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# well the same can be said for any adaptation
a book or a movie isn't about the ending but the journey towards it.


this is why m. night shalyman is a hack.
(I helped save b3ta! Tom OBedlam I have control of a tank, Tue 8 Jul 2008, 14:48, archived)
# but that's exactly why 'signs' and 'the village' are such good films
(I helped save b3ta! urbane legend i have known the inexorable sadness of pencils, Tue 8 Jul 2008, 14:50, archived)
# are you serious?
(I helped save b3ta! Tom OBedlam I have control of a tank, Tue 8 Jul 2008, 14:51, archived)
# yes, they have a twist ending
but it's not the point.
(I helped save b3ta! urbane legend i have known the inexorable sadness of pencils, Tue 8 Jul 2008, 14:52, archived)
# but the story telling throughout the movies isn't very good
not only that but you have a constant niggle in the back of your mind saying "this is just a vehicle for the twist at the end"


i'll give him Lady in the Water though. that was great
(I helped save b3ta! Tom OBedlam I have control of a tank, Tue 8 Jul 2008, 14:54, archived)
# i couldn't disagree more.
signs and the village are very well acted. mel gibson has never been better than signs and i savoured ever atmospheric minute of the village.

lady in the water, conversely, is easily one of the five worst films i have ever seen.
(I helped save b3ta! urbane legend i have known the inexorable sadness of pencils, Tue 8 Jul 2008, 14:56, archived)
# fair enough, i guess he must have plenty of fans or he wouldn't still be working
though after what i've read about the Happening i doubt he shall be much longer.

i'm always amazed people like Micheal Bay movies. personally.
(I helped save b3ta! Tom OBedlam I have control of a tank, Tue 8 Jul 2008, 14:59, archived)
# i liked transformers.
(I helped save b3ta! urbane legend i have known the inexorable sadness of pencils, Tue 8 Jul 2008, 15:11, archived)
# ah...
(I helped save b3ta! Tom OBedlam I have control of a tank, Tue 8 Jul 2008, 15:18, archived)
# What about Oldboy?
WHAT ABOUT OLDBOY?!

Also www.imdb.com/title/tt0400403/ - FUCKING HAPPY NOW!?
(Jeru War and Piss, Tue 8 Jul 2008, 14:58, archived)
# what about it?
the ending was very good but it doesn't do anyone justice to say the ending is everything. especially as that writes off the fantastic hammer sequence
(I helped save b3ta! Tom OBedlam I have control of a tank, Tue 8 Jul 2008, 15:01, archived)
# The ending is the journey, without the ending the rest of the film does not make any sense.
That's not true of all things, M Shamamalyanamamam films could just be dull sub standard horror films without the endings. However Oldboy does not make any sense without the ending, the whole thing leads purely to the ending and the reason he was imprisoned.
(Jeru War and Piss, Tue 8 Jul 2008, 15:06, archived)
# the ending is vapid without the lead up to it still
(I helped save b3ta! Tom OBedlam I have control of a tank, Tue 8 Jul 2008, 15:14, archived)
# oh snap
cool
(I helped save b3ta! Tom OBedlam I have control of a tank, Tue 8 Jul 2008, 15:04, archived)