@William said:
Speaking respectfully and without obscenity (I'm trying so hard to be good!!! [:D] Though it is so difficult ... [:'(]
but as Herbert Lom in the later Pink Panthers put it as he smiled within the asylum and his eye began to twitch - "every day, in every way, I'm getting better") ---
concerning The Sixth Sense, the music score was excellent, but I am beginning to wonder if director Shyamalan is a One-Hit Wonder. That film was an excellent ghost story that had a very positive effect upon current cinema in general (witness all the subtle ghost stories that appeared after it), but his other films all seem to be somewhat lacking, and his reliance upon "twists" is getting to be desperate. I personally found "The Village" to be incredibly disappointing. It started out creating an alternate universe that was fascinating, and then simply played a shallow trick upon the audience. Very dishonest storytelling.
As my fellow warrior, 'William the Discerning', takes a brief rest, laying his axe and sword down for a respite, i shall take up my trusty halberk in his place, and say that The village was one of the most lame,uninsipring, stuttering, and awful movies i've ever seen. An interesting concept bereft of any ability to affect anyone. (IMHO) The twist, as my erstwhile colleague, friend, and advocate of death to mediocrity put it, was almost completely destroyed by poor imagery and dreadful directorial fumbling. What a pile of rubbish that was. They would have done better to put a pile of Amish types in sunflower frocks and raise questions about the sexual and social ambiguity of driving a horse and cart in drag down the busy I98 truck route. 'The Village'? They should have called it 'The Garage'.
The sixth sense was passable, and although it had several places where scenes clunked from one moment to another, at least there was some sort of plot hidden in a potentially fruitful concept. The music was good, and 'saved' the film in several places, papering over the visual cracks in the imagery that appeared from time to time.
And William's veiled and intelligent prod in the direction of Horner, with his dubious aspirations of originality, certainly strike a chord here too........
Regards,
'Alexander the Irascible.'