Darkness - Starring Anna Paquin - DVD
What cliches you ask?
1. Kids as ghosts are creepy, especially if they appear out of nowhere in the background.
OK, we know. We get it. If you are going to use the same scare device as “The Shining” make sure you do it well.
2. Surprise endings are always good.
Oh, wait a minute. They aren’t. Just ask M. Night Shyamalan who has had good ones (Sixth Sense, Unbreakable) and really bad ones (The Village, Signs.) If you don’t have a good surprise ending, then just give us a regular ending. A decent regular ending trumps a bad surprise any day.
3. Characters need to change over the course of the movie in order for the story to develop.
While I agree with this whole-heartedly, having the Grandfather just up and change all of a sudden in the middle of a scene is an extremely poor display of writing.
Why am I going on and on about this movie?
Don’t bother. Just re-watch “The Ring.”
(even if you really dig Anna Paquin…)
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i think all of M. Night Shyamalan’s movies blow. i’ve been able to see the ending coming from 30 minutes into the movie. i seriously do not get the hype around his flicks.
I really liked The Sixth Sense and Unbreakable, but I agree with you on the other two. Plus, the whole surprise ending thing got really stale..
I liked the surprise ending in The Village. Oh wait, maybe I just liked Joaquin Phoenix in The Village…
Yeah… he must work out…
I have the attention span of a gnat, so I have only been able to stay awake through the 6th Sense…honestly, I have tried to watch Unbreakable like 3 times and have fallen asleep 20 minutes in everytime…not enough nudity or Kung fu to keep my interest I guess.
So this explains your obsession with Steven Seagal’s Under Siege
Under Siege is decent, but for truly superb Segall viewing you have to check out “Marked For Death” where he fights Jamican Drug Lords who put a black magic curse on his sister…that movie kicks ass!