In 1999, M. Night Shyamalan released an amazing movie by the name of "The Sixth Sense". That movie had a captivating plot that it revealed bit by bit. The slow pace of the movie was warranted by the exquisite atmosphere, solid writing and some great performances.
Those qualities that were found a very long time ago in this director's work are now completely missing. "Old" still has a crawling pace but instead of creating tension, its nonsensical story, the awful acting, the poor writing, all contribute to making the viewer cringe.
We learn from the trivia section of imdb that the movie "Old" is the adaptation of a graphic novel that left a great impression on Shyamalan. Here's a quote from the director:
"The book gave me the opportunity to work through a lot of anxieties I had around death and aging, and things like my parents getting older.""
And yet, the handling of the central theme of Old, which is aging, is handled extremely poorly and cheaply throughout the duration of the film. It's almost as if Shyamalayan turned this venture into a "who dies next" type of film and didn't bother to explore the theme of maturation at all.
Another missed opportunity from a director who unfortunately, never quite recaptured the magic found in that 1999 movie that made him a household name, a long time ago now.
Those qualities that were found a very long time ago in this director's work are now completely missing. "Old" still has a crawling pace but instead of creating tension, its nonsensical story, the awful acting, the poor writing, all contribute to making the viewer cringe.
We learn from the trivia section of imdb that the movie "Old" is the adaptation of a graphic novel that left a great impression on Shyamalan. Here's a quote from the director:
"The book gave me the opportunity to work through a lot of anxieties I had around death and aging, and things like my parents getting older.""
And yet, the handling of the central theme of Old, which is aging, is handled extremely poorly and cheaply throughout the duration of the film. It's almost as if Shyamalayan turned this venture into a "who dies next" type of film and didn't bother to explore the theme of maturation at all.
Another missed opportunity from a director who unfortunately, never quite recaptured the magic found in that 1999 movie that made him a household name, a long time ago now.