For clarification purposes:

I'm not making fun, I'm genuinely curious. Is this over the top action stuff (Flipping out the top of a jeep as it goes off a ramp and hits a helicopter, or, that ancient horse chase scene) typical Indian movies, or are there more?

No, I also don't mean musicals, I mean like actual thrillers, or anything remotely realistic, or is this typical Indian movie culture?

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thx 4 the promote....i always felt that it was a damn shame that this video never got sifted....

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*promote

A Psychic Political Thriller Comedy, with a Heart!

Sadly, that was more intense than most scary or thriller movies that have come out recently.

I find it hilarious that the obvious programing shortcut (or bug, feature) could make it one of the best thrillers the PC has ever seen.

>> ^Drax:

Not to justify that the movie was any good (I still haven't seen it) but all the bad acting, etc was done on purpose. Night assumed people would figure out the flick is an intentional B-Movie, first major clue being the cheesy title of the movie itself.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0949731/faq
"Was this meant to be a B-movie?

M. Night Shayamalan and several other filmmakers, when shooting the film, stated that it was supposed to be a throwback on the 1950s-'60s B-movies, like The Birds and The Invasion of the Body Snatchers. This can be seen on the "making of" feature on the DVD. Another reason why M. Night might've revealed the movie was supposed to be a B-movie the day before the movie came out is because he thought the audience would be smart enough to figure this out for themselves. While some did perceive it as a B-movie (see here) the problem lies in the majority, who expected it to be another horror/thriller."
..now what I'm wondering is did Ant downvote because he knows this too? lol


I'm not sure about this. I haven't seen it either but I recall seeing the trailer which gave no suggestion it was a B-movie. Given his form as a film-maker no one would expect that from him. What we do expect is some stupid twist at the end.
When I think modern B-movie I recall something like Tremors which did the job superbly.

Not to justify that the movie was any good (I still haven't seen it) but all the bad acting, etc was done on purpose. Night assumed people would figure out the flick is an intentional B-Movie, first major clue being the cheesy title of the movie itself.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0949731/faq
"Was this meant to be a B-movie?


M. Night Shayamalan and several other filmmakers, when shooting the film, stated that it was supposed to be a throwback on the 1950s-'60s B-movies, like The Birds and The Invasion of the Body Snatchers. This can be seen on the "making of" feature on the DVD. Another reason why M. Night might've revealed the movie was supposed to be a B-movie the day before the movie came out is because he thought the audience would be smart enough to figure this out for themselves. While some did perceive it as a B-movie (see here) the problem lies in the majority, who expected it to be another horror/thriller."

..now what I'm wondering is did Ant downvote because he knows this too? lol

>> ^L0cky:
Btw, I had schizophrenia between the age of 6 and 10. From this video I can say it was probably far milder than what this little girl is going through. It wasn't a pleasant time in my childhood and it's something I've never shared with anyone. It mostly affected me whenever I felt tired or bored; and always when I was alone. As I had no way to express what was happening and even at that age was aware of how crazy people were treated, I never told anyone. Only at the age of about 17, when reading a psychological thriller novel that happened to be prefaced with a medical description of schizophrenia (rather than crappy Hollywood style split personality portrayals) did I actually realise what I had gone through.
Strangely, and thankfully, it all ended rather suddenly one day when I was about 10. I was alone, and got extremely frustrated and demanded as loud as I could in my head that it stop; then I refused to entertain the thoughts ever again. In the 10 years after I probably felt something like it again on two occasions; both very mild and I just accepted it and it went away in seconds. In the last 10 years I've been completely fine.
/me sharing


Though an active imagination may be linked to schizophrenia, it isn't. I too went through an similar thing with an active imagination from about 3-10: "seeing" animals coming out of the bath tap, "seeing" the visage of death in every dark room, not being able to stop narratives from going on in my mind. And I too, got sick of it and made it stop. But thats not what schizophrenia is.

With a few exceptions, the movies brought up in the video are mostly "guy" movies (ie. action, comic book movies, thrillers). Show me a list of a bunch of chick flicks, and I'll bet most of them would fail a reverse Bechdel test.

kceaton's basically getting at the fact that our sense of reality is a summation of our sensory input, with noise filtered out, and then combined with our ability to estimate missing information; and simulate the near and far future, based on both logic and experience. You get a good sense of all this from optical illusions.

Each of those components are variable, and there's a lot of dependencies in that which would cause your perception of reality at any given moment to differ if changed.

I think the heart of what he's getting at is that if there are so many variables to create a resolved reality, and which can differ from person to person; can we say there is really a single canonical 'true reality'; or are our experiences a personal and fluctuating abstraction?

It also leaves you to wonder what your identity is. I think many people feel that their identity refers to something real and solid; whereas these considerations show serious flaws in that concept.

I believe the filtering, and simulation parts of that process are what we refer to as 'rationale', and are grounded by empathising with others. That gives us reference points for what is sane, and what is noise. I think that's also what leads to social interactions such as fashions and trends; as well as the ability for groups of people to 'drink the kool-aid' and be irrational together.

Btw, I had schizophrenia between the age of 6 and 10. From this video I can say it was probably far milder than what this little girl is going through. It wasn't a pleasant time in my childhood and it's something I've never shared with anyone. It mostly affected me whenever I felt tired or bored; and always when I was alone. As I had no way to express what was happening and even at that age was aware of how crazy people were treated, I never told anyone. Only at the age of about 17, when reading a psychological thriller novel that happened to be prefaced with a medical description of schizophrenia (rather than crappy Hollywood style split personality portrayals) did I actually realise what I had gone through.

Strangely, and thankfully, it all ended rather suddenly one day when I was about 10. I was alone, and got extremely frustrated and demanded as loud as I could in my head that it stop; then I refused to entertain the thoughts ever again. In the 10 years after I probably felt something like it again on two occasions; both very mild and I just accepted it and it went away in seconds. In the last 10 years I've been completely fine.

/me sharing

I agree with our blonde haired Norwegian. I saw I came I left feeling meh, Hit girl is a scene stealer though, there good parts but overall DVD rental.
>> ^rasch187:

Saw this movie a week ago and had a lot of expectations. Ended up being quite disappointed as the film felt very scizophrenic, part comedy, part drama, part messed up thriller. There were some funny scenes and Hit Girl was a lot of fun, but in the end it was far from enough to save this overrated film.

Saw this movie a week ago and had a lot of expectations. Ended up being quite disappointed as the film felt very scizophrenic, part comedy, part drama, part messed up thriller. There were some funny scenes and Hit Girl was a lot of fun, but in the end it was far from enough to save this overrated film.

Far as the horror genre goes, it's pretty standard fare: things jump into the frame accompanied by music cues, the same sort of gore, etc. But as a thriller it's very effective. I'd put it a couple slots below Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978), which is high praise.

I have a feeling you'll like it a lot. Let me know what you think.

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Wow. Good to know. I played the demo and wasn't sure what to make of it. I think I'll give this one a go.

In reply to this comment by dystopianfuturetoday:
Heavy Rain was a great game. It's the first game I've ever played that had narrative on par with a good movie. The twists and turns were excellent and the fact that you can't reload the game if you kill your characters gives the game an intensity like no other. The game also has some very effective sensitive, intimate and emotional moments, which may be a plus or minus depending on whether or not you want that kind of stuff to be a part of your video gaming experience.

I normally don't care for quick-time events, but I found the style of implementation in this game to be very compelling. My only complaints would be that the movement mechanics were terrible (but not in a way that punishes you for missteps) and some of the European voice actors (who were very good) would occasionally slip into European accents, taking you out of the US based story.

This is my favorite game of the year so far, and it's also evidence that videogames are capable of telling interesting, sophisticated stories. Highly recommended for people who enjoy thrillers, crime dramas, mysteries or heavy suspense. It would probably also appeal to people who read books.