I have this thing I have to do whenever I see a movie that I think is really good. I have to make sure I get up the second it’s over, before the credits really get started, before the lights come on, before anybody else really makes a move. I do it because invariably, any time I see a really good movie, the people in the theatre “didn’t like it” or “didn’t get it” or “thought it was stupid.” And they have absolutely zero qualms about broadcasting that information to me and the assembled movie goers. It’s like, all they seem to have been thinking during the whole movie was how much they didn’t like it, and as soon as it’s done, it just HAS to force itself out into the air, so they can be rid of it.

Shit, I know what it’s like though, and have done the same thing. There are some movies which just don’t jive for me, and are impossible to swallow, and it’s a real chore to sit through them. So I don’t fault people for not liking what they don’t like, or not getting what they don’t get. That’s fine. Everybody’s different.

But then there are movies that, when I see them, I feel like they are speaking to me personally. Like they were made so that I would see them. Or else, there’s something about the people or person who made it, wrote it, directed it, acted in it, whatever, something that they and I both share inside of us. And so seeing their movies kind of sets me whirring and buzzing in just the perfect way. There’s just some kind of resonance.

I feel that way about M. Night Shyamalan’s movies in general. But especially so about “Unbreakable,” and about “The Village,” which I just saw. Two spectacular movies, which deal with subjects which are very close to my heart in a very beautiful and intelligent way. I definitely feel like Shyamalan and I could have grown up together, reading comic books like bibles, and gobbling up anything we could find about aliens, and monsters.

I absolutely loved this movie, and I have absolutely NO idea how ordinary people will react to this movie. In a way, I don’t even really want to talk about it, because I think it does such a good job in saying all the things it needs to say, and any commentary I could give on it would either be useless, or would be strictly for me to formulate new ideas for myself based on what I learned within it. I might do that at some time, I don’t know, but not right now. Primarily, I’m just glad that I was able to see this movie without hearing anybody’s stupid opinions about it either beforehand in online reviews (beware, that reviewer I linked to has no idea what they’re saying), or afterwards, although I did unfortunately hear somebody announce that they thought it was “ridiculous.” It would be impossible for me to agree less with that, although I’m guessing it will be quite easy for many other people. I’m really starting to lose touch with how the rest of the world thinks. And that’s for the best, as far as I’m concerned.