Red Liquorice
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Jackie Brown is a great movie, but it does feel very similar in tone to Pulp Fiction. So it's not a sequel, but it's got that same feel.
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Samuel L. Jackson talks M. Night Shyamalan
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John Dunbar
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based on that bit the interviewer is terrible. "Signs was OK", "I thought it was OK", "People liked X", what the fuck.
HAHAHAHAHA...yeah...no... There was a multi-page thread about the After Earth trailer and all he posted were pr posts with links to youtube.
Escape Goat
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Neuromancer
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Signs is my favorite M. Night movie. Also what thing in the cornfield?
the corn
I never bought the idea that the slow lumbering naked green things were ever a global threat. I think the NRA can probably deal with them by themselves.
The greatest twist is going to happen in the far future, when the people of the future determine that "The Last Airbender" was a landmark film, due to a labeling error saying that it was made and released in 1976 and therefore deducing that it inspired every subsequent film in history.
They were great at karate though, that's the thing.
OpinionatedCyborg
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Considering Sam Jackson starred in Whitta's Book of Eli, he may be in an M Night film sooner rather than later if a Whitta-Night partnership develops.
That was Denzel son.
Cereal KiIIer
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Jackie Brown > Pulp Fiction
djplaeskool
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Jackie Brown was, indeed, outstanding.
DonasaurusRex
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holy shit black people must really all look the same to you...or im missing something HUGE in the book of eli....jk im sure it was an honest...mix up i guess...lol
Karsticles
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Respect to Jackson for the honesty.
Wow. Really?
PhoenixDark
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What? He worked with Jaiquin Phoenix twice too.
yep
i'm a little disappointed that quentin was hurt by its lack of popularity, it was fucking amazing
-Pyromaniac-
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Rekki-Maru
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stealth troll? nice choice of film lol
wasn't the policewoman from signs in the village as well?
I thought Signs was great too. The Happening was okay. But Unbreakable was the best movie Shyamalan has directed/written.
Adam Scott Aukerman
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Yeah, sounds about right, with the exception that I really don't think the Internet would explode itself over an announcement of Unbreakable 2.
TheJollyCorner
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the reactions to this post have been worth this entire thread. lol
shira
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There is no room for ANOTHER superhero movie. And there is already enough spoof/realistic comics too.
What studio would do it? Warner/Fox/Sony/Disney all got their franchises.
Rocket Punch
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That's a very honest and sound analysis. I'd love to hear him break loose on the Star Wars prequels. Not because I hate them but because you can tell he really know his stuff and can stay grounded and detached to provide an honest critique.
EDIT: Oh shiet. He does talk Star Wars. Off to read.
EDIT2: Well He clearly liked the prequels otherwise he wouldn't want to be in the new ones. I agree Mace should have survived. In my mind he did
EDIT: Oh shiet. He does talk Star Wars. Off to read.
EDIT2: Well He clearly liked the prequels otherwise he wouldn't want to be in the new ones. I agree Mace should have survived. In my mind he did
The point is regardless of the studio, it would make news.
Liquidsnake
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Well I enjoyed the Village a lot. Unbreakable 2 would be a dream. Shamylan has an impressive resume as a whole, but Lady in the Water and the Happening really turned me off. I couldn't finish Last Air Bender.
SCULLIBUNDO
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If Sam Jackson thinks Killing Them Softly was trying to be Pulp, then he's an idiot.
plagiarize
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My brain. It hurts. Your opinions do not fit inside my comprehension of reality. NNNNNGH.
near
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Not that it's trying to be Pulp Fiction, but it has a similar tone to it that it doesn't pull off well.
MWS Natural
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One thing M. Night has on everyone including Tarantino is that his movies are almost always really original. They may not be good but they are very unique/original.
While Tarantino picks a favorite genre of his and mashes it up to make a movie.
Now is Tarantino a better director/movie maker? No doubt about it but M. Night is still better than the 99% of other shit directors in Hollywood.
While Tarantino picks a favorite genre of his and mashes it up to make a movie.
Now is Tarantino a better director/movie maker? No doubt about it but M. Night is still better than the 99% of other shit directors in Hollywood.
Kitschkraft
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Although I don't tend to hate Shyamalan as much as most people, I love Jackson, and I love the fact that he's just talking casually in an interview.
I really liked Signs. I understand the issues people had with it, but I just love living through that entire ordeal with that family. I felt like he nailed that aspect of it.
I like The Village pretty much until the twist...
LitW was him feeling himself WAY to much. I sorta like the idea behind it (Modern Fairy Tale I guess?), but man oh man did he have some Lucas type shit in that.
The Happening is one of the all time great comedies. It's up there with Nicolas Cage's Wicker Man.
I really liked Signs. I understand the issues people had with it, but I just love living through that entire ordeal with that family. I felt like he nailed that aspect of it.
I like The Village pretty much until the twist...
LitW was him feeling himself WAY to much. I sorta like the idea behind it (Modern Fairy Tale I guess?), but man oh man did he have some Lucas type shit in that.
The Happening is one of the all time great comedies. It's up there with Nicolas Cage's Wicker Man.
Tim the Wiz
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I love this movie and mostly agree. It wouldn't have to be HORRIBLE, but I don't see it as this great tragedy that it'll never happen.
If a good movie works on its own, there's no need to mourn the unborn follow-ups.
Wow, are you blind or something?
Anticitizen One
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Pulp Fiction isn't even that great. It's just OK.
I've always found this kind of weird. Sixth Sense and Unbreakable had twists. I guess The Village did too. But otherwise, his films really didn't have them. Sometimes you read people talking about Signs or Lady in the Water or even The Happening about how stupid the twist was and... no shit, there was no twist. I'm not sure it was so much Shyamalan who got caught up in the idea of twists as it was the audience when they saw his name.
Not that I'm defending the quality of his later work. It was definitely largely downhill for him. The Happening and TLA in particular are pretty much indefensible. But Sixth Sense in particular will always have been fantastic.
Ignatz Mouse
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I know a lot of people got that twist, but I was not one of them.
However, what makes that a great movie isn't the twist at all. It's the fucking tragedy of Bruce Willis' character. M. Night fixated on the wrong aspect, because that's what everybody talked about.
SCULLIBUNDO
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That was Lawrence Fishburne.
Forsaken82
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I think Sam Jackson needs to rewatch Deathproof.
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