My parents implored me to watch the M. Night Shyamalan film The Sixth Sense. Having heard mixed things about him I was skeptical. However, when I watched it, I was blown away from start to finish. I’m not a big fan of movies that don’t have jokes and explosions but this changed my perspective on the thriller genre. After watching that, I saw his other film Split. This garnered a similar reaction from me. The big thing about Shyamalan is he has a slow build to the climax until the final twist in the movie makes your heartbeat stop. Another thing about his directing is the protagonists and how they are written. They seem normal with a few quirks at the beginning but as the story you learn more and more. You feel like you know them until the climax where something crazy is revealed about them that changes everything. His movies also have a strong sense of impending doom, whether it's in the delivery of the lines or the way the characters interact with various scenarios. All in all, despite my preference to action movies and comedies, I enjoyed his films and don’t regret watching them.
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