[Recovering_Democrat]

I liked "The Sixth Sense" and "Signs". No one told me I had to like them...I went to the movies and watched them, and enjoyed. Sounds like a media critic with a wee bit of jealousy to me.

Now, applied appropriately, are the words to that great Toby Keith song "The Critic":

Tell it like it is

He gets up real early on his mornin' drive
Down to the office for his 9 to 5
He drives a 94' two tone economy car
Loves to tell the local bands down at the bar
That he's the critic, yeah I can hook you up
I know everybody in the business

He flunked junior high band he couldn't march in time
He tried to write a song once, but he couldn't make it rhyme
He learned 2 or 3 chords on a pawn shop guitar
He just never quite had what it took to be a star
So he's a critic I work for the gazette man
I got a real job

He did a 5 star column on a band you never heard
He did a bluegrass review without an unkind word
He thought it was time to ask his boss for a raise
His boss said I can't even tell if anybody's even readin' your page
yeah

So he thought and he thought a little more
He caught a young hot star headed into town
Then he hid behind his typewriter and gunned the boy down
Here come the letters, the emails, the he faxes
They raised him to 20 thousand dollars after taxes
He's a happy critic yeah
He's rollin' in the dough
Man I could do this forever
This is easy
They're all readin' my column
Please don't tell my mama
That I write the music column for the gazette
She still thinks, that I play piano down at the cathouse

[Taliesan]

Apparently this critic doesn't like his movies. But part of the argument against them seems to be that they work. I think.

[MrsEmmaPeel]

I liked "The Sixth Sense" and "Signs".

I thought both those movies were great! I stayed away from "The Village" simply because I was sick and tired of all the advertising. In your opinion, on a scale of 1-10, what would you give:

• The Sixth Sense
• Signs
• The Village

Thanks!

[iconoclast]

No one told me I had to like them...I went to the movies and watched them, and enjoyed.

Right on!

You liked the movie without having one these artsy, fartsy critics 'splain it to you!

That just won't do!

I enjoy this kid's movies (oops, "films") too, and my usual reaction to seeing one is to look forward to his next one.

[Marie Antoinette]

If you haven't seen Unbreakable, I highly recommend it. It's another of his films starring Willis along with Samuel L. Jackson.

I am definitely a fan of Shyamalan, and will gladly see any film he makes.

[MHT]

It's easy to remember the names of the great actors, directors, and titles of their movies. I can't remember the names of any "great" critics. Critics don't carry their legacies into the future in spite of the way they can sway people in the present.