07-26-2021, 07:20 PM
Decided to give M. Night Shyamalan latest movie OLD a shot. This is what I think of it. SPOILERS of course.
I really did have low expectations for this movie. I didn't even want to see it but just did to kill time while I was out in the town. I begrudgingly purchased the ticket and I was very much ready to mock it. Mr. Shyamalan built a reputation where it is hard to take him serious and it is hard to actually critique his flicks without ridiculing it. Even with his most popular movies, those only leave me in dismay for what M. Night Shyamalan will eventually evolve to.
Yet, I cannot say the same about this movie. OLD is the the rare type of movie that is SO abysmally bad that it evert itself to become a good movie. I do not place it in the same league as The Room because that movie is solely enjoyed to make fun of. No, what I mean is that Shyamalan was able to make a good movie out of garbage. I was mesmerized by what I was watching. I was actually entertained all the way through and actually impressed by the intent of the movie.
OLD is a horror thriller and the subject of Age Acceleration is used as a crutch for what the movie exceeds in... To make the viewer as uncomfortable as possible. The bewildering twist of this movie is that the victims of this movie is just a Guinea pig experiment for a Pharmaceutical corp. The reason why they are doing this is because they are able to use experimental drugs and actually get to see how the drug function on the long term thanks to the Age Acceleration caused by the Beach. What the movie fails in part of the twist is that the morality isn't explored in the movie and is more of an afterthought but it does work and is is completely nonsensical that it actually enhances the horror element of the movie.
All of the characters are horribly written that they all become nonsensically unpredictable that I was unable to guess what the movie was going to do next. This is a skill so powerful that anytime a character does an action, that in of itself is a jumpscare. It is hard to comprehend without the context of the movie but let me assure you that you will be befuddled with how these characters interact with one another that you won't be able to tell if any of them will do something so completely stupid that it makes me want to know how the writing process was. Dialogue is shit tho.
As for the technical aspects of the movie, it is serviceable to a point but it does led me to question Shyamalan skills as a filmmaker when it comes to cinematography and shot composition. The film is pure high energy and chaotic enough that the way the film was shot will leave you feeling uncomfortable.
This movie needs to be seen in the theatre because this requires 100 PERCENT of your attention. I was in awe by what Shyamalan was able to do that I am now convinced that he the filmmaker version of the Pied Piper. If you know about the Pied Piper lore than you can sort of guess where I am going with that title.
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M Night. Shyamalan OLDI really did have low expectations for this movie. I didn't even want to see it but just did to kill time while I was out in the town. I begrudgingly purchased the ticket and I was very much ready to mock it. Mr. Shyamalan built a reputation where it is hard to take him serious and it is hard to actually critique his flicks without ridiculing it. Even with his most popular movies, those only leave me in dismay for what M. Night Shyamalan will eventually evolve to.
Yet, I cannot say the same about this movie. OLD is the the rare type of movie that is SO abysmally bad that it evert itself to become a good movie. I do not place it in the same league as The Room because that movie is solely enjoyed to make fun of. No, what I mean is that Shyamalan was able to make a good movie out of garbage. I was mesmerized by what I was watching. I was actually entertained all the way through and actually impressed by the intent of the movie.
OLD is a horror thriller and the subject of Age Acceleration is used as a crutch for what the movie exceeds in... To make the viewer as uncomfortable as possible. The bewildering twist of this movie is that the victims of this movie is just a Guinea pig experiment for a Pharmaceutical corp. The reason why they are doing this is because they are able to use experimental drugs and actually get to see how the drug function on the long term thanks to the Age Acceleration caused by the Beach. What the movie fails in part of the twist is that the morality isn't explored in the movie and is more of an afterthought but it does work and is is completely nonsensical that it actually enhances the horror element of the movie.
All of the characters are horribly written that they all become nonsensically unpredictable that I was unable to guess what the movie was going to do next. This is a skill so powerful that anytime a character does an action, that in of itself is a jumpscare. It is hard to comprehend without the context of the movie but let me assure you that you will be befuddled with how these characters interact with one another that you won't be able to tell if any of them will do something so completely stupid that it makes me want to know how the writing process was. Dialogue is shit tho.
As for the technical aspects of the movie, it is serviceable to a point but it does led me to question Shyamalan skills as a filmmaker when it comes to cinematography and shot composition. The film is pure high energy and chaotic enough that the way the film was shot will leave you feeling uncomfortable.
This movie needs to be seen in the theatre because this requires 100 PERCENT of your attention. I was in awe by what Shyamalan was able to do that I am now convinced that he the filmmaker version of the Pied Piper. If you know about the Pied Piper lore than you can sort of guess where I am going with that title.