lf_macias

Entertaining yes, with the heart in the right place also, but beyond some random moments, we don't see the development of the relation between the two characters that goes from "I don't like this black man" to now we are friends just from scene to another. Also, I didn't realize the passing of the time until a character mentions that suddenly we went from 1953 to 1966.

After watching the movie I compared with another movie considered lesses Best Picture Oscar winner, Green Book, and it made it a masterpiece in comparison.

I'm a big fan of Shyamalan's previous work (the thriller movies, I never saw the Last Airbender or After Earth), so I was very excited to watch his new movie and I found it to be... ¡Very entertaining! Is a movie that's just a movie, it leaves no unanswered questions, it's crowpleasing, and has enough chills to satisfy thrill seeking audiences. Yes, the movie has some uneven sequences, like of some the sequences were left in the editing room, but that actually helps the pacing. This is not a movie of acting, but of atmosphere, so if someone goes wanting a new Sixth Sense that won't happen here. It's like a mix of The Village with The Happening, but taking the best part of both. And the message actually makes some reflections about how we spend our time, if we use it to fight or to enjoy. Yes, it's a cheesy message, buy Shyamalan is a family man and he shows it here. And I also enjoyed that there's no gore or extreme violence, so this is a movie that the family can enjoy together (no joke, I think my parents would enjoy it). Finally, at the beginning of my screening there a brief introduction to the movie by Shyamalan himself (and he has an appearance in the movie, what he does here I won't tell), so I felt very welcome to the theater like if I almost was in the director's house.