07-15-2010, 02:05 PM
Unbreakable absolutely had a twist. That is undeniable, but it was a good one. It floored me. Signs also had sort of a faux twist as BT explained. He built the entire movie around it, so it was more of an anti-twist since he messed with the audience's expectations for 90 minutes, and then gave them the opposite of what they expected. The Village had a twist. And Lady in the Water, maybe it didn't have what you would call a twist in the classic sense, but it still kept you questioning reality until the very end, so it was more subtle. I haven't seen anything from M Night after that, so I can't speak to his other movies. I'm just not interested.
Anyway, any movie where there is a basic premise, and the audience spends the majority of the movie questioning that premise, until it is revealed to be true or not toward the end, is by definition a movie with a twist. That probably describes 90% of M Night's films.
And honestly, if M Night wasn't such a narcissistic douche who holds himself in such high esteem, for very little reason, and often casts himself in his own movies, I doubt I would have such a negative opinion of him. He has talent, but he's made some poor choices over the years.
Anyway, any movie where there is a basic premise, and the audience spends the majority of the movie questioning that premise, until it is revealed to be true or not toward the end, is by definition a movie with a twist. That probably describes 90% of M Night's films.
And honestly, if M Night wasn't such a narcissistic douche who holds himself in such high esteem, for very little reason, and often casts himself in his own movies, I doubt I would have such a negative opinion of him. He has talent, but he's made some poor choices over the years.