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Old - Official Trailer (M. Night Shyamalan)
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Man, if those were the takes that made them think "yes, this is exactly the best line reads to sell this to millions", I can't wait to see what the rest of the acting/direction is like. Legit Wiseau tier lol.
Good Shyamalan's comeback was so successful that Bad Shyamalan thought he had to attempt one too.
"You're six years old this morning!". Good lord that was terrible. Hopefully it will be on the same level of so bad it's good as The Happening, love rewatching that amazing trash.
Looks fun. Bad trailer though. Actually, horrible trailer.
In for Shyamalan.
Watch Servant, Split, Glass.
In for Shyamalan.
Watch Servant, Split, Glass.
The twist is that every other body of water in the world is a fountain of youth, and they've just stumbled upon the only place where time progresses at the correct rate.
He had a little rise back into quality with The Visit and Split.
There is some incredibly weird editing in this, on top of everything else. Shot of the daughter(?) pregnant, very brief moment of what looks like her (I think?) holding a baby, then... what appears to be an unrelated shot of her in the same position as the first but looking fine so it's probably leading into it?
When that even being part of the premise is more interesting than just "rapid aging", I'd think.
When that even being part of the premise is more interesting than just "rapid aging", I'd think.
If it were by any other director I'd be interested but knowing M. Night I know I'll be disappointed.
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Yeah, this is gonna be another The Happening, isn't it?
Trailer already had me LOLing.
Trailer already had me LOLing.
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It wasn't gradual with M. Night, though. Like, the dip from Signs to Lady in the Water was MASSIVE. And every film after that just got worse and worse.
The twist is people are switching ages/places so it's freaky Friday x a lot of people x age switching
You get Split out of those three. The others, though? Oof.
Glass is the definition of contrived dogshit.
I still don't understand how Split was so good when Glass went right back to being the usual Shyamalan bullshit. What happened? Was it just a fluke?
Split was good.
Edit: ha, I see your post above!
He has talent, he just doesn't seem to know which ideas are the good ones and which should stay as brainstorms.
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While I thought Split was just as bad as everything else he's done since Signs (haven't watched Servant, but he didn't write that), it at least had McAvoy going for broke.
Looked interesting. I'd definitely see it. I've enjoyed just about everything from him. And I'm really liking Servant right now. If you all aren't watching that and you have Apple TV, then should definitely check it out.
Anyone remember that goosebumps story that they made into a tv episode where eating prunes aged you up like 20 years per prune and the child protagonists were being deliberately aged up to be sold off as unwilling husbands to eager elderly widows?
Anyways, if Shymalan went with that premise it would have been at least a little scarier
Anyways, if Shymalan went with that premise it would have been at least a little scarier
Oof those were some exceptionally bad line reads - who hears that take of "You were six years old this morning" and goes "Yeahhh, that's the good stuff right there - no next take needed.". Also the dialogue seemed just really not great in general but that could of been because of just how exceptionally bad this was as a trailer. I thought as human collective that we had figured out how to not completely fuck up a trailer at this point, but apparently not.
I mean I'm in because this looks like hot garbage and I'm always down for getting plastered and watching tripe.
I mean I'm in because this looks like hot garbage and I'm always down for getting plastered and watching tripe.
I assume you missed Glass. Bad Shyamalan made his comeback there.
I have to admit that I laughed my ass off when I saw the trailer during the Superbowl. I also liked The Visit and Split, but this looks like more The Happening.
If I recall, he had been sitting on the script for Split for quite some time. I believe he wrote it back before his massive downfall in quality.
