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Last fall, in the exciting run-up to the Academy Award (and MTV’s “Best Kiss”) winning film, Jennifer’s Body, the trailers advertised the movie as being “from the mind of Diablo Cody.” Even at the time, this seemed egregious. After the movie performed disappointingly at the box office (sorry for all the SHOP TALK), “from the mind of” seemed to be an even more hilarious (read: stupid) way to describe the project. Fast forward to today, and another trailer has been released for another movie that looks “great”. This one is called Devil (trailer after the jump) and it is about a group of people who get stuck in an elevator…wait for it…WITH THE DEVIL. Oh good grief. The movie should be called LOL. I mean, to the best of my understanding, horror movies are supposed to be an outlet for our collective fears, but COME ON. Also, it is, like, five people. You don’t have to be Anna Paquin to figure out whodunnit. But the best part of this movie is not the exciting and interesting plot, but the fact that it comes “from the mind of M. Night Shyamalan.” Perfect. He didn’t direct Devil, he just wrote it, because that makes sense. The problem with M. Night Shyamalan’s movies has definitely never been the way they are so horribly written it’s ridiculous.
But so, just to clarify, “from the mind of” means “this is going to be garbage,” right?
Right.
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A humble request: Please nobody write “M Night Shyama-lama-ding-dong”. That stopped being funny the second week “The Sixth Sense” was in theaters.
What about M.Night ShamWow?
M. Night Shambles? M. Night Shameless?
M. Night Shamacon
M. Night Salamander.
Guffaw? Slow clap? Crickets.
I screen printed this and photoshopped “Never Forget” under it and have made t-shirts and bumper stickers.
Off subject, but any Chicago Monsters going to see Die Antwoord at Double Door tonight?
“From the mind of a mega zef ninza!” There…sort of on subject…
I’m seeing them with Sleigh Bells next week.
I’m sure it’ll be much better than being stuck in an elevator with the Devil?
Nice. I’ll catch Sleigh Bells at the Pitchfork Festival this weekend…
I know several Chicago Monsters who’ll be at Pitchfork on Sunday, myself included. (Though I’m more of a Chicago Lurker, truth be told.)
Wish I had a Lew Zealand t-shirt. I’ll come up with something and see if we can rally a Monster meet up in the Monster’s Ball thread…
DS3M – you going to either of these? You seem to be on top of Chicago Monster party planning!
I’m late to this thread, but man, they kinda sucked yesterday. I think I’ve listened to their album louder in my car. I should not be able to have a pleasant conversation with the person next to me at a Sleigh Bells show.
Agreed 100%. bailed on it early to beer up and jockey for position at Pavement’s set. That was the biggest letdown of the fest. Not their fault though, I’ll go see ‘em next time they come through at a smaller venue.
so jealous of all chicago monsters right now.
maybe the devil is actually a pile of garbage
Wake up in the morning feeling like Lucifer
Being trapped in an elevator with Ke$ha sounds like something Diablo Cody would aspire to.
The greatest the devil every played was convincing people that “Tik Tok” is a good song.
The greatest trick the devil ever played on Bookface was TYPOS.
The devil sucks at tricks.
Don’t worry, it won’t be the black guy, cuz thats just raaaaaaacist!
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What a daring contrarian you are. *thumbs down/fart noises*
I dont care about contrarian or what ever I seriously didnt like that movie and think its way over rated
And you are right about that.
Over-rated or not, I’m still pretty confident when I say that Devilvator will not be as good as The Usual Suspects.
Actually, let me rephrase that- Saying a film is “good” is a matter of opinion. Sometimes people like films for their problems, or in spite of them.
So I’m predicting that Devilvator will have more problems with it than The Usual Suspects had.
Devilvator better become this movies nom de thing we call it, because I chuckled a lot. While on the phone with someone.
I haven’t seen it, but people are downvoting Mr. Winwood for having the same opinion as Roger Ebert who is rightfully worshiped around these parts.
And anyone who would downvote Roger Ebert is a monster. And not in the cutesy V-gum kind of way.
I love Ebert, but I’d downvote the fuck out of one of his sad Videogame/Art tweets if I could.
I’m very disappointed they didn’t call this “Devilevator.”
Awesome
or Hellevator
“SyFy Original Pictures Proudly Presents…”
ha ha, that’s a good burn on the syfy channel, which I pronounce “soy-why fooo-why”
I go for “see-fee”
Yeah, I thought it was a conscious effort that they changed it to be pronounced Siffie
Oh man Hellevator was a crazy japanese film!
Funny thing the plot to this movie isn’t to far off from Hellevator, I mean minus the underground city and japanese school girl.
Maybe it’s the SPANISH Devil, also known as…Diablo? DUN DUN DUUUUUUUUUUUUN!
Isn’t this a remake of the British Film “The Lift” starring Hugh Lorry?
Good one
Both movies belong in the bin.
I don’t know what you’re on about.
Brilliant
I got it hot dog! because I read all the Harry Potters.
lol
The Christmas episode of that film is the best. (Huh?)
More like “from the ass of M. Night Shyamalan”…
i thought this was “based on true events” when he was stuck in an elevator with diablo cody……he just didn’t name it exactly after her so we are thrown off the trail.
I’m not here to tell him (her? twist!?) what to do, but aren’t there better uses of the Devil’s time?
Considering the things we do on our own, I think he’s just given up:
That’s the twist. At the end, the Devil is all “man, forget this elevator! I’ve got a fiddle contest to get to,” and just leaves. And that would still be a better movie than The Happening.
the twist is that the movie is all just this guy’s hallicinations:
The twist is that guy gets to see Christina Hendricks naked and I don’t. Stupid twist!
Shyamalan can’t wait for the episode of Mad Men where it’s revealed they are living in modern times.
What floor did you say you were going tomeow?
In Diablo Cody’s version, Elevator Devil was all, “Ground floor, home skillet?” Because that’s what real dialog is like.
“I’ve taken like three pregnancy tests, and I’m forshizz up the spout.”- Rosemary
Best New Party Game?
I would watch this movie, “Devil’s Recycling Bin”
What is this graphic warning us about? Pushing a recycling bin off of a descending elevator with an open door? Would the resistance of the bin forced into your ribs/forehead against the back of the elevator be sufficient to stop the elevator? Clearly that must have happened to someone, or no one would have thought of it.
By Jesus, that would be an awful way to die
It’s a real klamrisk.
I hereby challenge everyone to a warning-sign-off (or something) Post your best warning signs with hilarious ways to die!
hmmmm, didn’t work, i guess? let’s try something else
What’s with all the cleavage shots? Maybe that’s where the devil is hiding? Because women are evil?
If the devil hides between boobs, maybe he could do me a solid and bring me back that potato chip I lost down there.
Well, I don’t know about you, but that’s where I keep my satan.
Who’s got the REALLY?!?! with Seth and Amy gif? Show yourself now…
I hear the chase sequence in the elevator is something to behold. *thumbs down/fart noises*
Oh man, it’s great, but there’s a much better chase later in the movie, when the security officers get into the next elevator over.
To the soothing sounds of Benny Hill music.
Is *thumb down fart noises* your new commentator meme, friend?
I just felt like using it here, then when I read your comment, felt it applied there as well. Why? You taking a survey or something?
What’s to be mad about? The trailer did say it was “a new NIGHTMARE from the mind of M. Night Shyamalan.” Even the trailer isn’t trying to lie about how bad this is going to be.
“Everything…happens…for a reason!”…oh good grief
It’s bad but not as bad as “Titans…Will…Clash!”
This is actually the LOST movie.
Now that you mention it, I think they ripped off Jimmy Fallon’s LOST parody, LATE.
Shyamalan used up all the ellipses, guys.
Great. Now I’m going to have to get my contraband ellipses from Canada.
there is actually a really funny steve martin essay that talks about the world being on a shortage of periods, the whole thing is like 2 pages and never uses one, but goes through all of the other ways to end a sentence; even talks about elipses offering up one of their’s to end a sentence…real funny!
Sounds like it resembles, without exactly matching this McSweeney’s piece:
http://www.mcsweeneys.net/links/monologues/7period.html
#studygum
They took this tag line from the facebook profiles of every sorority girl ever
I’d rather watch “Coupon: The Movie”
HELL YEAH!
You mean the totally awesome kung fu epic I already have in production: The Art of the Pon? It features lots of flying scissors. Also that name is TM but not by me, dang it.
Man… I was going to go get a mochachino, but the only way back up to my floor is by elevator, AND I AM NOT RISKING THAT.
Climb up the side of the building! No devil there, all safe!
Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the elevator…the fucking devil is in there!
i feel like i already know what happens because you can pause youtube videos and look at each frame that probably shouldn’t have been included.
there’s that one part where the security footage flashes (because satan likes pranks) and when you pause it, it looks like a pen exploded in the elevator and everyone passed out from lack of oxygen because they were laughing so hard
right? i paused it at the dark/lighting a match scene too. possibly someone was hiding behind the (now shattered) mirror! so maybe he was IN the elevator, but not one of them? who knows!
Did you know Diablo Cody used to be a stripper? It’s true! Now she’s a famous hollywood writer! It’s true! But she used to be a stripper! Isn’ that the most interesting thing you’ve ever heard?!?!?!
yes. yes it is.
I feel like this could have made for an interesting movie premise if it was more psychological, ya know?
I actually don’t think it looks that bad (oh hey guys, it’s me, the TOTALLY WEIRD SHAYAMALAN APOLOGIST). I think it’s a great idea (the stuck in the elevator part, NOT the “Devil” part”). Do they mean the literal devil? because that’s stupid. I suppose they could just mean, like, an evil presence/person. nah, I guess that part of it is actually just to stupid for me, too.
Just out of interest, has anyone here seen Jennifer’s Body? Because I thought it was pretty great for what it was. yes, some annoying Diabloisms in the dialogue, but it had some cool things going on.
Am I just doomed to haunt every Shayamalan post? Like a human Shyamalan movie? Now THAT sounds like a nightmare. For all of us.
Like Sartre? Hell is an elevator and the Devil is the douchebags contained therein?
“It’s your own fault! You get on that elevator looking like a bitch in heat, of course the black guy is going to bite you!” – Future Mel Gibson, yelling in the theater.
You know who should have a chat with Gibson? Rowsdower.
Would be more interesting on an escalator.
At least it would be brief.
No, I was picturing the escalator getting stuck.
hollywood suit: hey night, you got anything for us?… we’re out of ideas.
night shyamalan: nothing in script form yet. but i do have his drawer full of cocktail napkins with ideas written on them.
hollywood suit: we’ll take it!
So we have to assume this was green lighted before the Airbender reviews came out, right?
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COMES A NEW GIF
From The Mind Of
Werttrew
D3VIL
(Please let this work)
Haha! What movie is that?
It’s from the (very) short film Bedfellows:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0z6xGU2_g9s
That was awesome! Hooray for nightmares!
Bedfellows? YIKES
Oh. Such good nightmare.
No. NO. There aren’t enough No’s in the world.
Uh-oh… Devil-bite in an elevator… Don’t want that to happen to you.
Is that what we’re calling hickeys? Because man, my boyfriend gave me so many devil bites in junior high, I wore out all my turtlenecks.
Scharpling did this bit a few months ago. Enjoyable.
The greatest trick the devil ever pulled… was convincing the world that M Night Shymalan could make movies.
at the end of the trailer when the girl screams “TURN ON THE LIGHTS” I laffed out loud.
So is that the twist ending? That someone was actually entertained by this trailer?
If I work in a movie theater when this movie comes out, I will know exactly what to do.
Ugh, honest to blog?
Definitely garbage, but since M. Night didn’t write it and presumably won’t be making a cameo in it I give it 2 stars, sight un(and never will be)seen.
I’m really sure this definitely won’t be a “hell-is-other-people” type of story ripped off from Sartre or something…
My problem is I love Chris Messina. Dude is great. Ted from Six Feet Under? So great. And he was a total showstealer in Away We Go, a movie that was otherwise terrible.
What is he doing with his career? Good actors need to know better than to get in bed with M. Night.
Anyone seen the 2004 Japanese horror movie Hellevator? Basic premise: an elevator gets stalled, trapping ordinary civilians with murderers in a semi-supernatural nightmare. It’s a gross movie and I can’t stand it, but it looks like where Shyamalan stole the premise for this one.
Hate on M Night all you want, but Diab is still A-OK in my book. Yeah, Jennifer’s Body sucked hard, but Season 2 of United States of Tara has redeemed her.
for real though you guys which one do you think is THE DEVIL
also does this remind anyone of the c-me-dance trailer? only not as good and not as christian?
I already saw this movie: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0844666/
Aidan Gillen did it because he likes dead chicks.
If this movie’s soundtrack doesn’t include some Aerosmith then M. Night Shymalan has won.
dont’t believe the hype phone booth II will be better than this!
I bet a million billion dollars that at some point in the movie, the LED screen in the elevator that shows the floor numbers reads 666.
Ok guys, I realize this may get me kicked out of videogum, but I really liked Jennifer’s Body. And I like pretty much all of M. Night’s movies (except, of course, The Happening, cuz yeah). And I think this could actually be pretty cool…
Yes, I see the problems that people have with his movies. But I don’t really… you know… CARE. I like being entertained. I don’t need every movie I see to be on par with Toy Story 3 (although it’s nice when they are). I find his movies to be entertaining, and that is all I ask of them.
The only thing that actually went through my mind during this trailer was: “Hey! Mr. Christina Hendricks!” This looks average bad, not full-on disaster, M. Night Shyamalan directed bad. Or Jennifer’s Body bad, for that matter.
So last night, while waiting for Inception to start, the trailer for this truly terrible move came on (ugh). As the trailer was wrapping up, the words, “from the mind of M. Night Shyamalan” flashed on the screen (ugh) and I KID YOU NOT the entire sold out audience groaned in unison. It was the most glorious thing I’ve ever witnessed.
Caused laughter and groans earlier this week at a screening of Inception. I had totally forgotten about this trailer (and thread) and I was delighted the “Mind of M. Night Shyamalan” was still causing a crowd reaction. I thought the crowd was about to throw stuff. And we had already sat through some pretty appalling previews with minimal despair.