so I was at AFI Fest last month and I
got to see M night Shyamalan s new film
split and wow what a surprise it was
actually you know what I'm actually
surprised it was actually kind of good
you think this was a joke I'm not even
kidding it was actually good I know the
trailer looked like [ __ ] and I was
laughing my ass off at it too but the
movie was actually kind of good it's
2016 Donald Trump is president and M
night made a good movie again now M
night was actually at the screening and
introduced the film he talked about how
now that he's on smaller budgets being
produced by Jason Blum it's easier for
him to get a small crew together to do
reshoots rather than request millions of
dollars more from a studio and that does
make sense but let's not forget that
these films are fundamentally broken
sorry M night but you can't just pretend
like these films suddenly would have
been fixed if you were able to reshoot a
couple scenes also the visit was a micro
budget film and that was absolutely
unbearable don't worry I haven't
forgotten I'll make a bigger review in
the future by the way thank you Chris
Duckman for saving me and big money
salvia some pretty dank seats now that
being said the movie wasn't great but it
definitely was not bad there are things
that this movie did well but there are
also things that this movie did not so
well let's start off with what it did
well first of all the movie was really
well shot as I was watching the film I
was like holy [ __ ] where is this M night
been the past 10 years as it turns out
he had actually brought on the
cinematographer from it follows the
shots were not only nicely framed but
they often had a slow creeping movement
to them that really brought out the
tension in the film the soundtrack was
also well done and did a nice job at
complementing that exact same tone now
despite the trailer for this film being
laughable as [ __ ] I mean just even
trying to imagine how M night would
tackle this concept was almost a joke in
of itself and the few staggered clips we
get of James McAvoy might not be poorly
acted but they sure look ridiculous so
watching the full experience in the film
it was surprisingly well delivered this
is a film that simply would not work
with a less talented actor James McAvoy
was easily the best part of this film
and he was an absolute blast to watch
seeing him take on a role where he plays
multiple personalities is brave to say
the least especially when that role is
in an M night Shyamalan directed film
there are many ways in which this could
have been an absolute disaster but
believe it or not it turned out pretty
good now as for what's not so good about
the film there are a couple things
namely these girls performances
like I'm pretty sure if you were
kidnapped by an insane man with multiple
personalities your expression would be a
little bit more than though this is
weird
there were quite a few points where they
took away from the overall impact of the
scene just by how they were reacting to
him their performances were incredibly
unprofessional and under acted and the
less they were in the film the better it
was another thing that bothered me was
how a couple of the conversations were
paced perhaps it was just how the scenes
were edited but there were a couple of
them that seemed kind of off there two
characters next to each other in a room
having a conversation and the camera
cuts back and forth between each one of
them and somehow the way it was
delivered felt as though they might as
well have been in separate rooms
there was no flow to how they talked and
it was difficult to believe a
conversation was even taking place in
those few scenes it felt very
reminiscent of M nights worst films It
was as if there were different
personalities from the timeline of his
directing career competing as the same
to Rome I got guys I figured it out the
movies an unintentional metaphor for the
drastically different personalities of
each of M night's films throughout his
career I don't care if he knows it or
not that's what he made deny it all you
want M night we all know there's a
different version of yourself buried
somewhere deep inside your subconscious
that knows this to be true in all
seriousness this was the first M night
film in a long time where I was actually
interested in what was happening goddamn
it I can't even say that word anymore it
was also the first time night film in a
long time where there were reasonable
excuses for things to happen there were
a few moments in the film that I can
think of where I was like wait a minute
why would this character do this but
somewhere in the film there would always
be a reasonable excuse for it that I
hadn't yet realized the main character
herself has a decent amount of depth to
her and lastly there are parts of this
film that are genuinely disturbing
things that were shown that other films
might not have shown so much of it's
refreshing to see M night taking risks
and it's refreshing to see him making
something that isn't a gigantic piece of
[ __ ] so check this one out as soon as
you can and be careful what you search
up about it because this is a movie
where certain scenes can be spoiled for
you is the best film that M Knights made
since signs and whether or not it's
better than signs I'll have to think
about it definitely not as good as
unbreakable or the sixth sense but
either way it is a drastic improvement
from his recent films and I'm giving
this one a 7 out of 10
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I
get up out of my chair so that I can
grab the [ __ ] pepper honestly though
it's been since anyone has stayed here
she was violently gesturing maybe you
could hear me better if there wasn't
this obnoxious music playing at full
blast