Manoj N Shyamalan's Block

One of my favourite directors who is famous for his paranormally-connected movies with his Trademark TWIST's that usually leave the audiences in a spell of consfusion and awe.Though ive seen only the first three of his movies,ive tried my best to review them with an unbiased viewpoint!!!Hope it helps....


MOVIE COUNT :: 3
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The Sixth Sense
Unbreakable
Signs



THE SIXTH SENSE:
Spine-chilling movie. I really found it difficult to stay alone in a room for the next few days. It was more spooky when i had this feeling someone was in the room... took some time to get over the spooky feeling.Bruce Willis and Harrey Joel Osment are excellent in this movie.

Dr.Malcom Crowe(Bruce Willis),a pschycologist tries to understand Cole Sear's(Harry Joel Osment) problem of seeing spirits,or ghosts actually.Crowe tries to help the kid out and in the process learns shocking things about his beliefs as well as about himself.Slowly Crowe starts to accept Sear's fears.Nothing seems as simple as it is in this world and both the protagonist's are about to find that out!!!

I will not dvelve deeper into the story so that I do not give the plot away.This film made Manoj Night Shyamalan,Indian-born-American-director an overnight celebrity.His movies always have a Twist at the end which has become his Trademark.And Shyamalan makes sure he builds the screenplay towards that very vital twist!!!

My rating: 10/10
Links: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0167404/
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UNBREAKABLE:
Man was i waiting to watch this movie or what??? It is 7 years since its release and I finally got to watch it,thanks to my friend who downloaded it for me. It was not as chilling as SIGNS nor was it mind-blowing as THE SIXTH SENSE. But it is good in its own way.The trademark Manoj N.Shyamalan TWIST is there and i cant deny having been stunned by the twist.

David Dunn(Bruce Willis) is the only survivor of a train crash and he is approached Elijah Price(Samuel L Jackson),who proposes his crazy theory that Dunn dismisses as unbelievable.Price has been a comic book fan all his life,and his theory is that,they are what remains of an ancient system of storytelling, and the superheroes they are about are based on real people.Price also believes Dunn may be one of these people.Strangely,everything Price said makes sense to Dunn once he starts paying attention to his daily life.

Price who has been nick-named Mr.Glass because of his fragile bones makes Dunn realise the shocking truth behind their existence.Do the both of them have a connection???

Bruce Willis and Samuel L Jackson were very good in their role mainly because Shyamalan made sure ample time was given for character development of both the characters(I am actually starting to like Samuel L Jackson).And hence,the ending makes perfect sense and so does the Trademark TWIST.As more time has been set aside for the viewers to understand the lead characters,many people may find the movie a bit slow.But it is there for a reason and it is well done.Focus is less on graphic situations and hence the Train accident is never shown,which makes sure the viewers do not lose their attention on the characters.Every single thing that Price states about comic book characters is shown throughout the movie and it takes a lot of attention to notice all the minute details.To summarise,this movies has been a totaly satisfying experience for me!!!

My rating: 9/10
Links: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0217869/
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SIGNS:
I was interested in watching this movie ever since it got released way back when i was in my class 10.It has been a seven-year wait and i must admit i was not very disappointed after hearing many negative reviews.'Signs' has a few scenes that will spook you out.

Mel Gibson plays a former priest(Graham Hess) who lost his faith after his wife(Patricia Kalember) was killed in a freak car accident.Six months later, he discovers a gigantic crop circle in his yard and soon enough,similar events happen all over the world.Graham's children think it's aliens,his brother(Joaquin Phoenix) thinks it's pranksters.Graham doesn't know what to think.The crop circles cause a media frenzy and test Hess's faith as he journeys to find out the truth behind the crop circles.However, as more and more strange events occur,he starts to believe in hope and God.What comes at the end will leave everyone shell shocked.

The Shock twist at the end is given by his wife who dies in a freak car accident.However hard you try to guess the twist,you wont get it unless you watch the movie.In my opinion,the twist was pretty neatly done with the film ending on a satisfying note.Background score was scary to say the least and that fits the bill for a film of this genre.

This film states that 'Everything in this World happens for a reason',pretty neat message if you would ask me.A word of caution,this movie deals more with faith than with 'aliens'.

My rating: 8/10
Links: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0286106/
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