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You can say what you want about Lady in the Water (and, by God I know you will). But at least the balls were there in the nutsacks of the people who decided to make the fucking thing. Somehow, in what would only be conceived in some alternate universe, M.… Continue reading
Full disclosure: I love The Village. I think it's the finest of Shyamalan's pictures. It's his most cinematic and elegant work as both a filmmaker and storyteller. It is a superb film. There is one flaw that truly bothers me. By showing an 1890 date on a… Continue reading
Like many people, I was a bit em, taken aback to say the LEAST, by the "ending" of Signs. I put the word ending in quotes because when people talk about the "ending" they don't mean the actual ending of the film. The truth is, Signs has a beautifully… Continue reading
I don't remember following the behind the scenes of Unbreakable all that much before it was released. Only cursory glances at Coming Attractions by Corona. And I know I didn't read any reviews. I never do before seeing a film that interests me. So, when I sat… Continue reading
Which brings us to The Sixth Sense. I'm going to spend the next five days looking back at the films of Shyamalan in preparation for the Bolivian release of The Happening, which opens here on June 19th. It goes without saying that these posts will include… Continue reading
The truth is, I'm actually really looking forward to The Happening. Being the die hard Shyamalan enthusiast that I am… (I love the way he prepares Milanesas). I even liked Lady in the Water, much to the dismay and ridicule of many. But I don't give a… Continue reading
So they threatened to attack the American Embassy and all businesses and/or institutions that have anything at all to do with Americans or the English language. This includes the CBA, wherein I spend my weekdays teaching EFL (which is the new, politically… Continue reading
So… I ended up seeing Indy again for the third time instead. Taking that into account, I figured now was as good a time as any to chime in with my opinion on the film. (There may be spoilers. I'm not sure.) I am well aware that the bigwigs over here at… Continue reading
My purpose with this blog is to talk movies. My movies, certainly, but also other people's movies. And you gotta understand, that is not as easy as I would like it to be living here in La Paz. So I'll probably spend more time bitching about things than… Continue reading
