I reckon it's harder justifying the sequel to Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory, aka A Clockwork Orange. At least in the movie Equilibrium, repeated clumsy attempts at 'dark humour' weren't made...

Hall Pass wasn't as bad as people have set out. Some genuine funny moments, but maybe that's just me being able to relate more to the topics explored as I get older and more suburban.

Limitless was a bit meh. Interesting premise, no matter how bunk the science behind it might be... But just felt rather disconnected and pointless in the end.

The best Euro film remake was Insomnia with Robin Williams.

I enjoyed Limitless. Thought it was good. Cooper and Cornish were pretty strong leads. Having said that, the end scene in his apartment was awful. Very unbelievable.

Excellent movie. Supposedly the remake was word for word the original.

Yeah, you're right. The two films are so similar, they deal with the same concepts and star the same actors in the same environment :roll: You're a fucking moron. Just GO AWAY.

Ouch. The sacredness of Stanley Kubrick...

X Men First Class is pretty good. Had a few corny lines and moments but Michael Fassbender as Magneto made that movie good

the original was top class... but the following movies didn't stay at that standard which was a pity, so the original is somewhat tarnished i.e Matrix Trilogy.... whereas the US version could provide 3 movies of the same quality

tbh didn't think too much of it, is probably the weakest Nolan film + robin williams doing serious does nothing for me

The philosophical layers within Matrix Revolutions are too complex for most.

:lol:

This one takes the cake. I love movie snobs.

There were several philosophical layers... but that didn't make the movie any good though

Watched Source Code last night. Ending was a bit to Hollywood happy for my liking but enjoyable regardless.

That's what i thought... came to the conclusion that they tested the original ending and it didn't get great feedback, so they did a rewrite for the ending

In your opinion, has M Night Shamalayan (?) had a better movie to his name than Sixth Sense?
Have you liked any of his other movies apart from Sixth Sense?

Is it more complex than Moon?

dunno really... haven't seen anything after Unbreakable (saw abit of The Happening but stopped watching it halfway through (executive descion by the group that it was shit and not getting better)) , and considering what people have said about his work it's sounds like it's hasn't got better... The Sixth Sense was alright but i didn't like it that much but could appreciate it

the guy has become sort of a laughing stock... The Last Airbender.... Really?

I get the impression that (& there are plenty of other examples to Matrix & Sixth Sense) that when a good movie is released people are damned because it's very difficult to live up to or release a movie of the initial quality again. Subsequent movies cannot be appreciated in isolation.
It happens repeatedly to Shamalayan. How were the Waichowski brothers supposed to outdo Matrix?

M. Night Shymalan is a hack. So predictable, all his movies have similar structure and aesthetic. Didn't really like the Sixth Sense, and all his other films I've seen are equally trite and shit.

The Matrix was a stupendous cinematic achievement. Brilliant. Both of the sequels were cash-in throw-aways trying to squeeze every last buck out of the original's concept, and were just so contrived and awful it's barely believable they're done by the same people.

Coppola did it with the Godfather Part II... so it can be done to make a follow up as good or potentially better than their original 'standout' work... to look at a film in isolation such as the Matrix is a pleasure, because we all know it's visionary brilliance from the concept to the production of the film.... but in the case of Shamalayan, the fact is even those films in isolation that he has made post say, Unbreakable have been monumental flops, been panned by critics, and have been in most cases just plain shit e.g Signs

I'm convinced he's trying to make the world's most expensive series of Twilight Zone. And like Twilight Zone there is a mix of excellent, shite and plain strange.

But you know, if you think the Saw movies and the Sixth Sense are 'groundbreaking' or even 'good', then your opinion on films probably doesn't count for much.

And judging by your signature remaining the same, your opinion on football doesn't count for much either...

what a tard aye scouse ;)

As many of us have said over the past few months as his posts have gotten sillier and sillier... don't judge us on ozboy alone.

He certainly represents a good proportion of you, based on the threads he starts... full of tards agreeing with him.

Not that I'm going to lump you in with them, you're high on the functioning side of the tard spectrum. ;)

Still have not got around to seeing the Hangover 2 yet or any other recent film for that matter.

Paul was AWESOME. There were several layers of AWESOME within Paul too AWESOME for most.

Shamalayan's best film is generally regarded as Sixth Sense, IIRC. Personally, I reckon his best was The Village, because it had more than just a twist at the end. But because everything gets held up against Sixth Sense the guy can't win, including Unbreakable. The point is if Sixth Sense was never released, would Unbreakable, The Village, Devil, etc been well regarded? If Matrix had never been released would Reloaded & Revolutions gotten a better reaction (if you get what I mean)?

This is exemplified by the plot 'twist' in Signs...worst idea EVER. I mean, what the fuck?

The Village wasn't bad, but wasn't as scary as it tried to be. It was probably his last good film.

Pointless question, if The Matrix was never released then Reloaded and Revolutions wouldn't have made sense or even existed.