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[loopychew]

Looks like my debate about whether or not to watch the A:TLA movie (over the whitewashing) are completely unfounded, as critics are tearing into it like a steak dinner.

Okay, TOTALLY dropped from the "maybe" list.

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[loopychew.livejournal.com]

What I find nice is that, even amongst all the critical lambasting, the only positive thing to come out of this is that apparently Dev Patel's Zuko is, through acting alone, just as nuanced as his animated counterpart. This pretty much validates my faith that Dev Patel can do anything, as it seems to me that M. Night Shyamalan leaves any scene in which there is good acting on the cutting room floor.

To counterpoint and invalidate myself, I have to note that Signs was my last MNS movie, and I liked it a lot more than the public did.

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I'm mostly indifferent towards Shyamalan's movies. Starting with Signs I saw them all on TV. While I mostly tried to avoid spoilers, by then I was aware of their critical reception and partly of what was going on. So I mostly didn't care.
I wasn't even able to enjoy The Sixth Sense since some radio DJ thought it's funny to spoil the ending on the air (the movie was out for a month by then but since I tend to wait a while until I watch a movie I hadn't seen it. Obviously not Shyamalan's fault though).
Even if I didn't totally like the whole movie, what I found very appealing was the story/concept of Unbreakable. I only recently thought I should try to watch it again when there's an opportunity.

[loopychew.livejournal.com]

Unbreakable was an excellent movie, and I would've liked to see a sequel. Unfortunately, I don't see that happening any time soon.