9th July 2010, 11:33 PM
Why wouldn't you call the Sixth Sense a horror movie? Or the Happening? Unbreakable isn't horror, though, so I'll give you that one. I haven't seen Lady in the Water, but it's probably close (suspense?).
I've only seen snippets of it, but from what I read about Lady in the Water, M. Night writes and casts himself as a writer whose job it is to save all of humanity, which sounds too god damned hilarious. The fact that he also wrote in a critic and killed him off is even funnier. I really need to catch up on this guy. I'm sure his movies are a lot better if you go in prepared to laugh rather than to be scared, or somber, or tense, or whatever.
I'll say this, though, he's at least shown some directional capability. Signs suffered from a stupid ending, but the scene where Mel Gibson and his family are boarded up in their house, fighting amongst each other while simultaneously scared shitless, is some amazing tension and drama. It was worth watching for that at least.
People were speculating that The Last Airbender might be good because he would be directing someone else's script, rather than putting to screen something he himself wrote. 'Guess it didn't help, though.
I've only seen snippets of it, but from what I read about Lady in the Water, M. Night writes and casts himself as a writer whose job it is to save all of humanity, which sounds too god damned hilarious. The fact that he also wrote in a critic and killed him off is even funnier. I really need to catch up on this guy. I'm sure his movies are a lot better if you go in prepared to laugh rather than to be scared, or somber, or tense, or whatever.
I'll say this, though, he's at least shown some directional capability. Signs suffered from a stupid ending, but the scene where Mel Gibson and his family are boarded up in their house, fighting amongst each other while simultaneously scared shitless, is some amazing tension and drama. It was worth watching for that at least.
People were speculating that The Last Airbender might be good because he would be directing someone else's script, rather than putting to screen something he himself wrote. 'Guess it didn't help, though.