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stuffp
Keeping it Light
Joined: Wed Apr 08, 2015 8:06 am
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Location: Bright Falls
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 Old  Quote: Old is a 2021 American supernatural thriller film written, directed, and co-produced by M. Night Shyamalan, loosely based on the graphic novel Sandcastle by Pierre Oscar Levy and Frederik Peeters. The film's ensemble cast includes Gael García Bernal, Vicky Krieps, Eliza Scanlen, Thomasin McKenzie, Alex Wolff, Abbey Lee, Aaron Pierre, Rufus Sewell, Ken Leung, Nikki Amuka-Bird, Embeth Davidtz, Emun Elliott, and Kathleen Chalfant.
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lilmac
Veteran
Joined: Wed May 25, 2005 12:07 am
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Re: Old It was better then I thought. On par with ‘Devil’ and ‘Mr Glass’ in terms of quality. Mid-tier M. Night film.
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Excel
Superfreak
Joined: Sat Aug 20, 2005 12:54 am
Posts: 22182
Location: Places
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Re: Old I admit I lost interest most of the way through so the ending is a bit of a blur. Was the beach itself making them old or was it the drugs they were being given? _________________Ari Emmanuel wrote: I'd rather marry lindsay Lohan than represent Mel Gibson.
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publicenemy#1
Extraordinary
Joined: Tue Oct 12, 2004 12:25 am
Posts: 19373
Location: San Diego
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Re: Old Excel wrote: I admit I lost interest most of the way through so the ending is a bit of a blur. Was the beach itself making them old or was it the drugs they were being given? It was the beach. They found the beach aged people so it was used for research purposes on those who have conditions to speed up testing. This was certainly a Shayamalan film lol. Certainly left an impression but a good one? Not really. Acting and dialogue felt off like some of his other work.
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zwackerm
Hold the door!
Joined: Sun Jun 01, 2014 10:26 pm
Posts: 21472
Location: West Chester, Pennsylvania
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Re: Old Very entertaining film but the ending felt tacked on and not set up in any satisfying way. Lots of shock value but little depth.
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Magic Mike
Wallflower
Joined: Mon Oct 25, 2004 4:53 am
Posts: 35203
Location: Minnesota
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Re: Old Honestly this kind of sucked. Horrible dialogue and bad performances (I'll chalk this up to the dialogue). It should have been rated R so we could at least get some gnarly body horror scenes. That might have been enough to salvage it. But instead we just get a lot of scenes with the camera panning away when anything intriguing is happening. A total missed opportunity.
I always used to get really annoyed by Shyamalan's cameos in his films. Came off as egotistical to me. It's been a while since it really bothered me though. Until now. His presence here is distracting and cringey.
I was looking forward to this but it's easily one of Shyamalan's worst films.
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Flava'd vs The World
The Kramer
Joined: Sat Oct 23, 2004 11:36 am
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Location: Classified
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Re: Old Yikes.
M Night is about to be sent back to director jail for this one.
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Flava'd vs The World
The Kramer
Joined: Sat Oct 23, 2004 11:36 am
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Re: Old I could tell right away that something was wrong. The writing, acting and cinematography made it feel like a student film. And it never got better. At home I could have at least escaped into my phone, but in the theater I was as trapped as the people on the beach.
How did the guy who got James McAvoy’s performance from Split let this slide? The entire film just felt so lazy. Like fuck it, we’re already on set, let’s just finish it and go home.
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thompsoncory
Rachel McAdams Fan
Joined: Sat Oct 23, 2004 11:13 am
Posts: 14605
Location: LA / NYC
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Re: Old This was bad but entertaining for at least the first hour - the second half definitely drags though as do the 12 endings. The performances are horrible and some of the scenes are unintentionally hilarious ("I need my calcium!"). C-
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Steve
Indiana Jones IV
Joined: Mon Oct 25, 2004 12:09 pm
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Re: Old I liked it well enough. Didn’t quite stick the landing but overall felt like an intriguing Twilight Zone plot that kept me interested.
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