The R rating is because of "fuck" being said a lot. It's dangerous to let teenagers see the movie because they've obviously never heard that word before.
@@CynnamonSpyderI mean, isn’t it? If kids find out that gay people exist, won’t that turn them gay and fuck up reproduction rates and doom the entire human race?
The MPAA will generally only allow 1 f-bomb in a PG-13 movie or else it's changed to R. But I will add they are not always consistent with this rule (e.g. Finding Forrester had 2). There's a great documentary called "This Film Is Not Yet Rated" that talks more about this hypocrisy, especially the MPAA's hypersensitivity to sex over violence.
When the character revealed that they were the 4 Horsemen of the apocalypse, I heard someone in the audience say “Well, no fucking shit!” That made the film somewhat memorable.
The whole point of the novel was the kid dying first. Then the choice comes down to one or the other choosing to sacrifice themselves, because there was no point to either living once their child was gone. It's a pretty strong message. M. Night Shyamalan decided "kidz r da future" and here we are.
Wait, so you telling me the kid lives? Did he just fall asleep reading the novel and miss the whole point? I mean, I know he already missed the point cos they reveal whether the apocalypse was real or not, but if the kid lives, than why even do an adaptation?
This is probably why there's a random scene of the kid fleeing the cabin. I would not be surprised if the original ending was supposed to be faithful to the books and it would had made a more interesting story. Instead we get a cookie cutter ending where any mystery is removed.
@@petrblatny2472 i mean, it's not that it's not the same as the original, the problem lies with the fact that it kinda refuses to engage with any of the themes (very simple themes at that) in the original narrative. I mean Shyamalan could have a completely different interpretation from the original story, in a different setting, with different characters, or even exploring different aspects of the same setting, and it wouldnt really be an issue as long as he had at least added something to the themes of the original story, or even if he said something on top of it. Idk from my perspective he just pranced around it for the duration of the movie
This is based on a book by a guy who is known for writing weird, vaguely horrifying short stories. One of my favorites is about this man who arrives at the local public pool to pick up his kids from swim practice and this woman starts talking to him while he's waiting and acting like she is his wife. She's attractive though and kind of flirty, so the guy plays along at first but then she calls for the guy's kids by name and they come running over and the man wants to tell the kids to stop, to run away, but he can't. The only thing he is still in control of is his mind. Something else is now moving his body, which follows the woman to a minivan parked in the lot. He and the kids get in and the guy glances at their reflections in the rearview mirror and he can tell by their horrified expressions that something is now controlling their bodies as well. And then the woman drives off with them. ...And that's it. That's the whole story. I was worried that his stuff wouldn't adapt well for this exact reason. Maybe as a book, KatC could've been compelling. But with M. Night's terminally awkward directing style, it didn't stand a chance.
Yes. Actors play multiple characters throughout their career. Thanks for pointing out that Dave Bautista here has indeed played another character before this movie.
That's even worse, because like... why would a news station talk about that? Two hours is not that long for a hospital. People aren't just constantly dropping like flies in them.
@@nuclearpotato4073 It reminds me of a part in Supernatural where something disrupted the actual "dying" part of people who were mortally wounded (e.g. people with horrible injuries or terminally ill close to dying weren't dying, no matter how awful their conditions were.) Maybe it was Supernatural, maybe it wasn't. But can you imagine, someone trying to die intentionally by train, they get pulverized into several pieces, and their body refuses to kick the bucket? Or maybe serial killers are going more crazy trying to murder someone who won't die to stabbings or gunshots? Or animal attacks? Yeah. It would be gnarly.
I hope this career saga culminates in a Breen-esque power fantasy film where M Night plays the protagonist, except the twist is that nothing interesting happens
SyFy already made that fake documentary back in the day, wear they pretended that when M.Night was a kid, he supposedly drowned, died a little, & came back a horror master. Some kind of dogshit.
I would actually watch a legit Shyamalan movie where Shyamalan is the main character and Shyamalan doesn't actually play himself lol. Like the twist is that Shyamalan was actually not Shyamalan and he shows up at the end as the real Shyamalan. Shyamalan...
Bautista was amazing in this, his range is amazing and his character was definitely the best. I also loved the opening, creepy yet calm and welcoming tone that was kinda suspenseful. Other than that, the rest of the movie was pretty boring.
With the R-Rating in the US, it's probably for the multiple F-words. In the MPAA rating system, you can only say the F-word once or twice at most and get a PG-13. Any more than that, the movie's rated R.
It seems that the MPA (no longer MPAA now actually) also had a problem with the violence/gore that actually appeared in the movie, because "violence" is part of the MPA rating.
The moment M. Night’s name flashed across the screen during the trailer, I audibly groaned, because they had me in the first half. I thought it was going to be a fun thriller.
"If you've seen the trailer you've seen the movie." Thanks for confirming. I haven't seen the movie, but the trailer seemed like it was giving away way too much. Why announce what the people's plan is once they break into the cabin? Seems like that should have been a surprise.
Most of the time this is a fuck up of the advertisement team. How many endings have been spoiled this way? But i think it's different here: They just had nothing to work with. If the movies plot is that simple and you don't have anything interesting to show it would be really hard not to spoil anything ...
it seems like shyamalan took the "too much plot twists" criticism about his movies wrong, lol. and he just told the advertisement team to spoil everything in the trailers so there's almost no plot twist.
I honestly applaud the actors in this movie. This is a real nothing movie. But they really make good work of it. This actually did convince me on Bautista's "I'm only in good movies thing" while untrue I do see him an actor to take more seriously. Same with Grint. Hope we're entering the Ronaissance I'd love to see more of him if it's to the level he showed here.
My friend went to go see this movie with her boyfriend and they apparently fell asleep the whole movie. I feel like that pretty much sums up the whole movie
My friends and I couldn't stop laughing when the Microsoft clipart planes started falling from the sky. Also the message of this movie is weird and mixed imo
It felt like the writers had wrote themselves into a corner that they had to avoid as much as possible, and as a result there wasn't really any clear message or point. I have a hard time deciding how to feel about the movie as a whole because of this
@@IstasPumaNevada spoilers: The original ending has the daughter accidentally dying in crossfire. This doesn't count as the sacrifice needed. So the fathers say "fuck it, if her dying wasn't enough to prevent the end of the world, than the world isn't worth it" and they live hand in hand in the apocalypse. Night's movie says: lol I mean, gay people, maybe don't? For the world, ya know? Lol I was stricken and confused by the tone and message of the film. But I did laugh alot, which is what I expect from him since The Happening, so there's that
@TeamSprocket i was curious about this too, so I looked it up and the short answer is, yes, all fixed wing aircraft have some ability to glide. They don't normally drop like a rock.
I hate that M. Night didn't keep the book ending. I know it's technically darker. But it adds more to the story and adds a lot of perspective and questions. But yeah... I've never been a huge fangirl for M. Night but this was an interesting book and sad it wasn't fully realized. Ty for review!
@@stephengrigg5988 The daughter is accidentally shot in the head by one of the “horsemen” and killed. Because it wasn’t a sacrifice, it doesn’t count so the couple still has to make the decision. In the end they decide it doesn’t matter because their world has already ended with the death of their child, so they leave the cabin together. It’s never revealed if there’s actually an apocalypse happening.
@@sneksneksnek0000 Well that sounds at least a little bit better than the movie. And definitly more focused on the characters. But characters aren't really Shyamalans strong suit - so i'm not surprised this wasn't the way he went.
Others have said, but the ending of this movie is particularly weird and gives some (probably unintentional) mixed messages, especially as a gay person lol SPOILERS for the movie and the book (The Cabin at the End of the World) So in the book, the daughter is the one who dies after accidentally being shot, but this does not stop the "apocalypse". If I recall correctly, the book is much more ambiguous about whether the apocalypse is actually real or not, and the main couple decide to stick together, rather than seemingly following the will of a god who does not see the death of their daughter as enough of a sacrifice. In the book, Leonard (Batista's character) goes as far to say that the daughter's death "doesn't count" because the sacrifice wasn't a willing one, which throws in another interesting layer of ambiguity to the situation.(Forgive me, it has been a bit since I read the book). The movie, however, changes it by having one of the dads realizing that he needs to be sacrificed and they were chosen because their love was pure...or something like that. And the movie seems to imply that the apocalypse was real, which means that in this movie, whatever god caused the apocalypse was singling out a happy gay couple, forcing them to kill one another to save the world...and ended up being right. Like, I'm not sure if he was going for a "gay people are too good for this sinful earth" kind of moral or something, but he changed the ending of the book in order to have one of your gay leads kill the other for a "greater good" which just feels...weird.
You're wrong. Second gay person here, the point of having Andrew kill Eric is that Andrew grew resentful of his oppression and legitimately doesn't care a single bit about the outside world who attacked him. Throughout the movie Andrew is painted as a vengeful hurt asshole who hates the outside world and views everyone as a potential homophobe/threat to him and his husband. Eric on the other way has a ton of religious feelings, shown when Andrew said he could pray at the orphanage (while Andrew hid his homosexuality from the staff by saying Eric is his wife's brother). Leonard was right, God chose them because their love is pure, but it's a matter of how worthwhile humans are (so God gave the right of forgiveness to a person who has dealt with the worst humanity can offer), and it comes down to Andrew. This movie would be so much more complicated if these characters weren't gay, as you'd have to set up a bitter cynical protagonist instead of just pulling the homophobia card By killing Eric, Andrew forgives the outside world, literally, and I assume let's go of his fear and resentment.
I always appreciate it when people compare the book to the movie when stating why it's better. I'm not a book person, so it helps to understand why the book might've been adapted in the first place.
@@guibeck8259 still doesn't feel as strong of a message as the kid dying if you can still interpret it as "gays must sacrifice themselves for the world" or something
@GuiBecK I mean, that's a fine interpretation, it just doesn't sit right with me, even with that explanation (along with the decision to make the apocalypse 100% real, which is much less interesting for me). Like, no matter how he paints it, it feels weird to have your two gay leads being forced to murder one or the other in order serve as salvation for humanity. The fact he took a far more interesting and ambiguous ending and changed it to...that. Not a fan.
@GuiBecK I also, thinking about it more, don't know if that interpretation is any better. "Yes, Andrew, the world has been super shitty to you and you've faced homophobia and oppression, but you need to forgive humanity for the hatred you've faced....by killing your husband :D You've grown as a person!" It feels...mixed lol
the reports all felt fake as fuck, like disasters happen and conveniently there's perfect movie quality footage nigh instantly and they report on things like "2 hours without child deaths in this hospital" like who the fuck reports it like that?
@@moonman375Right? And on top of that, they all felt like they were happening way too fast. Seven airplanes fall out of the sky randomly, and that gets an instant breaking news report? The movie took place over the span of like a day and a half or something, right?
@@mechasentai Yeah, my assumption was that it was gonna be like the Nic Cage _Left Behind_ movie, where they were gonna set up that Armageddon was only going to get worse from there on out and maybe there could be sequels showing that.
When the guy reached the car, unlocked the gun box to reveal the weapon was unloaded and had to load each bullet into the magazine , I knew we were in for a treat
“Gay Strangers” will never fail to make me laugh. Knock at the Cabin gives pretty strong performances, made me make predictions as to what’s going on constantly, and is certainly better than anything M. Night Shyamalan has done in years.
@@schmebulockjizz The bar is pretty low from what I hear (I haven't seen any of his universally panned movies), but even if we aren't gonna get absolute bangers like those first three movies, I'll take what I can get
I really liked Batista’s performance. I could imagine him being a teacher you’d really love and grow up and look back on fondly. Spoilers Or I guess in the movie you love, then find out his body was found in a burned down cabin with 4 other people and giant murder weapons.
I watched this movie with my friend and half way through he knocked out. So I woke him up to watch the rest of the movie and he stared at the screen for a couple minutes and knocked out harder. That is my review of this movie.
Ehhh I don’t buy that. He just makes movies however the hell he wants and sometimes it works out and most times it doesn’t. I don’t think you make the sixth sense by luck or something
@@mrbluebob1066I agree his direction is actually pretty good it’s just his writing is more of the issue his movies even the ones I don’t like look really good.
Thank god you feel this way. Literally thank god. I saw this movie months before release and couldn’t talk about it. I was just waiting for people to rip it apart once it came out. But Every single reviewer I’ve seen so far has given this movie a positive pass. Every negative you brought up about the movie couldn’t have been more well articulated. You’re amazing and have given me much validation that I’m not crazy lol I didn’t get it. I thought I was missing something.
I do like how the intruders each have one of the horsemen colors (if that's who they're supposed to be) but I don't know if that plays into their characters at all. Gonna assume it doesn't and is just surface level.
Hmm… I definitely got the impression that they were coordinating when they did the chair jump thing. They said “always together” right before that happened. Pretty sure they both knew the plan.
Yeah, the first thing we see them say to each other on the day they make the coordinated escape attempt is Andrew telling Eric that he's gotten the restraints loose today. Then later Eric tells Wen to wait for his signal and do "that thing from Christmas (iirc)". Finally, they coordinate with her distracting them, then Andrew escaping, then Eric. Adam is pretty on point with most of the review but that he's just incorrect about. He missed where they said it I guess. I just finished the movie.
It was “an hour of no deaths in the ICU” but then she says something like “actually we’re coming up on two hours now.” Also they did coordinate the escape attempt, Andrew tells the other guy (Eric I think) “my ropes are looser,” then a bit later Eric says “when I nod do what you did at thanksgiving” I have no idea what that means but I think that was him conveying some instruction. We missed a scene where one of them instructs the girl to get a knife though.
good points. IIRC the Thanksgiving comment was directed at their daughter, and seemed to mean “throw a pseudo-tantrum“ as a means of diversion (Movie was still disappointing tho IMO)
I really wonder if actor careers get elevated or ruined by being in a Shyamalan movie. I feel like the industry in general is pretty apathetic to M. Night so it seems inconsequential to work with him.
This is just more evidence that Shyamalan, much like Lucas, Cameron and other celebrated directors who's early efforts were "masterpieces", were clearly held up by extremely talented teams of people while they were given all the credit, then once famous and on their own, turned out to be shite.
This movie sounded like a thought experiment posed in my psychology/ethics class... it was something like "a kid, the kid's father, and the kid's grandfather have to decide which one of the three of them would have to die to save the other two + the world... which one would you pick and why?" Wasn't really that interesting or anything to make a movie out of... so I assumed this movie would be boring and it was. Thanks for watching it so I didn't have to.
A much better movie with a similar premise (someone in a family is required to die) is Killing of a Sacred Deer, which also happens to be fucking hysterical.
That is hands down one of the strangest movies I’ve ever seen. The lack of emotion from the family’s performances while everything falls apart is just bizarre. Oh, and the scene where the father talks to his son and tells him he jerked off his own sleeping father still perplexes me to this day.
@@TheAndrewj96 The flat emotions throughout are what make it so goddamn funny. I cried laughing when the son is like, "dad. My legs. I can't feel them." In the most monotone voice ever rather than absolutely fucking freaking out like any of us would.
@@TheAndrewj96 The comedy is a really specific tone and if it's not your thing it's not funny at all. I cried laughing several times throughout the film but my wife didn't find it funny at all. Each to their own :)
I mean that movie is definitely way better, but this is like a good simple version of it that children could enjoy too, there’s no long handjob scenes or nothin
My entire friend group could not stop laughing at how bad this was. When the last dad and Wen kept turning the radio on and off at the end, all of us were dying and wheezing. Boogie Nights has become a punchline for us.
The "violence" part of the rating was because while they didn't directly show the violence, they showed the blood and aftermath of it. Like with Redmond, they didn't show him getting his head bashed in. But they showed his covered corpse and the blood. Or when Leonard slit his throat. While it didn't show him do it, it showed the blood flowing from his neck, down his shirt. Blood is a huge factor with the MPA. Show blood, you're going to get an R rating from one hit with a weapon. No blood, Show as much violence as you want. Show people getting shot, stabbed, maimed, or killed. It doesn't matter. You'll still get a PG-13. The "language" part is because they say "fuck" about 20 time, because God forbid anyone under the age of 17 hears that word more than once in a movie.
Right from the first trailer, my first thought was "this would make a fine episode in an anthology" and my second was "this reminds of Cabin in the Woods". The concept is initially engaging, but isn't deep enough to sustain a feature length film, unless it's done like Cabin in the Woods. Also, watch Cabin in the Woods lol.
I didn't know this was based on a novel and when i saw the trailer i felt reminded of Cabin in the Woods too. Funny that Cabin in the Woods actually got more crazy as time went on while this, a f*ing Shyamalan-movie, never had any twists or turns.
Hey Adum, thanks for putting in the effort to make a longer review for this one. I enjoyed it, sad to see you didn't as much. My biggest issue is how they represent homosexual relationships. At the beginning, the child makes a comment about how her guidance counselor says that, "It's so great that you have two dads," which she takes issue with. In my mind, this seems to take issue with how Hollywood seems to be romanticizing being gay. Then, for the rest of the movie, the fact that the couple is gay isn't treated as a normal thing, but a thing to constantly use as reasoning or say, "Yeah dude, I'm totally not homophobic - that's definitely not why we're here." From the trailer, I was really hoping to see actual gay representation that wasn't pointed at and mentioned endlessly. I want them to just be a gay couple and have nobody comment about it because it's just NORMAL. They're not unicorns, they're gay.
I agree in general- my take on the “it’s so great you have two dads” thing seeming like the opposite to her, I imagined it was like her counselor couldn’t get over it was like obligated to try to not sound homophobic because of her job. Like “oh, it’s so great that you have two dads and still manage to seem so happy” kind of stuff. Everything else you said was my take too- but at the beginning of the movie, my takeaway was more of the kid recognizing “subtle” homophobia. In the context of the rest of the movie, maybe that’s not what was happening.
9:41 Why is it a bad thing that you can describe the plot of a movie that is 100 minutes long in 5 sentences? A basic plot description should not be an in-depth review - think of an IMDB summary - and most movies ever made from terrible to great can be described in about the same or less. (The term "elevator pitch" exists for this reason.)
I know this is a cliche comment, but I liked the book better. It was MUCH more bleak and had a much better ending. If you liked the premise of the movie but not the execution, I'd recommend the book. It's a pretty quick read too.
The only thing I think I can say about the ICU on the news thing is that back when Covid numbers started to drop, I remember when it felt like a huge deal the first day that we hit 0 deaths. Having two days in a row is also special because it means it’s not a one off. I think he was going for the idea that people were seeing progress and the apocalyptic shit had stopped
That's actually interesting, I had not thought of the C-demic context...I prob need to factor that in to some of my film opinions as the ones made under those conditions trickle out. Thanks for the Brain Chow!
I respect Shyamalan for taking big swings, maintaining a distinctive style, and keeping mid-budget studio filmmaking on life support. I just wish I actually enjoyed the movies he makes
The reveal should have happened halfway through the movie. Like he’s right, the trailer is more compelling than the movie is. It’s way longer than it needs to be , it needs to catch up to the trailer by the first half and then be “the rest of the movie”
the original ending in the book gives the story a lot more purpose. as it is, i dont know why they made that change to the story when adapting it to a film.
These are the most mindlessly unfunny comments ever. Every video about a film has a comment like this one and it’s never funny. Who likes these? Are you people even real?
good performances on an m night film, I count this as a win from that alone. that's honestly the main issue with his recent films to me. It's not necessarily the concept itself, but rather just how awkward a lot of the interactions feel, so I'm glad to hear that the common concensus is that the performances were good in this film
She definitely said "first hour, oh we're coming onto the second hour" There was a moment one of them said their rope was getting loose, and they sent the girl to get the knife for the other one. They planned the whole distraction so he could get the gun. Remember when they said to the girl "remember that tantrum you pulled that Thanksgiving, on the cue, do that" He gives the cue shortly before lunging from his chair.
The weirdest part of the bar scene is that they're having a quiet conversation, loud bar sounds to imply it's a loud bar, and then the crux of the scene is that they're being too loud?? They definitely weren't. Even in a Library, they probably wouldn't get shushed.
The actual crux of the scene wasn't actually about their volume, it was the guy being homophobic and using their volume as an excuse to harass them. Though it is a bit annoying that they can whisper to each other in this apparently loud bar.
So I went to the IMDb parents guide and it’s definitely rated r for swearing. You can’t say fuck more than twice or it’s a automatic R rating, stupid but thems the rules.
As far as the "No deaths in the ICU" scene, all I could assume is that one of the four horsemen is Death itself, so if Death is hanging around the cabin waiting for these guys to get on with it, maybe that's to imply death is no longer a thing everywhere else lol
Im beginning to believe than M Night was lucky with unbreakable and 6th sense and that hes just a bad filmmaker. Good filmmakers dont have dud after dud after dud. Scorcese is a great example of an incredible filmmaker
They do if they start off genuinely caring about what they do before becoming jaded and lazy. Look at George Lucas, or Steven Spielberg. Once you become too big to fail, there's no longer any reason to try. That said, I would be genuinely shocked to find out Shyamalan's degeneration had nothing to do with drugs.
@@DistractedGlobeGuy thats true, but steven made at least 25 good movies from jaws to bttf to saving Private ryan to war of the worlds to schindlers list etc. Spielberg had about 35 years of good movies, m night had about 3 years
I'm glad to know m night still holds on to every trope he's ever used and refuses to change because people keep giving him money hoping he'll shit out another sixth sense
I had a pretty fun time watching this, it’s an incredible well shot movie imo. It was clear to me that there was a lot of thought put into each shot and it made it engaging for me. Great acting and I actually was never bored And they didn’t say that all three of them needed to decide which one of them to establish, they said that they had to choose which ones to sacrifice, the invaders couldn’t make that choice for them. It doesn’t have to be all of them, it just has to be one or more of their ideas. Idk that seemed pretty clear to me
Thank you for this because I absolutely fucking hated this movie you have no idea how many buckets of popcorn I went through because I WAS SO BORED. Also being gay, I was so excited for a gay horror but I just wanted to cry towards the end because I was so tired
7:56 with the no deaths in the ICU thing i would imagine is there because of revelations 9:6 which says something like “and in that time men will wish to flee through death but find no escape.” It’s just meant to force the people who didn’t get raptured to suffer more
One small correction about your point at the end 9:10. One of the gay boys tells the other to “be ready for when he nods his head” implying that they did have a plan. Now with that being said you never see him give that signal, unless I missed that.
The no deaths in the ICU is a reference to the apocalypse as described in the book of Revelations. I forget the exact wording, but a common Christian interpretation is that people will stop dying once the apocalypse starts.
Hey Adum will you be reviewing women talking? I saw it today in theaters and really enjoyed it/cried. I think you would really like it because it's dark and depressing but has a lot of hidden meaning.
I thought it was a decent low budget psychological horror movie that was a lot more cohesive than Old, and Bautista got to act again which I usually enjoy.
I read the book and at least from the books perspective, the two fathers did not "sacrifice" the daughter, rather she died by accident/and or by someone elses hand rather than her parent's. The book was quite good, its a shame the movie didn't turn out so well.
The R rating is because of "fuck" being said a lot. It's dangerous to let teenagers see the movie because they've obviously never heard that word before.
Where I live, people think it's dangerous for teens to know gay people even exist. I live in the south.
@@CynnamonSpyderI mean, isn’t it? If kids find out that gay people exist, won’t that turn them gay and fuck up reproduction rates and doom the entire human race?
@@CynnamonSpyder that explains everything
Gay people and the f word? Satan grows more powerful by the day 🙏
The MPAA will generally only allow 1 f-bomb in a PG-13 movie or else it's changed to R. But I will add they are not always consistent with this rule (e.g. Finding Forrester had 2). There's a great documentary called "This Film Is Not Yet Rated" that talks more about this hypocrisy, especially the MPAA's hypersensitivity to sex over violence.
When the character revealed that they were the 4 Horsemen of the apocalypse, I heard someone in the audience say “Well, no fucking shit!” That made the film somewhat memorable.
"Four they are - From Hell they come... Zeppo, Chico, Harpo and Groucho.
that guy sounds insufferable
What was the rationale for one of the three hostages needing to be killed?
that guys my hero
“oh my god there’s a knock at the cabin”
"Who is it?"
OHMYGOD THERESABANG ATTHEDOOR
@@MadWatcher All at once?
I came in here just to type this, you bastard
Hey, spoiler alert
The whole point of the novel was the kid dying first. Then the choice comes down to one or the other choosing to sacrifice themselves, because there was no point to either living once their child was gone. It's a pretty strong message.
M. Night Shyamalan decided "kidz r da future" and here we are.
Wait, so you telling me the kid lives? Did he just fall asleep reading the novel and miss the whole point?
I mean, I know he already missed the point cos they reveal whether the apocalypse was real or not, but if the kid lives, than why even do an adaptation?
This is probably why there's a random scene of the kid fleeing the cabin. I would not be surprised if the original ending was supposed to be faithful to the books and it would had made a more interesting story. Instead we get a cookie cutter ending where any mystery is removed.
@@Essence_of_Flowers hi you have the same pfp as me :3
WeLL, wHaT’s ThE pOiNt Of AdApTaTiOn iF iT’s a CaRbOn cOpY oF tHe oRiGiNaL?
@@petrblatny2472 i mean, it's not that it's not the same as the original, the problem lies with the fact that it kinda refuses to engage with any of the themes (very simple themes at that) in the original narrative. I mean Shyamalan could have a completely different interpretation from the original story, in a different setting, with different characters, or even exploring different aspects of the same setting, and it wouldnt really be an issue as long as he had at least added something to the themes of the original story, or even if he said something on top of it.
Idk from my perspective he just pranced around it for the duration of the movie
This is based on a book by a guy who is known for writing weird, vaguely horrifying short stories.
One of my favorites is about this man who arrives at the local public pool to pick up his kids from swim practice and this woman starts talking to him while he's waiting and acting like she is his wife. She's attractive though and kind of flirty, so the guy plays along at first but then she calls for the guy's kids by name and they come running over and the man wants to tell the kids to stop, to run away, but he can't. The only thing he is still in control of is his mind. Something else is now moving his body, which follows the woman to a minivan parked in the lot. He and the kids get in and the guy glances at their reflections in the rearview mirror and he can tell by their horrified expressions that something is now controlling their bodies as well. And then the woman drives off with them.
...And that's it. That's the whole story. I was worried that his stuff wouldn't adapt well for this exact reason. Maybe as a book, KatC could've been compelling. But with M. Night's terminally awkward directing style, it didn't stand a chance.
Author name? I’m curious now
That was really awesome and terrifying at the same time. I would love to read more
That sounds like something that would be in a five nights at freddy's book.
@@Jumbleman5 shut up zoomer
My brother in Christ I need the sauce
With this movie's title and you mentioning The Strangers, I was totally hyping myself up for that "OH MY GOD, THERE'S A BANG AT THE DOOR" clip.
Shame on Adum. Total missed opportunity.
"Oh my god, there's a whisper through the door..."
Good to know I wasn't the only one expecting the clip.
Where is that clip originally from?
@@keyofallworlds7549 “best movie ever made” by FND FILMS it’s at 1:33
The comic where Thanos makes Drax tie up gay couples on vacation is a classic.
It was an American Classic
More like gaycation
Careful, you might prompt him to add this movie into the Unbreaka-verse.
Cut the number of parents in half.
Yes. Actors play multiple characters throughout their career. Thanks for pointing out that Dave Bautista here has indeed played another character before this movie.
7:51 she actually says "Second HOUR of no deaths in the ICU"
That's even worse, because like... why would a news station talk about that? Two hours is not that long for a hospital. People aren't just constantly dropping like flies in them.
She also said “parking lot” when she’s from the UK and is Scottish.. which is odd
@@nuclearpotato4073 It reminds me of a part in Supernatural where something disrupted the actual "dying" part of people who were mortally wounded (e.g. people with horrible injuries or terminally ill close to dying weren't dying, no matter how awful their conditions were.) Maybe it was Supernatural, maybe it wasn't. But can you imagine, someone trying to die intentionally by train, they get pulverized into several pieces, and their body refuses to kick the bucket? Or maybe serial killers are going more crazy trying to murder someone who won't die to stabbings or gunshots? Or animal attacks? Yeah. It would be gnarly.
@@2dheethbarthat was the plot of an long episode of Torchwood, the doctor who spinoff. Idk if it's also in supernatural.
@@firstlast9846what do they call it over there?
I hope this career saga culminates in a Breen-esque power fantasy film where M Night plays the protagonist, except the twist is that nothing interesting happens
Isn't that lady in the water?
SyFy already made that fake documentary back in the day, wear they pretended that when M.Night was a kid, he supposedly drowned, died a little, & came back a horror master.
Some kind of dogshit.
That is literally just Lady in the Wa... dang it, @DavidLawrence6742 beat me to it.
Yes, but the real question is: will we get a Breen/Shyamalan collaboration?
I would actually watch a legit Shyamalan movie where Shyamalan is the main character and Shyamalan doesn't actually play himself lol. Like the twist is that Shyamalan was actually not Shyamalan and he shows up at the end as the real Shyamalan. Shyamalan...
You know it's going to be a good review when the thumbnail is just a closeup of someone's face.
Tbf that's every quickie thumbnail lmao
The next Bautista movie review should have a thumbnail of a closeup of his bellybutton 🌞 tattoo
@@historicalshit Better idea. Just a close up of his junk in his "Bluetista' wrestling gear.
@@n0m4nic only you wanna see that my guy. It’s ok to come out. 😂
It says a lot for M Night Shyamalan that I don't know if "Hi, I'm this character and I like sandwiches" is a real line from the movie.
_"Hotdogs get a bad rap y'know..."_ ~Marky "I love beating g[REDACTED]s to death" Mark, 2007
Bautista was amazing in this, his range is amazing and his character was definitely the best. I also loved the opening, creepy yet calm and welcoming tone that was kinda suspenseful. Other than that, the rest of the movie was pretty boring.
loved him in the knives out movie too, if he keeps choosing the right roles, he will become a really respected actor.
Completely agree.
Bautista is the best among the WWE actors, & the sort, by far.
If it was a 30 minute short i would be ok with it, i would say it was ok
Literally half of the a24 and Netflix horror films
With the R-Rating in the US, it's probably for the multiple F-words. In the MPAA rating system, you can only say the F-word once or twice at most and get a PG-13. Any more than that, the movie's rated R.
No no it’s cuz GAY! Adam thinks gay people = R because it’s 1982 apparently
It seems that the MPA (no longer MPAA now actually) also had a problem with the violence/gore that actually appeared in the movie, because "violence" is part of the MPA rating.
Average MPAA rating logic
@@generalgk the gays are in kids movies now (ie strange world unfortunately) so its definitely not because of that
@@generalgk try 2002
The moment M. Night’s name flashed across the screen during the trailer, I audibly groaned, because they had me in the first half. I thought it was going to be a fun thriller.
"If you've seen the trailer you've seen the movie." Thanks for confirming. I haven't seen the movie, but the trailer seemed like it was giving away way too much. Why announce what the people's plan is once they break into the cabin? Seems like that should have been a surprise.
Most of the time this is a fuck up of the advertisement team. How many endings have been spoiled this way? But i think it's different here: They just had nothing to work with. If the movies plot is that simple and you don't have anything interesting to show it would be really hard not to spoil anything ...
it seems like shyamalan took the "too much plot twists" criticism about his movies wrong, lol. and he just told the advertisement team to spoil everything in the trailers so there's almost no plot twist.
I honestly applaud the actors in this movie. This is a real nothing movie. But they really make good work of it. This actually did convince me on Bautista's "I'm only in good movies thing" while untrue I do see him an actor to take more seriously. Same with Grint. Hope we're entering the Ronaissance I'd love to see more of him if it's to the level he showed here.
Yeah, he could do with a career that's defined by more than Ron Weasley and the film where he helps a flatulent child fart his way into space
@@casanovafunkenstein5090 what film are you describing with the last one?
I liked the kid too. She had to remain terrified the entire movie. A big job for an adult actress and she convinced me enough.
I reccomend Wild Target. Nothing amazing, but a fun comedy romp about a dysfunctional family and Grint is the like, idiot stepchild
@@TheNinja94a I believe that movie was called Thunderpants.
My friend went to go see this movie with her boyfriend and they apparently fell asleep the whole movie. I feel like that pretty much sums up the whole movie
Oh so its kind of like the Batman?
@@funkrobot9762 bruh
I fall asleep to every Will Smith movie. I realized I always do that since i,robot and I saw that movie in 2004 I think
@@historicalshit careful now. One day he’ll come over and slap the sleep out of you
@@gravybate2283risk assessment: my guy kept her fucking name out of his mouth.
Remember The Sixth Sense? I do...
Pepperidge Farm remembers
"Oh my God there's a banging at the door"
😂😂😂
My friends and I couldn't stop laughing when the Microsoft clipart planes started falling from the sky.
Also the message of this movie is weird and mixed imo
Another comment said M. Night made a major change to the original story this was adapted from that made the story notably more pointless.
It felt like the writers had wrote themselves into a corner that they had to avoid as much as possible, and as a result there wasn't really any clear message or point. I have a hard time deciding how to feel about the movie as a whole because of this
@@IstasPumaNevada spoilers:
The original ending has the daughter accidentally dying in crossfire. This doesn't count as the sacrifice needed. So the fathers say "fuck it, if her dying wasn't enough to prevent the end of the world, than the world isn't worth it" and they live hand in hand in the apocalypse.
Night's movie says: lol I mean, gay people, maybe don't? For the world, ya know? Lol
I was stricken and confused by the tone and message of the film. But I did laugh alot, which is what I expect from him since The Happening, so there's that
@Steven Hunt Can airplanes even fall from the sky like that? Without engines, aren't they just big gliders?
@TeamSprocket i was curious about this too, so I looked it up and the short answer is, yes, all fixed wing aircraft have some ability to glide. They don't normally drop like a rock.
OhMyGodThere'sABangAtTheDoor!
Man, this modern family spin off sure is edgy, but good for Cam on the weigh loss.
I hate that M. Night didn't keep the book ending. I know it's technically darker. But it adds more to the story and adds a lot of perspective and questions. But yeah... I've never been a huge fangirl for M. Night but this was an interesting book and sad it wasn't fully realized. Ty for review!
Can you spoil the original ending for me?
@@stephengrigg5988 The daughter is accidentally shot in the head by one of the “horsemen” and killed. Because it wasn’t a sacrifice, it doesn’t count so the couple still has to make the decision. In the end they decide it doesn’t matter because their world has already ended with the death of their child, so they leave the cabin together. It’s never revealed if there’s actually an apocalypse happening.
@@sneksneksnek0000 Well that sounds at least a little bit better than the movie. And definitly more focused on the characters. But characters aren't really Shyamalans strong suit - so i'm not surprised this wasn't the way he went.
Yeah, heaven forbid a _horror_ movie have an ending that's _too dark._
You know it's a good review when Adum uses his 2007 voice
that's probably his 2007 mic rather than voice per se (or audio post-processing to sound like the 2007 mic).
Others have said, but the ending of this movie is particularly weird and gives some (probably unintentional) mixed messages, especially as a gay person lol
SPOILERS for the movie and the book (The Cabin at the End of the World)
So in the book, the daughter is the one who dies after accidentally being shot, but this does not stop the "apocalypse". If I recall correctly, the book is much more ambiguous about whether the apocalypse is actually real or not, and the main couple decide to stick together, rather than seemingly following the will of a god who does not see the death of their daughter as enough of a sacrifice. In the book, Leonard (Batista's character) goes as far to say that the daughter's death "doesn't count" because the sacrifice wasn't a willing one, which throws in another interesting layer of ambiguity to the situation.(Forgive me, it has been a bit since I read the book).
The movie, however, changes it by having one of the dads realizing that he needs to be sacrificed and they were chosen because their love was pure...or something like that. And the movie seems to imply that the apocalypse was real, which means that in this movie, whatever god caused the apocalypse was singling out a happy gay couple, forcing them to kill one another to save the world...and ended up being right. Like, I'm not sure if he was going for a "gay people are too good for this sinful earth" kind of moral or something, but he changed the ending of the book in order to have one of your gay leads kill the other for a "greater good" which just feels...weird.
You're wrong. Second gay person here, the point of having Andrew kill Eric is that Andrew grew resentful of his oppression and legitimately doesn't care a single bit about the outside world who attacked him. Throughout the movie Andrew is painted as a vengeful hurt asshole who hates the outside world and views everyone as a potential homophobe/threat to him and his husband. Eric on the other way has a ton of religious feelings, shown when Andrew said he could pray at the orphanage (while Andrew hid his homosexuality from the staff by saying Eric is his wife's brother). Leonard was right, God chose them because their love is pure, but it's a matter of how worthwhile humans are (so God gave the right of forgiveness to a person who has dealt with the worst humanity can offer), and it comes down to Andrew. This movie would be so much more complicated if these characters weren't gay, as you'd have to set up a bitter cynical protagonist instead of just pulling the homophobia card
By killing Eric, Andrew forgives the outside world, literally, and I assume let's go of his fear and resentment.
I always appreciate it when people compare the book to the movie when stating why it's better. I'm not a book person, so it helps to understand why the book might've been adapted in the first place.
@@guibeck8259 still doesn't feel as strong of a message as the kid dying if you can still interpret it as "gays must sacrifice themselves for the world" or something
@GuiBecK I mean, that's a fine interpretation, it just doesn't sit right with me, even with that explanation (along with the decision to make the apocalypse 100% real, which is much less interesting for me). Like, no matter how he paints it, it feels weird to have your two gay leads being forced to murder one or the other in order serve as salvation for humanity. The fact he took a far more interesting and ambiguous ending and changed it to...that. Not a fan.
@GuiBecK I also, thinking about it more, don't know if that interpretation is any better. "Yes, Andrew, the world has been super shitty to you and you've faced homophobia and oppression, but you need to forgive humanity for the hatred you've faced....by killing your husband :D You've grown as a person!" It feels...mixed lol
[MILD SPOILER] Great review but as far as I can remember it was 2 hours not 2 days without deaths in the ICU. Still a bit awkward but not wrong.
yea thats what i heard
the reports all felt fake as fuck, like disasters happen and conveniently there's perfect movie quality footage nigh instantly and they report on things like "2 hours without child deaths in this hospital" like who the fuck reports it like that?
@@moonman375Right? And on top of that, they all felt like they were happening way too fast. Seven airplanes fall out of the sky randomly, and that gets an instant breaking news report? The movie took place over the span of like a day and a half or something, right?
Rupert deserves so much better honestly
I was not happy that he died first 😂
8:13 two days of no deaths in the ICU is basically a zombie apocalypse scenario. Even at the best of times SOMEONE does.
If anything, it's an apocalypse of an even more dire kind--ever seen the American _Torchwood_ reboot?
@@DistractedGlobeGuy yes! Good example. That's what I mean. This is horrific.
@@mechasentai Yeah, my assumption was that it was gonna be like the Nic Cage _Left Behind_ movie, where they were gonna set up that Armageddon was only going to get worse from there on out and maybe there could be sequels showing that.
the actual line is "one hour, coming up to two hours." Adam is a deaf furry with Breen IQ.
When the guy reached the car, unlocked the gun box to reveal the weapon was unloaded and had to load each bullet into the magazine , I knew we were in for a treat
“Gay Strangers” will never fail to make me laugh.
Knock at the Cabin gives pretty strong performances, made me make predictions as to what’s going on constantly, and is certainly better than anything M. Night Shyamalan has done in years.
"His best movie in years" we have been saying that for what, a decade now?
Can we just please accept the Shyamalan we once loved is gone for good
The lady who was with them, every time she was on screen all I saw was "I AM ACTING LOOK AT ME ACTING I AM AN ACTOR"
Oh my god there's a gay at the door
@@schmebulockjizz The bar is pretty low from what I hear (I haven't seen any of his universally panned movies), but even if we aren't gonna get absolute bangers like those first three movies, I'll take what I can get
This is the best one since Split which was actually pretty good. This one was okay
I really liked Batista’s performance. I could imagine him being a teacher you’d really love and grow up and look back on fondly.
Spoilers
Or I guess in the movie you love, then find out his body was found in a burned down cabin with 4 other people and giant murder weapons.
I watched this movie with my friend and half way through he knocked out. So I woke him up to watch the rest of the movie and he stared at the screen for a couple minutes and knocked out harder. That is my review of this movie.
At what point do we have to accept that M.Night is more lucky than skilled when it comes to directing
Ehhh I don’t buy that. He just makes movies however the hell he wants and sometimes it works out and most times it doesn’t. I don’t think you make the sixth sense by luck or something
many, many, many films ago buddy
Yeah hard disagree. His first three films have phenomenal direction in a way I really can't believe was accidental
@@mrbluebob1066I agree his direction is actually pretty good it’s just his writing is more of the issue his movies even the ones I don’t like look really good.
I wouldnt call him lucky when his catalogue is starting to look like a roulette wheel, like 2 good movies out of 20
Thank god you feel this way. Literally thank god.
I saw this movie months before release and couldn’t talk about it. I was just waiting for people to rip it apart once it came out.
But Every single reviewer I’ve seen so far has given this movie a positive pass.
Every negative you brought up about the movie couldn’t have been more well articulated. You’re amazing and have given me much validation that I’m not crazy lol
I didn’t get it. I thought I was missing something.
I do like how the intruders each have one of the horsemen colors (if that's who they're supposed to be) but I don't know if that plays into their characters at all. Gonna assume it doesn't and is just surface level.
Hmm… I definitely got the impression that they were coordinating when they did the chair jump thing. They said “always together” right before that happened. Pretty sure they both knew the plan.
And one of them absolutely said that their restraints were loose around their hands before their escape attempt.
Yeah, the first thing we see them say to each other on the day they make the coordinated escape attempt is Andrew telling Eric that he's gotten the restraints loose today. Then later Eric tells Wen to wait for his signal and do "that thing from Christmas (iirc)". Finally, they coordinate with her distracting them, then Andrew escaping, then Eric.
Adam is pretty on point with most of the review but that he's just incorrect about. He missed where they said it I guess. I just finished the movie.
It was “an hour of no deaths in the ICU” but then she says something like “actually we’re coming up on two hours now.”
Also they did coordinate the escape attempt, Andrew tells the other guy (Eric I think) “my ropes are looser,” then a bit later Eric says “when I nod do what you did at thanksgiving” I have no idea what that means but I think that was him conveying some instruction.
We missed a scene where one of them instructs the girl to get a knife though.
good points.
IIRC the Thanksgiving comment was directed at their daughter, and seemed to mean “throw a pseudo-tantrum“ as a means of diversion
(Movie was still disappointing tho IMO)
I really wonder if actor careers get elevated or ruined by being in a Shyamalan movie. I feel like the industry in general is pretty apathetic to M. Night so it seems inconsequential to work with him.
This is just more evidence that Shyamalan, much like Lucas, Cameron and other celebrated directors who's early efforts were "masterpieces", were clearly held up by extremely talented teams of people while they were given all the credit, then once famous and on their own, turned out to be shite.
The kid definitely seemed like an npc just there to say empty lines 😂
It’s based off a book where the daughter dies by accident instead of the father. It’s important that she dies on accident
The twist at the end is that they’re on a reality TV show.
This movie sounded like a thought experiment posed in my psychology/ethics class... it was something like "a kid, the kid's father, and the kid's grandfather have to decide which one of the three of them would have to die to save the other two + the world... which one would you pick and why?"
Wasn't really that interesting or anything to make a movie out of... so I assumed this movie would be boring and it was. Thanks for watching it so I didn't have to.
M night you did it
A much better movie with a similar premise (someone in a family is required to die) is Killing of a Sacred Deer, which also happens to be fucking hysterical.
I second this
That is hands down one of the strangest movies I’ve ever seen. The lack of emotion from the family’s performances while everything falls apart is just bizarre.
Oh, and the scene where the father talks to his son and tells him he jerked off his own sleeping father still perplexes me to this day.
@@TheAndrewj96 The flat emotions throughout are what make it so goddamn funny. I cried laughing when the son is like, "dad. My legs. I can't feel them." In the most monotone voice ever rather than absolutely fucking freaking out like any of us would.
@@Jabadamazo I don’t even think I laughed at all during that movie. I was just thoroughly weirded out.
@@TheAndrewj96 The comedy is a really specific tone and if it's not your thing it's not funny at all. I cried laughing several times throughout the film but my wife didn't find it funny at all. Each to their own :)
I've watched Glee too much back in the day so every time I see Johnathan Groff on screen I am thinking he is going to burst into a song.
Tl;dr: Watch killing of a sacred deer instead.
I mean that movie is definitely way better, but this is like a good simple version of it that children could enjoy too, there’s no long handjob scenes or nothin
I immediately went to the description box to check the score, then I remembered that Adum isn't Melon.
They're both fruits though.
My friends and I saw it in an empty theater and we spent the whole movie chirping at it
The ending made us all burst out into laughter
My entire friend group could not stop laughing at how bad this was. When the last dad and Wen kept turning the radio on and off at the end, all of us were dying and wheezing. Boogie Nights has become a punchline for us.
The "violence" part of the rating was because while they didn't directly show the violence, they showed the blood and aftermath of it. Like with Redmond, they didn't show him getting his head bashed in. But they showed his covered corpse and the blood. Or when Leonard slit his throat. While it didn't show him do it, it showed the blood flowing from his neck, down his shirt.
Blood is a huge factor with the MPA. Show blood, you're going to get an R rating from one hit with a weapon. No blood, Show as much violence as you want. Show people getting shot, stabbed, maimed, or killed. It doesn't matter. You'll still get a PG-13.
The "language" part is because they say "fuck" about 20 time, because God forbid anyone under the age of 17 hears that word more than once in a movie.
That check the map joke is hilarious.
Right from the first trailer, my first thought was "this would make a fine episode in an anthology" and my second was "this reminds of Cabin in the Woods". The concept is initially engaging, but isn't deep enough to sustain a feature length film, unless it's done like Cabin in the Woods. Also, watch Cabin in the Woods lol.
I didn't know this was based on a novel and when i saw the trailer i felt reminded of Cabin in the Woods too. Funny that Cabin in the Woods actually got more crazy as time went on while this, a f*ing Shyamalan-movie, never had any twists or turns.
Hey Adum, thanks for putting in the effort to make a longer review for this one. I enjoyed it, sad to see you didn't as much. My biggest issue is how they represent homosexual relationships. At the beginning, the child makes a comment about how her guidance counselor says that, "It's so great that you have two dads," which she takes issue with. In my mind, this seems to take issue with how Hollywood seems to be romanticizing being gay. Then, for the rest of the movie, the fact that the couple is gay isn't treated as a normal thing, but a thing to constantly use as reasoning or say, "Yeah dude, I'm totally not homophobic - that's definitely not why we're here." From the trailer, I was really hoping to see actual gay representation that wasn't pointed at and mentioned endlessly. I want them to just be a gay couple and have nobody comment about it because it's just NORMAL. They're not unicorns, they're gay.
I agree in general- my take on the “it’s so great you have two dads” thing seeming like the opposite to her, I imagined it was like her counselor couldn’t get over it was like obligated to try to not sound homophobic because of her job. Like “oh, it’s so great that you have two dads and still manage to seem so happy” kind of stuff. Everything else you said was my take too- but at the beginning of the movie, my takeaway was more of the kid recognizing “subtle” homophobia.
In the context of the rest of the movie, maybe that’s not what was happening.
@@LobsterLadyyyy That’s a good analysis of it, I agree with yours more than my original take on it
9:41 Why is it a bad thing that you can describe the plot of a movie that is 100 minutes long in 5 sentences? A basic plot description should not be an in-depth review - think of an IMDB summary - and most movies ever made from terrible to great can be described in about the same or less. (The term "elevator pitch" exists for this reason.)
I know this is a cliche comment, but I liked the book better. It was MUCH more bleak and had a much better ending. If you liked the premise of the movie but not the execution, I'd recommend the book. It's a pretty quick read too.
"Gay the strangers" made me lol every single time.
Thumbs up for this vid not being a repurposed live stream. This is MUCH better.
The only thing I think I can say about the ICU on the news thing is that back when Covid numbers started to drop, I remember when it felt like a huge deal the first day that we hit 0 deaths. Having two days in a row is also special because it means it’s not a one off. I think he was going for the idea that people were seeing progress and the apocalyptic shit had stopped
That's actually interesting, I had not thought of the C-demic context...I prob need to factor that in to some of my film opinions as the ones made under those conditions trickle out. Thanks for the Brain Chow!
came for the review, stayed for adum's amazing marge simpson impression
Is the Shamalanyanian twist that it's boring?
I respect Shyamalan for taking big swings, maintaining a distinctive style, and keeping mid-budget studio filmmaking on life support. I just wish I actually enjoyed the movies he makes
I mean to be fair "fuck" is said 21 times lol, and there has never been a PG-13 movie with 21 fucks to my knowledge (by MPAA)
We saw it in the theater and I struggled to stay awake.
The reveal should have happened halfway through the movie. Like he’s right, the trailer is more compelling than the movie is. It’s way longer than it needs to be , it needs to catch up to the trailer by the first half and then be “the rest of the movie”
the original ending in the book gives the story a lot more purpose. as it is, i dont know why they made that change to the story when adapting it to a film.
the no deaths thing is part of the apocalypse in revelations. After everyone's raptured all the remaining people can't die on earth
Love When Dave Bautista says: “It’s Knocking Time!” So the plot can move forward
can that format please die. it is overused.
These are the most mindlessly unfunny comments ever. Every video about a film has a comment like this one and it’s never funny. Who likes these? Are you people even real?
Tito approves.
ALEX YIIK IN REAL LIFE ON THE THUMBNAIL? THIS PLACE IS DA 💣!!!
good performances on an m night film, I count this as a win from that alone. that's honestly the main issue with his recent films to me. It's not necessarily the concept itself, but rather just how awkward a lot of the interactions feel, so I'm glad to hear that the common concensus is that the performances were good in this film
Can't believe this is it before the YMS for Old. Must be a Longman
She definitely said "first hour, oh we're coming onto the second hour"
There was a moment one of them said their rope was getting loose, and they sent the girl to get the knife for the other one. They planned the whole distraction so he could get the gun. Remember when they said to the girl "remember that tantrum you pulled that Thanksgiving, on the cue, do that"
He gives the cue shortly before lunging from his chair.
OP was too bored to realize hes a doofus lol
The weirdest part of the bar scene is that they're having a quiet conversation, loud bar sounds to imply it's a loud bar, and then the crux of the scene is that they're being too loud?? They definitely weren't. Even in a Library, they probably wouldn't get shushed.
The actual crux of the scene wasn't actually about their volume, it was the guy being homophobic and using their volume as an excuse to harass them. Though it is a bit annoying that they can whisper to each other in this apparently loud bar.
The whole point is that they weren't being loud and he was just using that as an excuse to antagonize the gay guys
So I went to the IMDb parents guide and it’s definitely rated r for swearing. You can’t say fuck more than twice or it’s a automatic R rating, stupid but thems the rules.
As far as the "No deaths in the ICU" scene, all I could assume is that one of the four horsemen is Death itself, so if Death is hanging around the cabin waiting for these guys to get on with it, maybe that's to imply death is no longer a thing everywhere else lol
Dave “I only do good movies” Bautista is in it tho
What people think glass onion was good ?
@@alexanderguerrero347 a lot.
I don't know what ones, but he's apparently been in multiple Marvel films.
Im beginning to believe than M Night was lucky with unbreakable and 6th sense and that hes just a bad filmmaker. Good filmmakers dont have dud after dud after dud. Scorcese is a great example of an incredible filmmaker
They do if they start off genuinely caring about what they do before becoming jaded and lazy. Look at George Lucas, or Steven Spielberg. Once you become too big to fail, there's no longer any reason to try. That said, I would be genuinely shocked to find out Shyamalan's degeneration had nothing to do with drugs.
@@DistractedGlobeGuy thats true, but steven made at least 25 good movies from jaws to bttf to saving Private ryan to war of the worlds to schindlers list etc. Spielberg had about 35 years of good movies, m night had about 3 years
That's Michael Bay too.
@@_somestuff Bay never made anything good.
@@DistractedGlobeGuy the Rock was decent, Pain n Gain was alright and... that's it, I guess
Finally a regular classic YMS movie review
M Night has been coasting on the success of exactly just The 6th Sense
Sorry, I wasn't paying attention. Did you say Drax The Destroyer and Ronald Weasley are in a gay relationship?
If that were the marketing campaign I'd actually want to see it.
My favourite part was when you put a 6 second loop in the background with one single infuriating motif that never ever stops.
I'm glad to know m night still holds on to every trope he's ever used and refuses to change because people keep giving him money hoping he'll shit out another sixth sense
It's rated R because the f-word was used multiple times.
I was disappointed that I predicted all the plot twists from the trailer. Not M Night's worst, but definitely in his mid-tier.
So basically the same as every other film
I had a pretty fun time watching this, it’s an incredible well shot movie imo. It was clear to me that there was a lot of thought put into each shot and it made it engaging for me. Great acting and I actually was never bored
And they didn’t say that all three of them needed to decide which one of them to establish, they said that they had to choose which ones to sacrifice, the invaders couldn’t make that choice for them. It doesn’t have to be all of them, it just has to be one or more of their ideas. Idk that seemed pretty clear to me
Thank you for this because I absolutely fucking hated this movie you have no idea how many buckets of popcorn I went through because I WAS SO BORED.
Also being gay, I was so excited for a gay horror but I just wanted to cry towards the end because I was so tired
7:56 with the no deaths in the ICU thing i would imagine is there because of revelations 9:6 which says something like “and in that time men will wish to flee through death but find no escape.” It’s just meant to force the people who didn’t get raptured to suffer more
One small correction about your point at the end 9:10. One of the gay boys tells the other to “be ready for when he nods his head” implying that they did have a plan. Now with that being said you never see him give that signal, unless I missed that.
So yes, but actually no.
You do see it, the camera was on the man when he nodded and she immediately starts having a tantrum
@@bananabread112 Yup!
The no deaths in the ICU is a reference to the apocalypse as described in the book of Revelations. I forget the exact wording, but a common Christian interpretation is that people will stop dying once the apocalypse starts.
Hey Adum will you be reviewing women talking? I saw it today in theaters and really enjoyed it/cried. I think you would really like it because it's dark and depressing but has a lot of hidden meaning.
Oh how ive missed your videos like this!
after thinking on this review for a while, it really makes you (me) think
I thought it was a decent low budget psychological horror movie that was a lot more cohesive than Old, and Bautista got to act again which I usually enjoy.
I read the book and at least from the books perspective, the two fathers did not "sacrifice" the daughter, rather she died by accident/and or by someone elses hand rather than her parent's. The book was quite good, its a shame the movie didn't turn out so well.
"Hire a better child" sounds so, so mean :D
M. Night drew another 10 minute short into a full feature film.
The not dying at the ICU thing is biblical, in the book of revelation when apocalypse happens people are no longer able to die.
This movie while fine, I feel this would’ve work as an hour episode of an anthology series by Guillmero Del Toro
This is an M. Night Shyamalan movie.
That's the review.