Films/DVD Asylum

Posted by mpathus (A) on June 15, 2008 at 17:48:33

In Reply to: RE: The Happening: Night, turn in all your guild cards posted by mr grits on June 13, 2008 at 19:34:21

I haven't see it yet, and by the consensus it looks like I will have to prepare for it.

I've seen "The Sixth Sense", and "Signs".

It seems to me Shyamalan practices a different type of vision and places greater value on message rather than "art" or viewer manipulation, although there is beauty in his shots. He's like the complete opposite of Hitchcock.

"Signs" was so subtle I needed to see it a few times to come around from expecting to be wowed, surprised or shocked, to simply pacing my own expectations to sync with the film's purpose (like a meditation): to open my eyes to the subtlties of the strange or miraculous in apparently everyday occurrences.

I agree with the observation that repeated viewing isn't the formost after seeing a Shyamalan film, but he must intriguing or why would so many knowledgeable posters here not just skip it?

Also, he may have had more editorial support on his first projects.

Thoughts?

Edits: 06/15/08