I disagree. QT knows exactly what he is doing. Some of his films are dialog driven (Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, Jackie Brown) and some are genre and/or action driven films (True Romance, Kill Bill, Inglorious Basterds). I have no doubt he is capable of writing another Pulp, and that one day he probably will, but for now he is doing high-art pastiche of the classic exploitation dramas he grew up with. This is not to say that these action films are less good than his dialog films, they just have different aesthetic criteria.

He is much like Speilberg in this way, if polar opposites in dialog and style. Speilberg has his serious movies, and he has his homages to the serial action films of his youth.

Prediction: Eventually Quentin will eventually get his fill of action films and create another magnum opus, and likely get himself an Oscar in the process. I would absolutely love for him to take his favorite film of recent times, Battle Royale, and make an American-culture-specific version - not a remake of the film, but a remake of the concept as it would occur if it played out with American high schoolers.

Also, comparing QT to Shayamalan is blasphemy. Even Shayamalan's best work was an average film with a great twist. Shayamalan has never shown even an ounce of the writing or directing skills that QT has. Take it back. TAKE IT BACK!!1!>> ^lucky760:

Win.
I no longer have any confidence Quentin will make another Reservoir Dogs- or Pulp Fiction-caliber film, and I've made my peace with that, but I will still eagerly await every one of his new projects with fervent anticipation.
(I just hope he never descends as far down as M. Night Shyamalan.)

Win.

I no longer have any confidence Quentin will make another Reservoir Dogs- or Pulp Fiction-caliber film, and I've made my peace with that, but I will still eagerly await every one of his new projects with fervent anticipation.

(I just hope he never descends as far down as M. Night Shyamalan.)

...directed by M. Night Shyamalan

I'm now pretty sure parrots are in cahoots with satan because that sounded so evil. Also M Night Shyamalan should do a film about a parrot that is copying the conversations of people in the future, through its conversations its owners discover the world is going to end and then try and escape the inevitable, the final twist is that it was all the parrots dream but as it wakes up it starts saying a weird alien language.

>> ^thinker247:

You're a credit to your kind.
>> ^smooman:
[...] sucked termite ass. [...] blew chowder. [...] shit-tastic movies.
[...] with m night shit [...] turd filled [...] dropped a steaming deuce [...]
[...] crap movies, [...] more crap movies.



the "pretentious, potty-mouthed, amateur movie critic" kind? you caught me!

You're a credit to your kind.
>> ^smooman:

[...] sucked termite ass. [...] blew chowder. [...] shit-tastic movies.
[...] with m night shit [...] turd filled [...] dropped a steaming deuce [...]
[...] crap movies, [...] more crap movies.

Well he can play a support once in a blue moon, but he CAN NOT carry a film on his own. I still get pretty twisted up when I recall of Planet of the Apes. Yes I blame Burton as well for his casting an actual ape to play lead, alongside greats like Helena Bonham Carter and Tim Roth. Bottom line Mark Walberg Ruins Films more often than not. Someone dispute this!
>> ^RedSky:

He's quite an inconsistent actor but when I see him nail roles like in The Departed, it makes me wonder if he's just terrible at picking scripts and in this case directors.>> ^rosekat:
Mark Wahlberg is the other thing people hate about it. And in general.
>> ^swedishfriend:
The Happening had the least ridiculous premise of all his films yet that is what people hate about it. The wind noises was the ONLY thing wrong with that film! Fuck anyone who thinks otherwise!

>> ^swedishfriend:

The Happening had the least ridiculous premise of all his films yet that is what people hate about it. The wind noises was the ONLY thing wrong with that film! Fuck anyone who thinks otherwise!


My friend pointed out that the problem with "The Happening" was that it showed too much, i.e.: the scene with the guy getting his arm torn off by lions. Or the guy getting shredded by the lawnmower. Knowing that it happened is suspenseful but the scenes actually wind up looking really cheesy in the end. If you watch it with that in mind, they become laughable.

On another note: I'm convinced that I liked "Signs" for the simple reason that people boarding up their house reminds me of "Night of the Living Dead".

The Happening is the most unintentionally hilarious movie ever. It's a bunch of people running from the wind because the trees are releasing a toxin that makes people kill themselves. Oh, and Marky Mark is supposed to be a smart guy.

If you try to take it seriously, it's impossible to like, but if you look at it as the most ridiculous B movie about the environment ever... it can be slightly enjoyable.>> ^deathcow:

wtf is she talking about with the trees thing

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Inception was not that good a movie IMO - too contrived, too simple a concept trying to be deep. I'll take an M. Night hook over Inception any day.

I forgot to mention that I actually thought The Village was a good flick too. I can't helpt but think that if Hitchcock was alive today- some of you would be railing against his repetitive schtick. Always seeking the new new you are. M. Nnight is soooo 2003.

>> ^direpickle:

>> ^Payback:
Personally, he needs to stop grabbing you by the scruff of the neck and saying "THIS! AND THIS! SEE THIS?!?! LOOK AT THIS TOO!!! HERE SEE WHAT THAT BACK THERE MEANT?!?!" People are smarter than he treats them. Say what you will about Inception's different problems, but at least Nolan doesn't treat you like a complete moron.

...Inception was 1:45 of The Architect scene from the Matrix: Reloaded! It was all The Explainer, except occasionally when guys were shooting other guys.

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>> ^Payback:

Personally, he needs to stop grabbing you by the scruff of the neck and saying "THIS! AND THIS! SEE THIS?!?! LOOK AT THIS TOO!!! HERE SEE WHAT THAT BACK THERE MEANT?!?!" People are smarter than he treats them. Say what you will about Inception's different problems, but at least Nolan doesn't treat you like a complete moron.


...Inception was 1:45 of The Architect scene from the Matrix: Reloaded! It was all The Explainer, except occasionally when guys were shooting other guys.

>> ^swedishfriend:

Shyamalan's movies are so consistent in tone and feeling that it boggles my mind how someone can like one and not another. They all feel the same if you just watch them without preconceptions.
-Karl


Story. You missed the story. A similar tone and feeling don't make the story good.

He's quite an inconsistent actor but when I see him nail roles like in The Departed, it makes me wonder if he's just terrible at picking scripts and in this case directors.>> ^rosekat:

Mark Wahlberg is the other thing people hate about it. And in general.
>> ^swedishfriend:
The Happening had the least ridiculous premise of all his films yet that is what people hate about it. The wind noises was the ONLY thing wrong with that film! Fuck anyone who thinks otherwise!

The ostentatious marketing doesn't help. 'From the Mind of M. Night Shyamalan' should elicite groans.

"Oh, he has sought fit to share another brilliant tale with us, the unwashed masses. Please accept $20 as offering from my girlfriend and I and provide us respite from our weary lives."