So before “Inception” started last night there was a trailer for a movie about a bunch of people trapped in an elevator and one of them is EVIL! It was actually kind of a cool and intense trailer and the idea kind of seemed to be winking at Hitchcock’s “Lifeboat”. The theater was full of people who had been waiting for a couple of hours to see “Inception” and we were all happy to be inside and sitting and there was a lot of goodwill and you could feel (as the trailer started) that everyone was thinking, “Okay, cool. Entertain me!” and then … one thing happened.
A title card came up on the trailer that something like, “The new film from M. Night Shyamalan” and everyone in the theater actually groaned. The entire theater full of people went, “Uuuuurgh.”
It was one of the funniest moments that I have ever experienced in such a public and massive way.
Then everyone in the theater laughed out loud about everyone else having groaned. It was really a wonderful moment of life.
Sorry M. Night. Maybe if you didn’t write movies that assume the audience is dumber than you, you wouldn’t have burned up all of your credibility so fast.
Anyway, here is the trailer for “Devil”, I bet the ending is going to be lame!
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