Lieutenant Colonel Henry Blake's plane was shot down over the Sea of Japan. It spun in. There were no survivors.
That's real childhood trauma.
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The aliens that were allergic to water invaded a planet that's 71% covered in water. Such a stupid movie, such a bad director.
They're not aliens. They're demons.
You never actually see a spaceship. They don't ever show any technology or even clothing.
And they're defeated with an act of faith.
Source? Or speculation? I'm genuinely curious.
It's a very common theory but not explicit. It all makes perfect sense though
That's some stupid plaster made from pulp of that shit script and frothy fan spittle.
It's easily his best film. Everyone shits on it because it was another "twist" while completely ignoring the excellent dialog, acting, character building, and theme. At its heart, it isn't a story about an invasion. It's the story of a grieving family leaning on each other for support after a tragic loss.
Gibson's character had been outwardly the strong, moral man of faith at the center of his family and the community. His wife's death pulled him into deep despair that had left him a broken man. He no longer had hope for the future and had stopped providing hope and comfort to his family and community.
Throughout the film, you see not only his grief over the loss of his wife, but everyone else's grief over losing him as a fixture of compassion, comfort, and grace. The story is about his faith and hope being restored. The events that lead to that involve hostile invaders, but they're just a mechanism to tell the story of grief and healing.
There's a scene with Phoenix and Gibson whispering quietly for like 10 minutes about belief and fate with no action - just great acting and dialog. There's a scene where he breaks down crying over his family and how cruel he's become due to his fear and hopelessness while simultaneously eating a meal.
And in the end, many of the aspects of his normal life that contributed to his grief, annoyance, and fear were key to his family's survival. He accepted what life had thrown at him, and was able to heal.
It's easily his best film
That's a rather low bar, NGL. 😅
That movie was fucking dumb. Nothing of value was gained by watching it.
Most of the “childhood trauma” people are citing are things that weren’t aimed at children to begin with. Try some Watership Down (1978) at 2pm on BBC1 during the Christmas holidays.
The hardest part is realizing other kids weren't wanting this tbh, great movie.
Thank god I got traumatized. If I would’ve seen the movie as an adult, I would have hated it.
It was so weird. People liked i that movie enough to go and start making crop circles in the cornfields outside town.
Yeah, it's not a good movie. I did enjoy the mystery of it though, it does build up nicely until the big reveal of what they look like.
This describes most of his movies. Good build up to the mystery with a payoff so bad it retroactively makes everything before it worse.
Wait, I never thought about that and this is probably the best and most accurate description of how his movies are.
I recently saw Glass for the very first time. Rewatched Unbreakable and Split just to refresh the memory. And I was happy with Glass until I was halfway through. Afterwards, everything was just set on fire and I was left with nothing.
Yeah, the Shamalayan "twist" is that halfway through every flick, the creative flow becomes an untethered spray. Picture, if you will, a olde-timey grinder producing a length of sausage when suddenly, the casing comes loose... so the crank doubles its speed. How M. Night's movies get made. 😶 (If you look closely, stamped into the steel there is the ShamaWurst logo.)
It’s no Mr Pipes.
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