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Ketchuplover
Member
08-30-2000
| Sunday, July 25, 2004 - 3:50 pm
Anybody else chomping at the bit to see this? I hope it lives up to the hype 
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Hippyt
Member
06-15-2001
| Sunday, July 25, 2004 - 3:57 pm
Yes,yes! I love his movies! And,Joaquin is soo pretty!
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Blacksheep
Member
10-18-2003
| Monday, July 26, 2004 - 7:44 am
Yep, can't wait! I've been anxiously waiting for this to come out since spring. I also caught the 7 min. preview that was aired on Friday night (don't recall the network, I was at a friends house and cable channels are different - was on during 'Unbreakable'). It didn't show much but intro'd some of the characters and the premise of the film - looks good.
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Meemo
Member
08-22-2002
| Monday, July 26, 2004 - 1:39 pm
i'm very excited about this movie. i just hope it isn't a disappointment. did anyone catch the movie the Buried Secret of M.Night Shyamalan? it was on sci-fi last week. i caught it about an hour into the movie. it was 3 HOURS long. the secret was that m. night actually died by drowning when he was a child. in a pond that was located on their property and that a little boy had died in that pond before him. so he actually sees dead people. it seemed too much like the blair witch project. i think it's just to get people to go watch this movie.
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Calamity
Member
10-18-2001
| Monday, July 26, 2004 - 1:58 pm
We're there Friday - rain, shine, plot holes, whatever!!! Maybe Shyamalan's movies are more atmosphere than story but I'm still drawn to them. Blacksheep: I also saw the 7½ minutes of The Village footage when ABC aired Unbreakable (a rather lamentably underated movie, imho) a few months ago. The preview wasn't as spooky as the first trailer but still was a little surprising.
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Brenda1966
Member
07-03-2002
| Monday, July 26, 2004 - 2:09 pm
Meemo, the "buried secret" was just a ploy to attract viewers. http://tv.zap2it.com/tveditorial/tve_main/1,1002,271|89590|1|,00.html I've really enjoyed Shyamalan's movies, even Unbreakable which wasn't great, but certainly offered something different. I have high hopes for this film.
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Ketchuplover
Member
08-30-2000
| Friday, July 30, 2004 - 7:47 pm
Save your money. See Manchurian candidate instead.
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Hippyt
Member
06-15-2001
| Friday, July 30, 2004 - 7:53 pm
For real? The reviewer here gave it an A and said it was his best film since Sixth Sense.
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Faerygdds
Member
08-29-2000
| Saturday, July 31, 2004 - 12:20 am
I saw it tonight and loved it! I had it pretty much figured out in the first half hour, but it was worth the trip! 
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Tishala
Member
08-01-2000
| Saturday, July 31, 2004 - 6:53 am
I will agree with KL for once. This was a stinker. It's not scary, it lacks emotion, etc. It's like Shyamalan made his best possible film with the Sixth Sense--undeniably a very good, but not great, film--and he has become more diluted as he goes on. His films since them remind me of using the same coffee grounds over and over because you are low on money: you still end up with coffee, but it gets weaker and less satisfying all the time.
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Calamity
Member
10-18-2001
| Tuesday, August 03, 2004 - 9:39 am
Skipping details 'til more people get to see this... I liked it. It's nowhere near a great film but it does have a number of brilliant moments (I dreamed of the opening credits's bare tree branches silhouetted against the muddy sky *shiver*). Did remind me a bit too often/too much of other stories. Maybe others thought it was just absurd but the part in the woods was rather creepy to me. I've been "lost" in woods that looked exactly like that. I really liked Bryce Dallas Howard & Joaquin Phoenix's performances. Trailers: The Incredibles, Without a Paddle, Friday Night Lights, Ladder 49, and one other I can't remember. And they showed a preview of Father of the Pride, the Siegfried & Roy cartoon from the makers of Shrek.
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Bandit
Member
07-29-2001
| Wednesday, August 04, 2004 - 12:46 pm
Going to see it tonight.
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Egbok
Member
07-13-2000
| Friday, August 06, 2004 - 9:17 pm
Egbob and I saw this film today. Although it's not M. Night's best, I have to give him accolades for making me cover my eyes twice...lol!! I basically had it figured out about halfway through and so my hand stayed off of my eyes and my focus stayed intact as I waited for M. Night's bit part in his movie and he didn't let me down!
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Azriel
Member
08-01-2000
| Saturday, August 07, 2004 - 2:34 am
I agree with Tishala. It stunk and I was really disappointed. I don't want to give away parts of the film to people that haven't seen it. So all I'll say is that I can hang with the supernatural and suspend my disbelief, but their was a part in this movie that had nothing to do with the supernatural that I just couldn't go along with. It was beyond believable and just ruined the whole movie for me.
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Bluebug
Member
01-05-2004
| Saturday, August 07, 2004 - 10:03 pm
i thought it was refreshing to have a movie that wasn't dependant on a monster. In staid of making a movie the same as any other monster flic, he actually used suspense. I also thought it was a pretty interesting idea and a fun movie.
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Tashakinz
Member
11-13-2002
| Tuesday, February 22, 2005 - 8:22 am
I went on a movie binge while I was down with a bug over the weekend and was pleasantly surprised by how much I liked this. It was much better than "Unbreakable" and "Signs"
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Brenda1966
Member
07-03-2002
| Tuesday, February 22, 2005 - 8:55 am
Okay, Tashakinz, I'm adding it to my netflix queue. I really liked Sixth Sence and Unbreakable, but this one got such bad reviews I wasn't sure if it was worth a look.
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Tashakinz
Member
11-13-2002
| Tuesday, February 22, 2005 - 8:59 am
It's not as good as "Sixth Sense" but I definitely rate it as number 2 in ranking the 4 movies.
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Max
Member
08-12-2000
| Tuesday, February 22, 2005 - 10:16 am
Personally, I'd put Sixth Sense first, then Signs (which I liked better the second time I saw it), then The Village, and last Unbreakable. I thought it was well done, cinematically, but the storyline and "message" didn't work for me all that well. It's worth watching, though. 
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Landi
Member
07-29-2002
| Tuesday, February 22, 2005 - 10:19 am
i guess i'm the rare oddity that loves unbreakable. it's one of my favorites. i didn't like the sixth sense, and i didn't get signs at all.
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Brenda1966
Member
07-03-2002
| Tuesday, February 22, 2005 - 10:47 am
It's the "message" part that concerns me and what turned me off of Signs. That movie just seemed like an x-files rip off with a "message". I LOVED Sixth Sense. It really worked for me. I didn't think Unbreakable was that great while I was watching -- it was kind of boring until the one guy revealed what he was doing and then I thought it was very clever and unique. It got big points on originality from me.
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Max
Member
08-12-2000
| Tuesday, February 22, 2005 - 11:02 am
I liked Signs because it showed that even little things can have a bigger place in whatever plan is unfolding in the universe. Who'd a thunk that glasses of water left around could be so important? Part of my problem win Unbreakable had nothing to do with the movie, so I guess it's not really fair for me to put it last without watching it again. After seeing the movie, I came out of the theater and found that someone had broken the window out of my brand new car. Nothing taken, just damage. Kinda ironic considering what movie I was watching! Anyway, most of M. Night's movies require two viewings before I fully "get it", so I should rent Unbreakable and give it another try. 
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Calamity
Member
10-18-2001
| Tuesday, February 22, 2005 - 2:06 pm
Max: Oh jeez, that would be lousy (about your car window, I mean). I liked Signs too even though I could readily see all the flaws in it (most of which I did manage to rationalize in my own mind, lol). If you do watch Unbreakable again, be sure to check out the deleted street carnival scene. It's positively harrowing and heartwrenching. Landi: Unbreakable is a favorite of mine too. I think that makes three of us who appreciate this film, lol. I'm sure that someone else here (Rissa, maybe? not sure so forgive me if that's wrong) told me she also liked this movie back when we were discussing Signs and I brought up both Unbreakable and A.I. as being movies I considered underrated. Although I've never watched A.I again since seeing it in the theater because the ending upset me so much.
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Bluejaxrock
Member
04-23-2004
| Tuesday, February 22, 2005 - 7:30 pm
Loved it! I really liked M.Night's other movies, (tie between Sixth Sense and Signs as to which is my fave) and eventually I will have them all in my "library". The thing I've noticed about his movies is that the more I watch them, the more I appreciate/enjoy them. Like with Sixth Sense, it told you the clues to look for, so of course I had to watch it again...immediately! lol It's been so long since I've seen Unbreakable that all this talk about is sending me to the library to reserve it.
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Babyjaxmom
Member
10-20-2002
| Sunday, April 03, 2005 - 2:34 pm
DH and I just got around to watching The Village last night (I wanted to see it when it was out last summer, but he made me go see Tom Cruise instead--can't even remember the name of it now, that's how over TC I am!). I loved this movie. It kind of reminded me of Blair Witch Project, in that it was creepy, but you never really saw the "monster." I, too, figured it out before the end of the movie, but I still enjoyed it. Bryce Dallas Howard was exquisite! And though I've never previously been a fan of Joaquin's, I loved him in this. The Bonus Features on the DVD were really interesting, too. M. Night said he basically shifted gears halfway through the filming and decided it should be more of a love story than a suspense flick. I thought it had features of both. Loved it!
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Lake_gal
Member
06-09-2004
| Thursday, April 14, 2005 - 11:37 am
I just recently got around to watching this. I had been told it wasn't worth seeing. And I have to admit I didn't really care for it. It was okay, but nothing worth paying to see.
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Hummingbird
Member
08-21-2002
| Sunday, April 24, 2005 - 3:21 pm
I liked this movie, especially the twist at the end which caught me by complete surprise. I did not know that Ron Howard's daughter was such an accomplished actress as I have never seen her before. I hated Unbreakable - such a let-down after Sixth Sense. The train wreck was so bland after seeing the one in The Fugitive with Harrison Ford that was out on video at the same time. I was expecting much more from that movie. It was just silly and boring for me.
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