Yeah, it got really demented and sick towards the end. Btw, Shyamalan has said, that he wants to make movies he can share with his kids, so maybe he'll keep upping the ante in the future too as the kids get older.
I loved Unbreakable, but for me it does not have that much rewatchability once you know the story. Mel Gibson is always good in loonie roles while Willis has been pretty meh for 20 years or so.
I want to go with Semi-Pro but idk how much of a discussion it'll spark.
I think one thing about Martin Riggs that makes him attractive as a character, at least to me, is that his lunacy is contrasted by his personal pain.
Looper was good! Willis has just done too many roles and most are meh where as I've enjoyed every Gibson movie I've seen from him last 20 years.
Definitely. The way that he barely gets the words "I miss you" out as he's crying/growling in that scene tells you everything that you need to know about the Hell that guy's living in. Contrast that with him watching Bugs Bunny and then signing off with "I'll see you later" and that also tells you everything that you need to know about the guy's wacky personality. That's an economical, informative, and effective scene perfectly conceived, written, and performed.
Fuck, I love those movies. Those are like the Bourne movies or the Dark Knight trilogy for me: I can never just watch one. If I'm watching The Bourne Identity, I'm watching the whole franchise. If I want to watch The Dark Knight, that means I'm watching the whole trilogy.
I can't just "drop by" Riggs and Murtaugh. I have to spend the whole day with them
Yea I can't even understand when you have a movie with a twist why they would place that hint on the cover of the DVD. Old or not, that's ridiculous and the person who approved it should get missile kicked.
This is too big a movie to have qualified as what I considered in my post "under-the-radar," but in general, hell yeah on this one.
Mickey's best work IMO. And, going back to last week's theme discussion, one of my all-time favorite scenes and the moment where he puts everything together in his head and then starts shrieking is one of my all-time favorite moments.
The members who nominate the picks can vote just like anyone else, but I like the idea of them also being able to abstain. I was actually thinking of doing that for my Bruce Lee week but I didn't know what the deal was with that. Plus, it wouldn't have made a difference on my week anyway. But, in the future, it's good to know. I'd hate to be the deciding vote since, really, I'll want to watch all of the movies I nominate but I'll be the most excited to watch and discuss whatever the club most wants to watch and discuss.
As for this particular poll: Rather than "interesting," I'd say that the standings are terrifying given that the ONE fucking movie that I unequivocally DON'T want to watch is in the running
Split wasn't bad, but I wasn't all that enamored. Weirdly enough, the first two acts were kind of lame and boring; it wasn't until he got to the last act that things shifted into another gear and I was truly interested in what was going on. I found The Visit way more impressive. When I watched that, I was honestly thinking, "Oh, shit, Shyamalan is finally living up to his promise." You want genuine tension, genuine creepiness, and a fantastic wrap-up that doesn't lose/betray what'd been built leading up to it? The Visit has that shit locked down.
The Village and The Visit are my top two, but I'd probably have Unbreakable in the #3 spot rather than Signs.
