Split review

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Writer/director/producer M. Night Shyamalan returns with an original thriller that delves into the mysterious recesses of one man’s fractured, gifted mind. Though Kevin (James McAvoy) has evidenced 23 personalities to his trusted psychiatrist, Dr. Fletcher (Betty Buckley), there remains one still submerged who is set to materialize and dominate all the others. Compelled to abduct three teenage girls led by the willful, observant Casey (Anya Taylor-Joy, The Witch), Kevin reaches a war for survival among all of those contained within him – as well as everyone around him – as the walls between his compartments shatter apart.

I went into the theater without knowing this was an M. Night Shyamalan movie, and somewhat cringed when I saw his name in the title sequence. He did some unbelievably good work with Signs, Unbreakable and The Sixth Sense, but I’ve been of the opinion he’s been coming up short with his most recent efforts. Unbreakable especially is still one of the best comic book superhero origin stories that comes to mind. The problem that I see with Shyamalan’s films is that he began to be known for having a ‘twist’ in his films, so when it happened everyone would roll their eyes and brush it off. His attempts at making films that didn’t have a major twist didn’t land very well, with The Last Airbender being unforgivably bad.

I had given up hope on him as a serious director and expected him to stay within the realm of cheaper movies and television series. I’m happy with Split though. Unexpectedly and enthusiastically happy. It’s his best movie in many many years in several ways. Shyamalan has never had problems with framing and visuals, even his worst films have been beautifully shot and Split is no different. There’s some dreadfully interesting scenes that would have suffered under another director, if only because of how bland and uninteresting the locations would have been if shot in any other light. The story is interesting enough if you look past the mostly Hollywood version of DID that’s displayed, but considering what eventually happens towards the end of the film, I can completely suspend my disbelieve.  The third act and it’s resolution are absolutely spot.

I can’t give Shyamalan enough credit, this was an awesome movie, but all the credit for the movie’s success doesn’t go just to him, Anya Taylor-Joy plays the lead kidnapee, and she plays her part to perfection against James McAvoy’s titular character. Everything seemed to come together to make an excellent film that I highly suggest.



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    DaftGhosty

    I was aware it was his film, but I only watched it because both of the youtube reviewers I follow said it was surprisingly good. I would tend to agree. I enjoyed the movie, and I enjoyed the twist in this one. It’s something I have been saying should be done for a while now.

    8/10 for me.

    DaftGhosty

    That is what I’m referencing while trying not to say anything that is a spoiler.

    RalphTheDog

    Ok, I’m going to have to guess. Is his psychiatrist not really his psychiatrist but yet another of his personalities?

    DaftGhosty

    I wish there were spoiler tags to hide text. But to answer your question. Possible spoiler no.

    RalphTheDog

    I like cheese

    RalphTheDog

    i REALLY like cheese

    RalphTheDog

    THIS IS NOT WORKING FOR ME AT ALL AND NOW YOU KNOW I LIKE CHEESE

    DaftGhosty

    Sweet as corn

    DaftGhosty

    Odd I must have messed it up. Attempt number two

    DaftGhosty

    Nope not working. I used the tags like you listed above but no go.

    DaftGhosty

    I took a look at the html of the page. When we post it is stripping the html tags out for the spoiler. I’m not sure if it is doing that with all html tags you offer but it is doing it to the spoiler tag.

    RalphTheDog

    Spoiler
    Save me baby cheeses

    RalphTheDog

    that was with square brackets

    RalphTheDog

    this is with lessthan plusthans

    DaftGhosty

    Spoiler
    Ok testing.

    DaftGhosty

    Spoiler
    Works great. If you want want more spoilers let me know =)

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