oh, so that's what the twist is. It sounds vaguely familiar, definitely heard it at least once. It doesn't strike me as very twisty, for some reason.

Gonna keep watching the movie though.

Odradek

Tachyon said:

i don't think that finding foreign-sounding words funny is racist

it's an insensitive thing to make fun of but the humour derives from the unfamiliar syllables and the absence of apparent meaning

Okay, but he just randomly decided his middle name should be "Night"

And people give him a pass

because they want to make "hahah foreign names are funny" jokes

Tachyon

Point.

It could be racism, i guess.  Never thought of it as such, though.

Obā-san

I don't think most people know he chose his own middle name, because that isn't something that usually happens

knowing that it is kinda funny

Odradek

Brian Raven DePalma's "Carrie"

Alfred Haunting Hitchcock's "Psycho"

Stanley StanIsTheMan Kubrick's "The Shining"