My review of the movie, "Devil"
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ApolloBalboa
Was King of the Board for a Day
What a twist!
I'm not surprised. I really don't understand why M. Night Shamsiakseif$%$^$#alan gets any more work. I kind of liked the idea of the movie, kinda sounds like an old Twilight Zone episode. It'd be great if it turned out they just got in their heads that the devil was among them and they go psycho and try to kill each other but it's revealed that the devil was never one of the people. (Or was that the actual story?)
ApolloBalboa
Was King of the Board for a Day
If the plot was as you described it, that'd be giving M. Night too much credit.
I'm just as surprised as you that he gets any work. He's like those guys that come out with the "_____ Movie" ripoffs, he's just become a running joke among the film community. Me and my friend were actually betting on what the twist ending would be for this movie, not that we were going to go see and verify it. My bet was that it would turn out that they were all already dead and the elevator was an elevator to Hell. Was I close?
roronoa3000
Banned
What was the ending?
BAYAMONXXX
Land Of The Snakes
Yeah that's the same director that did the movie signs. his movies are like Night Quill.
It's actually based on a story written by Shyamalan. It's directed by John Erick Dowdle of Quarentine and The Poughkeepsie Tapes "fame".
It is also part of a trilogy kind of. The Night Chronicles. Devil, 12 Strangers (about a jury dealing with some sort of paranormal case) and the 3rd being taken from the unplanned sequel to Unbreakable.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devil_(film)#Sequels
It is also part of a trilogy kind of. The Night Chronicles. Devil, 12 Strangers (about a jury dealing with some sort of paranormal case) and the 3rd being taken from the unplanned sequel to Unbreakable.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devil_(film)#Sequels
Not at all.
SPOILERS. Do not read if you don't want it ruined.
Each person in the elevator has some sort of sinful past. The devil brings them all together in a closed location (elevator) and begins killing them all, making them think someone in the elevator is a killer. When one person is left, the devil possesses one of the dead bodies and begins talking to the sole survivor, who begins asking for forgiveness and admitting his guilt. The devil senses he is genuine in his regret and spares his life.
I don't know why Shyamalan gets so much slack for his "twist" endings. Who doesn't do twist endings? The only really bad movies he did in my opinion were The Happening and the Last Airbender. I think he has a decent feel for horror and originality. I don't love him, but he's not the worst director on Earth like some people make him out to be.
I understand what you're saying but he is no longer original when he is labeled "the twist ending guy", because people are expecting it. The Happening actually didn't even have a twist ending but it was such a poorly acted, written movie that I just laughed the entire time. I liked the 6th Sense but that was about it.
ApolloBalboa
Was King of the Board for a Day
It's very true. The fact that he always must have a cameo in his movies (yeah, Hitchcock did it, but he was in the background, not a full-on main character like "Lady In the Water", which was dreadful) seems to show that not only must we be subjected to his writing, but his wooden acting as well. The Sixth Sense was a very original and well-done movie, but as it's been said, he's become a one-trick pony. Almost all his movies follow the same track of development throughout, with more emphasis placed on direction rather than good writing, and they always result in some kind of "unexpected" twist. He has the ability to become a much more talented director, but he needs to take a step outside of what he and both his audience are used to.
You owe me $10, STDiva, for the fact that all you had to do was log on to ask me how the movie would be and go by my advice.
At least if you had paid me to tell you this movie would suck you would have saved yourself eighty minutes of your life and put your $10 to something useful: my alcohol purchases. Of which I would had shared with you!
This is why we don't drink together! You prefer to go out and watch suck-cock films and leave me all dressed up and no where to go.
At least if you had paid me to tell you this movie would suck you would have saved yourself eighty minutes of your life and put your $10 to something useful: my alcohol purchases. Of which I would had shared with you!
This is why we don't drink together! You prefer to go out and watch suck-cock films and leave me all dressed up and no where to go.
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