Old (2021) - Movie Review
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- čas přidán 22. 07. 2021
- M. Night Shyamalan is a divisive director to put it mildly. Does Old go back to his early greatness?
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Mid sized sedan had me rolling! He'd get his ass beat on principle 🤣🤣
The reason the parents don't age as quickly as the kids is basically because kids Do age much more quickly than adults. From 10 to 20 you change a *LOT.* From 30 to 40, it's nowhere near as as noticeable.
Clearly you never saw hasbullah as the lineal heavyweight champ of the world
@@eddiew2325 You've answered your own question. That's due to what he's put his own body through.
The hair could have at least grayed….they got wrinkles but no significant hair change which is a big part of aging
@@Reeseballin8 Depends on the person, but if I remember correctly, they *did* start going grey.
You just perfectly encapsulated every thought I had when I walked out of the theater after this movie, Great review
I didn't love the movie, but I liked it well enough... and I totally agree with most of your criticisms. That classic stilted Shyamanlan dialogue wasn't quite Happening level bad, but still wasn't great.
Yeah I’m with you. Opening scene (family in car) was especially bad. Everything was so on the nose, he practically laid out the theme in. a single line.😂.
Yeah was better than I excepted tbh 5/10
I like the happening dialogue, pretty funny.
Same I understand all the issues with this movie but I actually enjoyed it and think it's worth a watch to form your own opinion
To me thjs script is his worst. Maybe the acting influenced thag opinion but man it was cringe worthy.
This film being based on a short story makes a lot more sense now.
Casting the kid from Hereditary made me think “young version of me” was a thought M Night had when he chose him.
There was some nice camerawork. And the location looked beautiful.
Trailers didn't really do anything for me so was probably gonna give it a miss but damn I didn't expect so much negatives from you lol!
Great video as usual Cody, some great laughs and already can't wait for the Hellraiser reviews 😃😃
Two points, then back to the video.
1: I knew you were gonna hate this just by the face you made in the thumbnail and, from what I'm hearing, justifiably so.
2: I am both a rap fan and spent most of my life in Brooklyn (the dangerous one, not the gentrified one) and, yes, "Mid-sized Sedan" would've got beaten all the way the fuck up on GP.
Great review, btw.
Great review Cody. Looking forward for M Night ranking.
Cody this shit was hilarious, buddy! Love it!
Imma watch this movie with my mom and I don’t expect this movie to be great but my mom is pretty excited for it so even if the movie isn’t great the experience with my mom will probably be fun
The only thing this film achieved was, it is a film.
One positive I got out of this was the little boy who played the young version of Trent. I got some laughs from him.
I definitely agree with you, I have seen 22 movies from 2021, and this is unfortunately the first one that felt like a absolute waste of my time.
Your videos genuinely make my day😂😂
I remember when I saw this with my best friend in theaters. They were literally crying emotionally at the death of the parents in the movie and I was thinking "really?" Because this movie was written terribly. And it was weird because when we saw Wolfwalkers (which became a recent favorite of mine), they didn't shed a tear which was better written and emotional movie.
Saw the trailer when I saw the Quiet Place sequel; with an interesting concept and a really good cast, I had hopes for this one. Unfortunately everyone whose opinion I trust has so far panned it. A pity, since this seemed like something Shyamalan could really make work.
I really want him to make a sustained comeback… but if it sux it sux
Great review! Can you please tell us where you got that ultra cool shirt?
Signs is my favourite film of his that he's done, that movie scared the shit out of me when I was a kid and great review Cody!
that movie is a MASTERPIECE. love it.
I love your T-shirt!
Love the Freddy tshirt!!
Walking around Sam's with my bluetooth in. Just heard you say "Mid-sized Sedan" and busted out laughing. People are looking at me weird now lol
Cody, love your t-shirt! Can you please message back with a link of where you got it from?
I agree with your assessment, man. I got a screener for it, and so I'm glad I didn't waste my money...but the theater was downtown, so that's 3-1/2 hours of my life I'll never get back. I am always apprehensive of Shyamalan, because I have been burned by him WAY too much. I liked or loved Split, The Visit, Signs, Unbreakable, and The Sixth Sense. I even appreciate SOME OF The Village. Believe me when I say that this is far from his worst, and I thought that the teenage daughter and son characters did the best with the material they were given, but the dialogue and delivery was so awkward that everyone in my audience (including me) were laughing too often at unintentionally funny scenes/moments. No pun intended, but the concept got real old real fast in that last hour, as more and more people died. But the surgery and pregnancy scenes, as well as the cave scene, were pretty well-done body horror. The Dominican Republic locale was beautiful, too, but that's about all the good I have for this depressing and disturbing waste of time. Claustrophobic thrillers like Alien and Jaws clearly inspired this concept, but those were FAR superior. And I predicted the twist, more or less, at the beginning of the movie, and was about 80% right, sadly.
You know it’s bad when he’s done with the positives at 2:30 in a 14 min video
Will you be reacting to the full chucky tv series trailer premiering today on comic con?
If the girl’s belly is growing while the dude is makin’ an over the top sponge face then I’m on board. If you’re going to go creepy, you should go really creepy
I honestly haven't fully enjoyed an M. Night film since Unbreakable. With that said, I really dug Old. It has all of Night's trademark problems, but they worked for me this time to create a fun weird tone. It's more intentionally funny than most seem to feel. I didn't expect much and was pretty entertained.
Cody help me out here that could be the best shirt I've seen you wear yet where did you get that
Just like you said, I was a huge fane of M. Nights first few movies {Signs is still a personal favorite) and then his last 3 have been very good as well. I’m still gonna see this but I was really hoping he was gonna knock this out of the park. It’s such a unique concept. He really could have killed it. I still have hopes though.
I can't believe you uploaded an old review instead of a new review.
Dude I love that shirt. I have to have one now lol
I understand where Cody is coming from and I do agree with him on many of the cons. However, I, for one, enjoyed the big plot twist towards the end. To me id kinda saved the movie from being all out bland. I made most of what was happening made sense and I really understood the whole concept better.
love that t-shirt!
This seems to be everyone's view on the movie, and dammit, I was hoping Shyamalan was on a comeback path. I really enjoyed Split and Glass.
Great review mr Cody leach
After the Village I stopped going to the theater for him because he was SO hit or miss. I did really enjoy the visit but he had so many where I felt like he threw a twist in for the sake of having a twist that I just kinda stopped trusting him as a film creator. I will see this for free whenever I see it.
0:11 - I knew you'd catch us off guard like that🤣🤣🤣
What is your name and occupation?
I just subscribed because I see you are a Nightmare on Elm Street fan. :)
I had a bad feeling about this movie from the get go , figured I would see it when it goes to VOD but I don’t even wanna rent it for 6 bucks now.
When my wife and I watched it we couldn't stop laughing at the rapper's name being "Mid-sized Sedan".
i agree with everything that Cody said about this movie I watch Old last night and it's one and done.
Well I guess with M. Night you never know what you’re gonna get. Had high hopes for this since I love his new show “Servant” on Apple plus.
I would still see it
I really have enjoyed that show too. I do want to see this movie but I'll probably wait now until it comes out on demand or something.
@@mayzo51184 why?
I just finished watching the movie. For the most part, i agree with you. However, its DEFINITELY not his worst movie hes made lol. All in all, its an ok film.
This film is very bad tho
@@spirituallyconscious7774 yes i agree
Great review man. Totally agree, the writing was ATROCIOUS.
This movie lost me with Mid-Size Sedan, I checked out that moment.
The concept is cool, wasn’t too bad. I liked it. Village was worse, but I think the happening is one of my favorite m night movies. If this had some carnage it feels like it was edited for tv, like there’s some good gore to be had. No spoilers but it had some body horror but it seems held back.
It was the logistics for me. The concept was very interesting and I like the overall meaning that we should be more appreciative of the time we get when alive, but there were so many loop holes that just left me scratching my head! First of all: If one can never leave that beach, how did they get the resources from it to make the medications?
Second of All: As Cody mentioned, how is it that the kids aged so fast yet the adults stayed basically adults, meanwhile the old lady died short after arriving on the beach. Third of all: How did these people get to even find out about this beach if one can NEVER leave said beach. The list goes on, but they're not worth mentioning. Everyone, just skip this movie lol
are u gonna see the new snake eyes movie
I honestly didn't even know about this movie until I got the notification for your review. I doubt that I'll be checking it out. As far as the 3 movies you mentioned that you haven't seen...I thought Lady In the Water was ok, not good, but ok. After Earth was complete and utter garbage, IMHO. And finally, I refused to watch The Last Airbender, so I can't give any personal insight on that one. I am on your side with the Glass argument, though, I thought it was a pretty damn good movie, and a satisfying end to the trilogy. Thanks for the video!
Phew...unfortunately I figured this film would be dead on arrival. At least for how I felt about it, I was right. Like many, my relationship with Shyamalan is rocky at the best of times. I watch films like Unbreakable/Split/Glass and the Sixth Sense - which were incredible movies - and I think he may have a shot at redemption. But then I watch stuff like Old, and I even remotely hear about The Last Airbender (still never seen it, and I don't ever plan to) and I think to myself, "who keeps letting this dude make movies?!".
And you hit the nail on the head beautifully. All these years I've been trying to put his style of filmmaking into words and you did it: the dude should be making episodes of something, and not full-length motion pictures. His style and concepts would be vastly more suited to 30-minute episodes of Twilight Zone/Outer Limits/Tales From The Dark Side/etc.
i read somewhere that he goes on first drafts, and it looks like most of his movies suffer from that, i like unbreakable, and sixth sense, but if it was because of all the hype and expectation after sixth sense to keep doing those level of movies he certainly keeps missing his mark, we have wanted more and all we get are duds.
You heard wrong🙄
Have you seen the new Masters of the universe revelations on Netflix ?
i did like the film, and i see the issues but to me i liked the way it was shot and i felt it was a good film not perfect. I wasn't surprised by the "twist" because I felt it was going to happen knowing his style of directing, I would put it in my top 5 films as I was engaged through the whole film with the dialogue and shooting style of the film.
Mid-Sized Sedan 😂🤣😂🤣 that’s a great name for a rapper lol 😂
I def agree with you about the end like all that stuff and the twist I hated but I liked some of the other stuff. 5/10
The 🐐 has spoken
I saw OLD on Saturday and if I'll say this...at least it's not snake eyes bad. No I'm serious the theater I went to was giving away posters for Black Widow and Snake Eyes (both of which I have yet to watch) and about 40 minutes before the previews before OLD started I sat in the theater wondering how does a movie have a badass poster and winds up with what said movie from what I heard wound up being.
I'm kind of up and down on MKS. Like most directors he has movies I like and movies I don't. I wasn't really big on The Visit, to be honest. And I did like Glass and Split. This movie however didn't even interest me in the trailer. I mean, if the trailer does literally nothing to even remotely interest you in the movie then how good is the movie itself going to be? I'll probably rent it at some point if i get around to it but I'm not going to see it in the theater.
Lady In The Water is actually pretty good if I remember correctly. But I haven't seen it in years. It's more of a drama than anything but pretty good. I never really saw him as a horror director. I don't consider movies like The Sixth Sense and Unbreakable as HORROR movies. Just dramatic thrillers with a slight supernatural edge. Wide Awake, Avatar, Glass, Lady In The Water, The Happening, After Earth, etc are not really horror. Not to me anyway. Wide Awake isn't even close to horror as it is simply a family drama.
Love the shirt.
Think I'll pass on the movie.
What is the shirt from if you don't mind me asking ?
@@MJistheway Nightmare on Elm st 3: Dream Warriors. The Freddy Worm scene.
What was twist? All a dream?
I just came on the scene to say... "HEY CODY!!! 👋"
The graphic novel is maybe 70 pages and only encapsulates all of the beach scenes. Everything else was made for the movie. It's funny that the original story is a graphic novel because it is a GRAPHIC novel. I really liked this movie when I saw it in the theatre because I really like the concept. Whenever it comes out online to watch, I'll watch it again and see if my opinion changes.
The kid giving birth thing was in the book. But the baby didn't die. It aged like any other baby to toddler to kid. I know they had to make it more interesting for the movie, but I think keeping the baby alive would've been more interesting than it dying and the girl carrying around a blanket of bones.
The idea gave me something to think about and to cherish life and to chill with toxicity and arguments. I enjoyed that take away. I would put this down there with The Happening. I might have laughed harder watching this though and great Adam Sandler comparison!
Not as good as 6th Sense and his earlier films but I still enjoyed it. There's hardly anyone I know acting in this movie accept for the director Shamylan himself who makes an appearance just like he does in some of his previous films and Ken Leung is one of the guys who get killed off. If u don't remember who he is he played the main villian with the yellow hair in the first Rush Hour film.
Was this movie really as bad as Lady in the Water, The Happening, The Last Airbender, or After Earth?
The teaser running on socials genuinely got me quite into this film, but clearly it's the concept that resonates, not the movie
I personally thought the films idea couldve been done better but I dont think the film was terrible but it definitely wasnt good. Its just a film you could throw on and turn your brain off for a bit. I also agree with Cody that the ending could've come sooner and imo they should've switched the ending to make it more ambiguous
I watched this movie for the first time last night. The only “take away” I got was possibly a message to spend time with ur family esp ur kids as much as u can cause a blink of an eye, they will be older. Sure. However, I don’t think that’s the point he was trying to drive. I literally fell asleep half way in and had to force myself to stay awake. I hate that I have to rewatch bc I missed the ending but I don’t think I’m missing much. Having said that, the reason why the scene with the two kids is so confusing is bc they are “apparently” aging but still have 6 year old mentality…so then why wld they be intimate with eachother? 6 year olds don’t think to experiment in this way so thats why that scene made no sense to me and unnecessary. That’s just one example of the concept not very well thought out. If someone has an explanation for that I’d be interested to hear it cause I missed the ending I just couldn’t keep my eyes open. Pls don’t make me have to rewatch lol
My favorite moment in this review is with Cody's seizure and then doing some 10 out of 10 Acting in the dining hall. 😆
Had me cracking uppppp 😅
@@Lacey0312 I'm with you on that. I couldn't stop laughing when I saw it.
Was hoping that M. Night Shyamalan would make a comeback this time around, but man all these negative reviews aren't promising. Might skip this one, as it wasn't really appealing to me in the first place. Great review!
The audio for this video is jacked.
Must be on your end. I hear no issues.
That shirts awesome.
This is why they give Oscars for screenplay adaptations.
Yeah, he M night lost me for good with Glass. I liked split and the visit, but Glass just had a stupid premise, like we already know they have powers, there were 2 movies about. Such a waste. I'll be skipping this one too. Thanks for the heads up.
P.s. love the shirt!
What!? Glass is amazing!!
Positives end a little after 2 mintues, that's gotta be a record! 😂 Great review, it was really funny, that renactment you did made me laugh. I'm always cautious with M Night, It's too bad this one sounds The Happening like levels. Lady in the Water had some pretty cool ideas and the 2 leads were decent, but I thought it was pretty boring, I hope you enjoy it better. Looking forward to the ranking!
2 minutes has nothing on his Freddy's dead review 😂😂
@@ChanceALlama Lol, I need to watch that review again. 😆
I just finished watching this movie and i gotta say it isn’t the worst movie I’ve ever seen but definitely is not the best. I’d never really heard of this director so going into it, I didn’t have any expectations. I personally think the one thing I could say to sum up this movie would be that it was a potentially great concept but was executed pretty poorly. I think that the concept of the movie that he created could’ve turned out to be amazing and he could’ve created a much better movie than he did. I just think it didn’t have the best dialogue and honestly, I’m not sure if this was because of the dialogue, the acting didn’t seem great either. I’m not at all saying that only well known actors/actresses are good at acting, but some of the actors/actresses in this movie could’ve done better. This also could totally have been the dialogue’s fault so no one get mad at me. There was something off about the movie the whole time and I can’t think of what it was. It’s on the tip of my tongue but I am just really not sure right now. I also think there were a couple holes in the plot and the ending could’ve turned out wayyyy better. I wish he had set it up in a way where the end would be a huge twist because my favorite is when i leave a movie theater going holy shit and being in total shock after watching a movie twist ending. This movie, while it did have a unique and interesting ending, didn’t leave me in awe, but rather had me a little confused and let down. Once again, I wish he had set it up where it would’ve been more of a shock to viewers instead of just an explanation. I’m gonna stop now or else I’ll just keep going forever, but overall, it wasn’t a terrible movie so I’d probably give it a 6/10. The storyline was sort of there and it was a good concept for a movie but it would have been perfect if he had just executed it better :)
Kinda crazy how people just read and watch reviews and make up their mind before seeing the movie themselves. I love this channel and others, but I always wait til after I’ve seen the movie.
Okay, now I'm not sure if I want to see this movie. But I didn't understand the premise when I saw the trailers for it. Sounds to me like a twisted version of Benjamin Button.
Your T-shirt is amazing.
I realy enjoyed the movie, but I agree with your criticisms. But I loved the frenetic pacing, it was supposed to be life sped up super fast, so the pacing mirrored that, it made logical sense to me. The movie was batshit for like 80 minutes straight. That was super entertaining for me. No time to dwell. I also thought it was pretty funny in the right spots; it gets that it's a batshit premise and injects laughs throughout. Midsize Sedan is the funniest rapper name I've heard in years.
I have to say i did enjoy this movie. It wasn’t his best work but i did like. That said, i do believe this would have been better suited as a episode of Black mirror.
I agree with you totally here; the end of the film was like the end of LOTR Return Of The Effing King when it came to Cripes Is This The Real End Yet (and usually I don't consider points at which a film could have ended sooner, but here it was like unavoidable), and the main boy/man was insufferable to the point that he made the rapping main kid from The Visit endearing.
"Lead by actions, Mom." --A line from the main kid in the first few minutes of Old which makes you want to punch his head off
I understand that maybe that was some kind of thing like the kid is wise beyond his years or some shit so it's consistent with the ages-being-off motif of the film, but it still didn't remove the fact that it made him annoying as all eff.
Also, and SPOILERS sort of here
The ending was too Scooby Doo and might have been more entertaining if it ended a little more sinisterly.
Good to know
I think that for me as a person who disliked split and glass this was better, not great but an improvement on the delivery of a concept in part. The twist made my eyes roll the least of the last 3
After seeing After Earth, Lady in the Water and The Last Airbender, I have a feeling you will still think Old is his worst film.
That's my thing too is that only people who actually do age are the kids. You really don't see the adults change that much....which I don't understand. Like was there a budget or something on make up? Idk, I was excited...but kinda disappointed and frustrated with this movie.
I'd say it probably will be divisive,
I had a few criticisms of your criticisms
And a few things that maybe just come down to different tastes?
But I can accept ya didn't like it
I may come back to this and kinda give my "rebuttals" but I'm heading out for the evenin xP
But I absolutely loved it, had me balling near the end haha
So if it's kinda hot or cold people love or hate it, I loved it heh
9 or 9.5/10
I actually liked the movie. To be honest I agree with what you said. Sometimes I watch movies just to relax. The concept was good but some of the characters were off.
Wow, wasnt expecting a negative review for this one. I understand where you're coming from and I think some of your points were valid and I felt the same way but they didnt drop the film down to 1 star.
As a slasher fan, I'm sure you're well aware that most of the films have characters that serve no purpose to the story, and are only there to be killed off.... but I dont here you dropping those films to 1 star.
I dont think the acting was nearly as bad as you're making it out to be, I think the actors did show emotion, and I think the damage and trauma of what the kids and even the parents experienced was shown.
The film wasnt about pacing or climax or anything like that... the movie itself played out the way the script and story was told... in a fast pace, rapid method, which is a reflection of the story of losing time, the pace matched the theme of the story.
Not every movie has to be made the same way, with the best pacing and climatic structure. Shoot, Quentin Tarantino did thinks completely different with Pulp Fiction in the structure of that film... but I dont here you criticizing him for it.
Overall I think it was a good film, the story has a message and that counts for something for me, more than one star at least. I do see the flaws, some you mentioned but none of them were so bad that they made this a one star film. I respect your opinion and review on this one, I would just strongly disagree. I gave it 3 stars.
I'm mostly positive on M Night, I mean I like most of the ones most people like and hate the one's most hate. However, I also liked Glass and thought the Visit was alright besides those I only really hated and didn't like After Earth Air Bender and Happening even though I like happening as a comedy. So I think I'm about the same as most people with M Night I would say I enjoy most of his stuff except the ones most people find bad. As for this one it's getting mixed reactions to me, the movie doesn't so much look terrible just more meh to OK time waster. However I haven't seen it, yet maybe it's terrible lol either way can't wait for more crazy M Night.
I legitimately screamed at the screen at the third act "OH MY GOD JUST END"
Wow! Lol 😂
Sounds like I would be screaming this before the second act. I'mma pass on this one.
Damn Im mixed on this, we'll see about this one. Also the stuff with the kids sounds like a bit of a spoiler even though its kind of good to have the heads up on that.
It's not. In a normal script it would be but the movie skates past these moments in seconds and they never come up again.
@@CodyLeachYT Alright, I'll trust you on this one. I may potentially see it so I'll be able to see if I agree with you.
Just tried to watch this today and it wouldn’t play 😹 guess I got saved.
I wanted this to be great 😔
If Old wanted to tell a story about how life is precious, than don’t set characters on a desert island and their dying fast. Stranded on a island and aging fast is a recipe is a action survival movie like Predetors.
Can someone explain to me what happened to the Prego chick/context about her ?? Only thing i’ve seen people say “WTF” about 😂😭😭
Please review the forever purge
Thought it was p good
I just got out of seeing the movie today and needless to say I really didnt like this so many of the characters ruin the movie for me like some you could remove from the movie and nothing would change and some were just extremely stupid and I wish they explored more of the ending and what happened to the people that survived