<– New York comes to a standstill when word goes out that the city is out of coffee.
Damn. Eyeris stole the headline of my post right out of my mind. Next time must type faster! If you’re wondering what in the world the headline means, it just means this: 85% of it is good.
With M.Night Shyamalan movies, the less you know about it before you watch it the better. When word circulated that it’s about “global warming”, I thought, “What the eff does it have to do with green house gasses?”
Well, it does make sense now. Especially since I did watch something about said phenomena. Oh yes sirree bub, it is true what they can do … but uhm, I’m going ahead of myself.
Since I’m probably one of 1% who liked Lady in the Water, the question, “Is M.Night Shyamalan going to bounce back with this one?” doesn’t really apply to me. But I will say, “Sure. He’s not going to be hot pockets like before, but he’s going to be out of the dog house for a bit.”
Night has always been a superb storyteller and master at building up suspense. And boy is the suspense nail-biting. It’s a movie for our post-9-11 world (what, that again? Yes, unfortunately and fortunately), and there is an eerie scene that will remind you about the events that happened before the towers collapsed.
Ack, I’m saying too much already.
It wasn’t devastatingly apocalyptic like The Mist was though. My lawd, that movie’s last scenes gutted me. I was screaming along with Thomas Jane! You want to watch a slit-your-wrist-after-watching-it end-of-the-world flick? Go for that one.
This one? Well, you seelah …
But yes, this one is a crowd-pleaser. None of that experimental shit (to 99% of viewers at least) that happened in Lady in the Water. Less narcisstic too. Thank God. Does Night make an appearance like he did with all his movies?
Well, let’s just say it’s a blink and miss it scene. LOL. Just read the credits carefully, dudes.
Rating: 3.5
hey i liked Lady in the WAter too. and almost all his other movies too actually. hehe