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Seil
09-01-2010, 12:21 AM
Supposedly about the Devil. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aINOilb_Kzc)

Let's start with the obvious jokes and work our way up from there, shall we?

EDIT Though I'm interested to see what he'd do with this. Might be worth a look.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/7c/Devil_film_poster.jpg/220px-Devil_film_poster.jpg

Set in an office building, five strangers are riding in an elevator when they suddenly find themselves trapped. After several terrifying and inexplicable events occur, such as the local fire department unable to open the elevator, the people begin to turn against each other when they begin to suspect that one of them is in fact, the Devil.

Isn't the inverted cross actually a holy symbol? Something like Peter didn't feel worthy being crucified the same way as Jesus, so he does it upside down? And he has inverted crosses on his papal seat? Yeah, here we go, the cross of St. Peter. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross_of_St._Peter)

Azisien
09-01-2010, 12:31 AM
I hope the bad guy ends up being M. Night Fuckalon and then the good guys kill him.

And then it turns out to be a home video and not a movie.

I hope he dies.

Nique
09-01-2010, 12:50 AM
Isn't the inverted cross actually a holy symbol?


It's used as an "Anti-Christ" symbol but only in a very secular way - It has really no root in any christian tradition or actual inversion of christian tradition so it's not actually meaningful in anyway. Strangly telling as it's used in the promo poster for an M. Night Soylent Green movie.

Seil
09-01-2010, 01:15 AM
It's used as an "Anti-Christ" symbol but only in a very secular way - It has really no root in any christian tradition or actual inversion of christian tradition so it's not actually meaningful in anyway. Strangly telling as it's used in the promo poster for an M. Night Soylent Green movie.

http://www.letsrollforums.com/Blog/papal-mass-for-youth-per-ewtn.jpg

So what you're saying is that the inverted cross, the Peteran cross, is Holy, and that the inverted crucifix - the one with Jesus on it - is unholy? Got it.

Is M. Night Shyamabama taking the Dante's Inferno route and hoping "public outrage" for the subject matter, or at least the perceived subject matter - even the movie poster - will create low-cost advertising?

Shyria Dracnoir
09-01-2010, 01:23 AM
Is M. Night Shyamabama taking the Dante's Inferno route and hoping "public outrage" for the subject matter, or at least the perceived subject matter - even the movie poster - will create low-cost advertising?

And people wonder why atheists get characterized as petty jerks, at least in America.

On to the movie itself, the concept is interesting, even if the jury's still out on the execution.

Geminex
09-01-2010, 01:42 AM
Oh boy, I can hardly wait for the THRILLING TWIST.
Like, I dunno. THE ELEVATOR IS THE DEVIL!
Or THE FIREMEN ARE THE DEVIL.
Or THE VIEWER IS THE DEVIL.

Art of Hilt
09-01-2010, 01:43 AM
Is this going to be like that one Doctor Who episode
the one where they're on a subway in Toxic Crystal Land and it gets stuck?

Azisien
09-01-2010, 01:45 AM
The grand twist will be the girl in the trailer freaking out for the majority of the movie and nobody can figure out why and as the final shot zooms out on her lying in a twitching, fetal position surrounded by the corpses of those she was trapped with, the camera will zoom into her pupil and you'll see inside her mind. She'll be sitting in a theater watching The Last Airbender.

Krylo
09-01-2010, 01:45 AM
Oh boy, I can hardly wait for the THRILLING TWIST.
Like, I dunno. THE ELEVATOR IS THE DEVIL!
Or THE FIREMEN ARE THE DEVIL.
Or THE VIEWER IS THE DEVIL.

There was no Devil.

It was an angel.

The people in the elevator were evil and being punished by God.

Marc v4.0
09-01-2010, 01:46 AM
It was Angels

Calling it now.

edit: BY ONE MINUTE, YOU ASS

Viridis
09-01-2010, 01:50 AM
Is this going to be like that one Doctor Who episode
the one where they're on a subway in Toxic Crystal Land and it gets stuck?Of course not. Because that was good and legitimately scary.

Kim
09-01-2010, 01:51 AM
The twist is the elevator is just broken and they're all a bunch of douchebags for freaking out about it. Like, they'll all be about to kill each other for being the devil, and then the elevator will just start working and M Night will have fixed the elevator and everything will be cool.

Archbio
09-01-2010, 02:04 AM
And people wonder why atheists get characterized as petty jerks, at least in America.


Did you watch Signs?

Nique
09-01-2010, 02:45 AM
So what you're saying is that the inverted cross, the Peteran cross, is Holy, and that the inverted crucifix - the one with Jesus on it - is unholy? Got it.

Wait. What? No. The inverted cross is not traditionally used as a symbol of evil. It's used as such by stupid metal bands who don't understand what they're mocking - Making it's usage as a symbol of evil ring hollow, much like I'm sure this movie will do.

Professor Smarmiarty
09-01-2010, 03:16 AM
The devil is us. By watching this movie we doom the characters to their trials, if we switch it off they live in blissful non-existence.

Krylo
09-01-2010, 03:19 AM
I think that's a little high brow for M. Night.

Regulus Tera
09-01-2010, 04:25 AM
Maybe the twist is that it's actually a good movie.

synkr0nized
09-01-2010, 05:10 AM
Since he gave this to other people to make, maybe it will be.










No, it won't.

Specterbane
09-01-2010, 07:39 AM
The twist is that all the people are ghosts and the elevator sees dead people.

But really the greatest twist off all would be that there is no twist and that it's exactly what the trailer says it will be. I don't see M. Night Shameless thinking that far ahead though.

A Zarkin' Frood
09-01-2010, 10:05 AM
Isn't the inverted cross actually a holy symbol?
You may have mixed that up with the pentagram (one tip straight down) Which actually is a holy Christian symbol with pagan roots (where it's also holy, it's german name is "Drudenfuß" which reminds me of the word druid. Fuß means foot.). Although, I guess it's not considered holy anymore, as it's used to represent the devil and his horns by some would-be satanists.

You can only see it in very old churches, though, and I assume none in the US are old enough for that. But here in the Europes you may run into a church that has it.

The inverted cross is pretty much just an inverted cross, which, if you don't care for the inverted symbolism can be seen as just as holy as the inverted inverted cross. Alternatively, it might not be considered holy anymore because of so many people using it to show they averted from Christianity. Which I show by not going to church (among with other little things, that don't cost any money, Which means I don't buy metal you can hang 'round your neck)

But don't listen to me, I'm a filthy heathen, and I haven't checked any sources aside from my brain, And I sometimes doubt my brain.

Professor Smarmiarty
09-01-2010, 10:11 AM
No the inverted cross was specifically Christian- Saint Peter requested to be crucified in this way because he didn't think he was worthy of being crucified in the same way as Jesus. That's why the Popes use it on their stuff (Saint Peter being the traditional first pope).
The pentagram has been used by basically every religious group ever- in Christainity it usually means the 5 wounds of Jesus (cause if you stick it on a picture of man it get the ankles, the wrist and the chest)

The Artist Formerly Known as Hawk
09-01-2010, 10:30 AM
Maybe the twist is that it's actually a good movie.

Ahahahahhahahahhahahahhahahahhahahahahahahahhahaha hhahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahhahahahahahahhahaha hahahahhahaha

Ahahahahhahahhahahahahahhahahahahahahahah

*Wipes tear from eye*

Oh wait, where you being serious?

krogothwolf
09-01-2010, 10:42 AM
Dude that would be a good twist! But it's not crazy enough for an M.Night movie. The twist is its gonna all the people in the elevator are angels and M.Night is god who punishing them for siding with the devil! Yeah!

Lithp
09-01-2010, 10:45 AM
And people wonder why atheists get characterized as petty jerks, at least in America.

Err..."public outrage" over religious movies usually comes from religious groups.

Donomni
09-01-2010, 10:51 AM
The twist is that the trailer is fake: The actual movie is a documentary of M. Night Shamalamadingdong which starts with him saying: "What a tweest!"

A Zarkin' Frood
09-01-2010, 10:58 AM
The twist is it's actually a porno featuring your parents as they sire you.
Yes you.

WHY? SOMEONE HAD TO GO THERE SOONER OR LATER!

krogothwolf
09-01-2010, 11:00 AM
The twist is it's actually a porno featuring your parents as they sire you.
Yes you.

WHY? SOMEONE HAD TO GO THERE SOONER OR LATER!

So, that means you've already gotten front row seats staked out?

A Zarkin' Frood
09-01-2010, 11:03 AM
That's why the movie will bomb. Everyone's been there.

EDIT: On the other hand, it probably depicts your most glorious moment in time. Being an orgasm and all.

EDIT2: Note to self: Make an art flick that makes the viewer believe s/he is an orgasm.

RickZarber
09-01-2010, 12:12 PM
He's actually only made 3 movies that end with a Big Twist, so I'm not quite sure why everyone expects one. Far more likely, statistically speaking, is that film will be preachy. Setting aside, of course, the fact that he didn't direct this one.

Still, I don't think Shyamalan is capable of having good ideas any more. Like, physically incapable. I just kind of feel sad for him.

More to the point, why do we even care any more? There are plenty of other shitty filmmakers out there. If we ignore this one, he'd probably go away. :P

Loyal
09-01-2010, 12:18 PM
Because his name is funny and there's no end to the detracting nicknames you can give him.

I mean you can only go so far with "Uwe Boll," even if you mispronounce it.

RickZarber
09-01-2010, 12:29 PM
On that note, I've always felt making fun of his name was slightly racist and have refrained from doing so...

The Artist Formerly Known as Hawk
09-01-2010, 12:31 PM
Oh god I just had a terrifying revelation! The twist is that the movie is actually directed by Uwe Boll and is all about his life, and all the characters are played by him. And there's a cameo with Micheal Bay.. who is also played by Uwe Boll!

Terisse
09-01-2010, 12:35 PM
Personally, I've never really found any M. Night Shanana movies that I've even remotely liked. They come close, sometimes, but then something always happens that really just makes it suck.

More to the point, why do we even care any more? There are plenty of other shitty filmmakers out there. If we ignore this one, he'd probably go away. :P

Because despite the fact that we've effectively ignored him for years, he still won't stop making movies. He's like a zombie; we just haven't cut off his head yet.

Fifthfiend
09-01-2010, 12:59 PM
On that note, I've always felt making fun of his name was slightly racist and have refrained from doing so...

I was gonna agree but then I remembered I'm the same race as him so I'm pretty sure for me it's cool!

Sup M. Night Shyomama, M. Night Shamwow, M. Night ShNAMBLA.

Lithp
09-01-2010, 12:59 PM
On that note, I've always felt making fun of his name was slightly racist and have refrained from doing so...

This is the guy who said "I know the proper pronunciation of Avatar names because I'm Asian."

Tev
09-01-2010, 01:01 PM
This is the guy who said "I know the proper pronunciation of Avatar names because I'm Asian."And then proceded to pronounce them wrong.

Premmy
09-01-2010, 01:07 PM
Because his name is funny and there's no end to the detracting nicknames you can give him.

I mean you can only go so far with "Uwe Boll," even if you mispronounce it.

I think
"You Eat balls"
Is good enough for ten "sham___"

A Zarkin' Frood
09-01-2010, 01:13 PM
I love whenever the discussions on these forums turn towards racism and sexism. It's like watching two kids fighting over candy. Only one of them is black, sorry, afro-american, although british. The other one's ethnicity remains unmentioned, but we assume that he must be caucasian, when in fact, she's not even a he. And suddenly that's important. It always ends with both of them crying, because they can't work out who deserves that sweet candy more.

Premmy
09-01-2010, 01:15 PM
The fact that everyone thinks I'm a guy DOES piss me off..

Professor Smarmiarty
09-01-2010, 01:25 PM
I love whenever the discussions on these forums turn towards racism and sexism. It's like watching two kids fighting over candy. Only one of them is black, sorry, afro-american, although british. The other one's ethnicity remains unmentioned, but we assume that he must be caucasian, when in fact, she's not even a he. And suddenly that's important. It always ends with both of them crying, because they can't work out who deserves that sweet candy more.

Clearly whichever side conquered a 1/4 of the globe. So whoever is both white and british... oh wait.

Lithp
09-01-2010, 01:34 PM
And then proceded to pronounce them wrong.

I think my favorite part is that he was born in India, which means he's not even related to any of the cultures that were actually drawn from for Avatar.

Premmy
09-01-2010, 01:37 PM
I think my favorite part is that he was born in India, which means he's not even related to any of the cultures that were actually drawn from for Avatar.


http://powerofourway.blogs.com/.a/6a00d8341c9a7853ef0105371e37f2970b-800wi
Avatar (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avatar)
Edit for Krogo:
Guru Pathic: (http://avatar.wikia.com/wiki/Pathik)
Chakra Sandwiches (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsXcsO3W2h0)

krogothwolf
09-01-2010, 01:41 PM
Ganesha?

Tev
09-01-2010, 01:59 PM
Ganesha?No elephant head. I'd have gone with Vishnu but he only has four arms and this guy has six.

Professor Smarmiarty
09-01-2010, 02:15 PM
The number of arms changes by depiction, Vishnu can have 6, as can Shiva, Kali, Ganesh, probably some others I don't know.

ZAKtheGeek
09-01-2010, 03:22 PM
The concept seems kind of interesting. Why's it gotta be M. Night? :^(

I'll probably see it anyway. Does that make me a bad person? No; I became a bad person long before this.

Lithp
09-01-2010, 04:52 PM
http://powerofourway.blogs.com/.a/6a00d8341c9a7853ef0105371e37f2970b-800wi
Avatar (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avatar)
Edit for Krogo:
Guru Pathic: (http://avatar.wikia.com/wiki/Pathik)
Chakra Sandwhiches (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsXcsO3W2h0)

You know, now that you mention it, I guess most of the words were derived from Hinduism.

Which...actually causes me to question even more how he can fuck them up so badly.

Seil
09-01-2010, 07:03 PM
I've got to ask - what is it with... uh... I have no idea what to call them.

But there was Phone Booth, there's this "Buried Alive" movie thing coming out (which I think stars Ryan Reynolds) and now this business of a group of people on an elevator? What's up with that?

Also, if it's a group of people on the elevator, and one of them's the Devil, I have to cast my vote for the one that smells of brimstone, won't stop mumbling to himself and rubbing his hands together in the corner, and convincing us that we should all resort to murder and cannibalism.

Oh, and he'll probably have horns or something.

Does anyone think that this movie might be good if they give all the different characters different motivations and cast them as different stereotypes and dress them in certain ways so that once they realize, "Hoshit Satan's here," they can judge people based around looks and the whole movie could be a clever allegory for mans premature judgment of man?

Wait, it's a Shyabamadingdong movie, never mind.

But then again, Unbreakable wasn't bad.

synkr0nized
09-01-2010, 07:07 PM
The movie's being directed by the brothers who did the remake movie Quarantine with the script being written by some other guy. Just pointing that out, again, so they can get the blame or praise they will deserve after this comes out.

Marc v4.0
09-01-2010, 07:12 PM
The movie's being directed by the brothers who did the remake movie Quarantine with the script being written by some other guy. Just pointing that out, again, so they can get the blame or praise they will deserve after this comes out.

Yes, see, THESE PEOPLE have more to do with it being a good movie or a bust

I swear, M. Night could be a Key Grip and everyone would still trash a movie because his name was there.

RickZarber
09-01-2010, 07:19 PM
Even so, it's a story credit, and that is where he fails.

He's a technically proficient director. That has nothing to do with his movies sucking.

I think that if he directed other people's scripts, he might not be so reviled. But no, he has to be an auteur.

Nique
09-01-2010, 08:53 PM
I was gonna agree but then I remembered I'm the same race as him so I'm pretty sure for me it's cool!

I mostly do it becuase I can never remember how to spell his actual name. But yeah I'm white so it's probably racist as hell.

EDIT: Oh look a pun!

Premmy
09-01-2010, 09:35 PM
I mostly do it because I can never remember how to spell his actual name. But yeah I'm white so it's probably racist as hell.

EDIT: Oh look a pun!

Where's that Foghorn picture when you need it?

Magus
09-02-2010, 01:48 AM
My problem with this movie is it's mostly based on this story about this guy being stuck in an elevator for 41 hours (http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=4693690), and then M. Night's like "Now, what if there is more than one of them trapped in there and one is the devil? MOVIE PLOT", and everything stems from this one little gimmick/plot device. Normally this isn't a problem, but your gimmick or plot device has to be workable into a decent film. M. Night Shampoo is good at coming up with unique plot devices and gimmicks, but they don't ever translate into a good film, and half the time are retarded ('cause people on an elevator being attacked by the devil is pretty retarded).

Take The Happening, for instance, where it's like "What if all the plants on Earth started killing people?" You'd probably get kind of far with like, ONE plant tries to kill people, ala The Ruins or Little Shop of Horrors, but when every plant in the world is a killer it makes absolutely no logical sense for people to be able to survive, because the fucking grass would kill you. And even when you could think of situations that make sense (like, say, escaping to Arizona where there's very little plant life, mostly rocks), guess what? M. Night didn't bother thinking of them! It's like he can't do anything decent with his gimmicks after he comes up with them. And that is why you have aliens who decide to attack humanity commando style in single combat and who can be killed by water, which covers 70% of the planet and exists as fog every damn morning.

The problem with this particular gimmick is...everyone's trapped in an elevator. That's a space that's like ten feet by ten feet. You either can't get decent action with that or the extrapolation to where decent action happens takes huge leaps in logic to get to. And thus you have Elevator to Hell (which is a better damn title and M. Night shoulda used it).

Seil
09-02-2010, 02:14 AM
You'd think a movie where the villain was the elevator itself would be better:

http://classic-horror.com/images/the_lift_poster.jpg

...Wait, no. No it wouldn't.

Magus
09-02-2010, 02:28 AM
Pretty sure the elevator being possessed ala 1420 (or whatever that movie with Kevin Spacey was with the evil hotel room) would be cooler, actually.

Seil
09-02-2010, 02:51 AM
You mean John Cusack.

Lithp
09-02-2010, 05:20 AM
Pretty sure the elevator being possessed ala 1420 (or whatever that movie with Kevin Spacey was with the evil hotel room) would be cooler, actually.

1408. According to TV Tropes, the hotel room was just evil somehow.

Yumil
09-02-2010, 05:29 AM
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b0/TheShaftDVD.jpg

Least it's evil because of it's biochip.

Nique
09-02-2010, 05:34 AM
I need to see a 'Shaft' and 'The Shaft' mashup, like, now.

Yumil
09-02-2010, 05:40 AM
I need to see a 'Shaft' and 'The Shaft' mashup, like, now.

There are actually two "The Shaft"s

This one is called Down outside the US...EDIT: And L'ascenseur, niveau 2 in France...yes it's the remake of that one Seil posted.

Geminex
09-02-2010, 07:23 AM
I need to see a 'Shaft' and 'The Shaft' mashup, like, now.

Who's that black private dick
going down to hell in a lift?
SHAFT
Damn righAAAAARGH

Torque
09-06-2010, 12:20 AM
Am I the only one who liked Unbreakable?

Archbio
09-06-2010, 01:01 AM
I liked Unbreakable. The crime fighting sequence is worth watching the rest of the film for.

Premmy
09-06-2010, 02:17 AM
I think most people agree that things got worse with him shortly after Unbreakable, argument exists on if Signs is good.

Fifthfiend
09-06-2010, 02:18 AM
I like to think that Shananarama was good up until the exact moment he decided to end Unbreakable via subtitles. That, right there, is the exact moment where he jumped from making somewhat-decently good onscreen entertainment, to stoopid fucking bullshit.

Archbio
09-06-2010, 02:22 AM
Signs is terrible on several levels.

Argument over.

I mean, the fact that Shamalayan's talent as a director is demonstrated by him making the event of an alien being stuck in a closet into something suspenseful only highlights how terrible the movie itself is.

Marc v4.0
09-06-2010, 02:40 AM
I have a highly irrational and hyper-developed phobia of aliens, that movie can go fuck itself with ITSELF fornicating with an iron rod

GUH

Seil
09-06-2010, 03:15 AM
Unbreakable was awesome, never saw Signs, and I'm surprised no one has mentioned The Village yet. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdhhQhqi_AE)

Marc v4.0
09-06-2010, 03:47 AM
There is a good reason

Torque
09-06-2010, 10:12 AM
There is a good reason

Yeah, it's called "The Village made me almost hate Sigourney Weaver, the most beautiful and talented actress ever, and fuck you if you don't agree!" *Pouts*

Magus
09-06-2010, 07:45 PM
I was going to tackle the idiocy of The Village's premise (you'd have to be rich as fuck to pay FAA enough money to not send any planes over your little nature reserve, which would require a gigantic radius since planes and contrails can be seen for many, many miles), but frankly I had figured out what that movie's twist was going to be from about the first ten minutes of the film and am pretty lackadaisical about hating on such an obviously flawed film. It's like not even worth it. It's not even horribly flawed like Signs, it just has very basic plot holes, like the idea that you can control people with fear of monsters even though there is not one example of a victim provided for them, or that the idea could somehow never come up in the little kiddies heads to create weapons, or that no one ever murdered anybody prior to that (I guess it was because the kids had just started reaching puberty?), no one else has ever needed modern medicine, no one else just defied the elders and went out and did shit prior to that despite all the kids being like twenty when the movie starts, etc.

My main problem with Shyamalayn is his continual assholedness about whether or not the monsters are real. You begin with the assumption they are, which quickly turns into the assumption they aren't after about the first ten minutes. Then you are told they aren't. But then (and I thought Shyamalayn was going to suddenly be clever for once!), you think that they ARE real, because look here's one that looks way more realistic than all the others and is literally trying to kill the blind chick! I suddenly thought the movie was actually going to turn out to be good! But no, it's just the retarded guy, he broke out and stole the one really realistic monster costume from the shack. So now you hate M. Night for being such an asshole by ruining the one good twist in the movie (by negating it), plus adding another plot hole (why would some of the costumes be of lower quality than others? Why is there one really convincing costume?).

There, that is why The Village sucks. I'm surprised I got up the energy for it, it's not even fun to hate on. It's just bad.

rawredy
09-07-2010, 08:43 AM
I have a highly irrational and hyper-developed phobia of aliens, that movie can go fuck itself with ITSELF fornicating with an iron rod

GUH

A few years ago, when I was, like... 12 or something, I can't remember exactly when, my mom decided to watch Signs because she happens to like it and I happened to sit down with her to watch some of it.
Everything was perfectly fine until they got to the news report of an alien in Brazil with the footage that I was all "OSHI-" and fled the room.

That thing scared me.
I'm also pretty sure I'm remembering the right movie.

stefan
09-07-2010, 10:06 AM
Signs is weird in that from a technical standpoint, its quite good. its the plot that makes everything go to shit, and that improves a lot if you consider that the aliens aren't really aliens, they're demons.

Nique
09-07-2010, 02:46 PM
and that improves a lot if you consider that the aliens aren't really aliens, they're demons.

How does that work, now?

Aerozord
09-07-2010, 03:13 PM
Reguardless, if water burns you like acid you probably shouldn't walk around naked in a place where IT FALLS FROM THE SKY

Azisien
09-07-2010, 05:46 PM
Do you think it's possible for this movie to get a 0.8% on RottenTomato? (http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1940892)

This was like therapy for me.

Shyria Dracnoir
09-07-2010, 07:42 PM
IT FALLS FROM THE SKY

You don't even have to wait that long in some places. Now if they had sent the exploratory ships to Florida or midsummer Japan rather than (apparently) the Atacama Desert, things might have turned out very differently.

Seil
09-07-2010, 09:29 PM
Lady In The Water had some good moments, though.

I heard.

Torque
09-07-2010, 09:35 PM
Lady In The Water had some good moments, though.

I heard.

Moments.
Paul Giamatti is the worst lovable good guy ever.

Nique
09-08-2010, 12:58 AM
This was like therapy for me.

Oh man that College Humour video almost made me feel kind of bad for him.

Lithp
09-08-2010, 01:48 AM
Not me. That was hilarious.

"I must be losing my mind of M. Night Shyamalan."

Archbio
09-08-2010, 02:11 AM
Moments.
Paul Giamatti is the worst lovable good guy ever.

What stops Giamatti's role from brightening the film as much as it should is that Shamalayan didn't have Giamatti's character save himself from the monster using his (established) perfect genre savviness. That would have moved the character away from just being a device for pure, unaware wish fulfillement on Shamalayan's part. Like Giamatti could ever play a character one would straight up hate.

Come to think of it, it's like the entire film's target audience was Shamalayan himself.

Hatake Kakashi
09-08-2010, 04:44 AM
Come to think of it, it's like the entire film's target audience was Shamalayan himself.

I find that's the problem with most, if not all, of his work. Strange... I could have sworn the media circus surrounding PeeWee Herman back in the day taught us that pleasuring one's self in the theater was a bad idea....

Magus
09-08-2010, 11:15 PM
And yet Reubens remains popular unto this day. Perhaps Shyamalan should remake Big Top Pee Wee with the final scene being him jizzing in a porno theater? That would be a twist!