If you click on over to Pajiba this afternoon I've got my thoughts on M. Night Shyamalan's latest thriller called Old, a title which practically falls to its knees in Vader-ian drama to beg for mean-spirited pun-work... an urge that I mainly resisted since the movie's not an absolute disaster. It's not The Happening here! Let's just say that I do think M. Night can be a lot of fun as a filmmaker and Old indulges his some of his best angels. And then also all of his worst. But I'm getting ahead of myself -- click over and read the review! I get into it all!
Alex Wolff just does it for me, ever since Hereditary... What does that say about me. Hoo boy.
ReplyDeleteI always get the feeling that no one thinks higher of M Night than M Night himself. His films often just reek of smug "aren't I clever" moments that aren't really that clever. I did love "The Sixth Sense" and "Unbreakable" and even enjoyed "Split" (hello James McAvoy) but most of his films are so by-the-book that within 20 minutes you've pretty much seen the film
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