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So this happened to me today. I'm so happy.

#all of that aside though #the other thing is this is genuinely one of my favorite movies #and I think it's too bad that people never think more about it than THE TWIST #and my uncle was ALSO able to actually look at it AS A GOOD MOVIE rather than have all that baggage attached #like yeah his reaction was fun but he also just really appreciated the emotional story of it #and it was really nice to get to talk about that part of it with somebody who doesn't already think of the whole movie just as a punchline #shyamalan #the sixth sense #Bruce willis #horror

perhaps the most absurd thing about the Shyamalan A:tLA movie (that doesn't exist; yeah, yeah) is that he changed the characters' names because... because...

...because the fictional characters' names-- names that are from fictional cultures; names which we never see written down in the Latin alphabet in the entire film or original series, and even if we did see them in writing, they would be in a completely fictional writing system that was invented just for the fictional universe of the story-- those names were fake-romanized/transliterated differently than names from their real-world cultural inspirations usually are.

the most absurd part is that if it really bothered him that much, he could have just changed the spelling in the script and the credits, and literally no one would have cared! Just spell the names Eng, Sakka, and Airoh when you need to write them down, since it never actually comes up in the story! It could've been just a weird little credits moment and a behind-the-scenes factoid and not something that doomed the movie before we even dealt with its many, many other flaws.

#m. night shyamalan #shyamalan #the last airbender #iroh #uncle iroh #aang #avatar aang #sokka #i do not know why this decided to bother me in the year 2026 on a random sunday #but i have been holding onto this rant ever since i ill-advisedly watched that hot-mess nothing-burger of a movie #atla #a:tla #avatar the last airbender #avatar: the last airbender

TRAP (2024)

Director: M. Night Shyamalan Cinematography: Sayombhu Mukdeeprom

my favorite line from Signs is “Excluding the possibility that a female Scandinavian Olympian was running around outside our house last night, what else might be a possibility?”

#signs #it should be one of the more profound ones about faith #but no #it’s the Scandinavian Olympian line #joaquin phoenix #m. Night shyamalan #shyamalan #signs movie #horror #writing

If Ivy Elizabeth Walker (The Village) was in Game of Thrones / A Song of Ice and Fire, would she consider joining the Silent Sisters or becoming a septa?

Yes, out of religious devotion

Yes, to seek forgiveness or atonement for a scandal / shameful act / dishonor

Yes, because her family forced her to take the vows

Yes, to avoid punishment since she’s a criminal/lawbreaker

Yes, to seek safety/refuge from her enemies

Yes, to escape marriage, raising children & patriarchy

Yes, to gain political power/influence through the Faith

Yes, to live a quiet life apart from the world

Yes, for a unique reason I came up with (feel free to share in the comments)

No, she would never voluntarily take the Faith of the Seven vows

No. She’s being punished for her actions & she accepts her original punishment.

Voting ended onFeb 3