hey what's going on everybody and welcome back to my channel movie files elliott back again
with a brand new early movie review and today we're discussing the new supernatural thriller
directed by the one the only m night shyamalan the man with all the plots which we're talking about
his new film old which i got a chance to check out early courtesy of universal and i'm really excited
to talk about the film and let you know if it's worth checking out on this for the free review
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let's talk about this film old number one were you excited for it what were your thoughts when you
saw the trailer what was your expectation levels going to the movie and once you've seen the movie
what'd you think let's talk about your pros your cons did the premise live up to the idea
they live up to the hyper with the trailer and the synopsis reads what you think of the
performances what did you think of things that didn't work for you as far as the twist we all
know m knight half twist did you enjoy the twist in this film and also since we're talking m night
what is your favorite m night shyamalan film let me know in the comments let's discuss it
all in the comment section so for me going to old i got to say my expectations were kind of right in
the middle now personally i'm in a good spot with the writer director storyteller m night shyamalan
because his whole renaissance for me kind of he got back into what made him a great storyteller
with the film like visit my personal favorite is split and then even glass i know it's a mixed
bag for people i enjoyed it for his work but i know the criticisms with that movie but for me
the thing that really makes me like okay m nights getting back into the thick of things
he has a tv show that he's a writer producer director on by the name of servant which is on
apple tv plus has two seasons really good through the suspense really recommend that show but i'm
in a good spot so i'm i'm liking what he's giving me on the film and tv side i'm loving the trailer
from this film i love the cast i love the premise what i think about it starting off with my pros
let's go back to that premise again not giving too much away it's in the synopsis it's in a
trailer but the basic premise of this film is you have a group of people from all walks of life
who are going on the resort for a vacation they're recommended by the management of this resort to go
and you know spend some time some quiet family moments on a secluded part of the island on
this private beach and on this beach all of our different characters find out that they are aging
at a rapid pace and throughout the film they're trying to figure out what the hell is going on
with our bodies why is my six-year-old now a 15 year old and so on and so forth so it's
within that premise to me that kept me really engaged really trying to see what is going on
why is this happening but it's even taken away all that mystery element what i took away from
the movie which i really enjoyed about the premise was the concept of time is so fascinating for me
personally that's why i probably love a lot of supernatural you know time bending sci-fi type
of movies is because when you think of time and how much time we waste on being upset being sad
being in our feelings and not appreciating the things that are surrounding us right we're always
either looking ahead or looking behind but not really appreciating what's in front of us and
that's something that the film at points does a really good job of shining the light on that
premise of again not overlooking your loved ones not under appreciating the opportunities and the
things you have in front of you and appreciating the time you have and it's something that i really
enjoyed through various characters in this film and particularly we have our main family where
there's a husband and a wife that are kind of having a shaky part of their relationship they
have their two kids they're going on this vacation to kind of have this maybe final
vacation as a family and it's within the film as that particular family starts to realize
wow i really have something special with my family there's something like that in the film
that really kind of stood out to me there's other various characters that have this moment where
it's just like wow i should really appreciate what i have so i think at the heart the the really the
thing that i pulled away from this film is just really appreciating what you have and
appreciate the time you have so that's something i appreciate it in regards to the performances this
is a stack cast and regardless of what you think about m night shyamalan he always puts together
a really good cast and i thought that this was one of his finer cases unfortunately some of the
characters aren't really used properly but we'll talk about that a little bit later but i have to
say out of all the cast members i was really excited to see alex wolf i'm a big fan of his
i love eliza skadden i'm a big fan of thomas and mckenzie and those three up and coming actors
they did the best they could they were interesting characters they were mostly they were the kids of
the group and they we see them kind of age up and i i like alex's wolf trying to you know all
the characters are playing younger versions of themselves so i thought that they did a good job
of what they were given but i have to say even out of that entire cast and there's some really good
cast members i have to say that rufus school to me was the most interesting character he goes by name
his character goes by the name of charles he's a doctor and he has some really interesting moments
in his film and to me he was the only one that really kind of fit within the the the film's
narrative that they were trying to tell and he had some really interesting moments so out of
the entire ensemble cast i have to say charles was probably the most interesting character for
me personally going to some other pros that i have for the film you know m9 has a really quirky sense
of humor and like a real kind of awkward sense of humor and you can see that in all his films
and even on servant but i have to say there was a joke that i thought was very funny and when
you see the film you know i'm talking about let's just say certain demographics age differently than
other demographics and there's a joke in the film that i thought was hilarious and perfectly placed
and i'll just kind of leave it at that so those are my main pros ladies and gentlemen i have to
transition into my criticism i don't want to turn this into a rant and i don't want to sound over
you know negative about this film but i just got to say this this movie didn't work for me on so
many levels again i really enjoyed the premise i thought that there was a lot to kind of play with
in the realm of time and why these characters are there and really kind of understanding who these
characters were but we don't spend time all pun intended to really care for these characters i i
mentioned there's a lot of different families and there's a lot of different things that are going
on they all have their own negative things going on going on in their lives that brings them to
this island but i have to say man i did not care for a lot of these characters and that's really
kind of sucks because you're supposed to be caring for these characters to get off this beach and
you know figure out why this is going on with them but i just did not give a damn and it's
not due to the performances it's due to my man in my shyamalan he's his worst enemy sometimes for me
personally i thought that he really wrote himself into a corner to really playing within his idea of
time and appreciating time but not appreciating the time that he has with these actors because i
feel like they were wasted performances thomas and mckenzie alex wolf eliza skatin the main parents
in the film i just didn't feel like we spent time with them to really understand and care for them
making it off this island also when it comes to this film's narrative and the logic of this island
there's a lot of plot holes uh without getting too much into it but if our characters
are younger and they're aging at a rapid pace the film tries to show you that their mind is
also aging like if we have a six-year-old that's now turned into a 15 year old he's having the
the thought mannerisms the thought process he's now added at a 15 year old age gap but he really
at times the film plays into the logic where they're dumb and they're smart and their kids but
they're adults and it's just the logic of this film to me which is kind of all over the place
and there are some really just speaking to the production of the film this is probably one of
m night's bigger films as far as like scope and scale because he shoots a lot of his movies in
philadelphia and this is like i think his first film not shot in his hometown philadelphia there
was some really bad visual effects in this film from the the way that the characters will look up
and as you can tell there's a green screen there's a couple scenes where there's like gruesome
body twisting moments that i thought was like really terribly performed by a particular actress
and also i don't want to call any of the actors out but and i don't think it's the actor's fault
i think it's the direction the story they're given but there are some really awkward acting
beats in this film to me where i felt like the actors were like over the top and like playing
like old hollywood styles just really awkward moments within the cast and just the line delivery
and and it it's a mixture of bad storytelling bad direction bad a bad writing but i have to put some
blame on some of these very seasoned veteran good actors where it was just like really bad beats in
the acting department and it really reminded me a lot of these characters way that they would
deliver some of their lines and again m knight tries to throw in humor sometimes like awkward
humor this film is a mixture of the happening meets lady in the water with the sensibilities
and how things are are conveyed to the audience and i don't want to give reasons why but when you
see the film you know what i'm talking about when we get to the beach there was just so many moments
where she's like why are we separating why where has this character been for the last 20 minutes
why is this character doing what they're doing why do we not know why a certain character is doing
what they're doing there's so many plot holes and why's and why is this happening that it's just to
me at the end of the day it didn't work on so many levels and i'm not going to give away the twist
but when we finally get to the conclusion that the climax of the film boy was that so
underwhelming it's a it's a proof man i obviously don't want to give it away but when we get to that
ending when you find out why they are in the position they're in and why all of them are all
on the beach and all that it's just like wow this is what we thought was clever
i know this film is is inspired by a graphic novel uh called sand castle i don't know if it follows
the ending of that book or that graphic novel but this isn't in the lady in the water of the village
territory of bad twist innings but this is one of his worst twistings for me personally and and
now i'm thinking about this might be this might be up there for me guys this might be my second
least favorite twist by m9 and that's the thing with him night man i just wish he would get out
of that sandbox that he has to have a twist ending with all his films because i think he
relies so heavily of this like if you're a comedian you have the punchline and i don't
think the punchline sticks it falls flat on deaf ears for me personally so i don't want to go
into more of why i didn't enjoy this film because i'll probably dive into the spoiler territory but
at the end of the day i didn't care for the characters there's a lot of plot holes
there's some really wacky performances some really bad dialogue some really bad direction
and i really did not care for the characters so with all that being said before i give you my
overall score let you know if i think it's worth checking out if you haven't already like share
comment your thoughts below subscribe to the channel if you haven't already overall old has
a really awesome premise it has some really good moments when it comes to when the characters are
having the time to express what it means to be in the moment with their loved ones that's why i
think the film is at its best but we unfortunately have a bunch of nonsense going on in between there
some lackluster performances some really bad writing and a twist that is just makes you just
wish you would have got two hours of your own time back so with all that being said i'm gonna give m
night shyamalan's new supernatural thriller a two out of five and when it comes to do i recommend
you all seeing this in theaters i'm not one to tell you how you spend your money but i will say
that there are some other things you can probably do with your own time than see this in theaters
and hey take that as you will that's just my thoughts but i want to know what you all thought
of it if you took the time to see the film i keep seeing time it all it is intended for me to use
that pun there because this film is all about time let me know what you thought of it your pros your
cons are you more in the lines of me where you think this is one of his worst films it's not his
worst i i still have airbender after earth lady in the water and happening below that but it's
it's right in that kind of category as far as you know bottom of the barrel for me but i'm still a
m knife fan i look forward to serving season three and i look forward to whatever he does
next but this was not a film for me but it's just my thoughts but again once you all saw it let me
know what you all thought if you stuck around in this review i appreciate every single one of you
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