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CGI gets really bad at the end
The fact that people so desperately want Baldwin imprisoned
College open on Christmas day?
This looks so bad
Why are so many of the biggest anti-woke critics...
John Carpenter on Letterboxd
Steals music from The Car (1977)???
Former Scientologists Reveal Tom Cruise's True Character
Why is this movie so ugly to look at
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I just watched it and I think you're onto something with the "some things are just beyond our understanding" notion. Maybe the plants aren't meant to be taken literally. However, I think Shyamalan was confused by his own message or something. There are quite a few shots where the plants are ominious, like one shot at the end where the trees move in the wind almost like Kaiju monsters.
I think maybe what Shyamalan was going for was that there IS an explainable understanding as to why the Happening happened, but us humans are too stupid to recognize ourselves as the problem. The shots with the nuclear powerplant is my main evidence here. I think Shyamalan was also going for a "love conquers all" message; people seem to die most often when they're angry or frustrated, like the group arguing in the field, the two teens, and the mentally ill old lady. The gas seems to spare people when they're acting out of love, like the married hippie couple who ultimately get shot by the soldier, and the scene at the end. Even John Leguizamo seems normal at first, and he was trying to calm a stranger down when the gas hit. But there's also a few times where this seems inconsistent so who knows.
I think maybe the idea is that God, or some 'unexplained phenomena' gave plants the ability to act in self-defense for a day before taking it away.
I'm voting for someone who's actually level-headed and not a mindless bully.
For anyone but Trump
I agree, it's certainly some of his finest music. This, Vampires, and Prince of Darkness are some of his best scores that often get overshadowed by Halloween.
It was only rude to someone who's mentally ill or extremely insecure. Either way, she did not have to treat the interviewer so poorly. I mean, who gets offended when someone asks you if you liked wearing the period piece outfits for a movie? "I wonder if she'd (the interviewer) ask the men if they liked wearing the clothes? Hmm, probably not." Cmon, how insecure.
He was big on the indie comedy scene for about a decade, and was considered one of Aussie/New Zealand's best directors. Then he broke into the American mainstream with Thor: Ragnorok and quickly skyrocketed to the top because he already had a huge overseas fanbase that was now combined with the massive MCU fanbase. I agree that Jojo Rabbit is good but nowhere near one of the best films of the decade, or of all time, but I imagine a lot of that admiration just came from Waititi fans ready to accept the film no matter what. But after that, it became apparent that he was just a sellout and a one-trick pony.
Just imagine an alternate timeline Wes Anderson who, after making Life Aquatic, decided to make Batman Begins or something, then began acting in everything before going back to his quirky indie movies, except in this timeline everyone grows to hate Anderson because they're sick of seeing him.
Oh yeah, love the way she's always so passive-aggressive and overanalyzes normal questions as insults. Very sweet person indeed.
She's been very spiteful and vindictive lately and most of it appears like it's her fault. Like accusing the director of It Ends With Us of "fat shaming" when he clearly wasn't, even from her account.
Well, she has a bigger butt and nicer tits than Lively. She's also a much nicer person than Lively too. And a better actress.
You're totally right. This felt like a $5 million direct-to-demand action movie you'd find in the Walmart bargain bin. Could not believe this was a $65 million studio theatrical blockbuster. I do remember seeing one or two trailers in theaters before other movies, but I don't remember it coming out. What the hell happened to that money?
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