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Old 02-27-24, 12:25 PM
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The Watchers (2024, D: I Night Shyamalan) - S: D. Fanning



From producer M. Night Shyamalan comes “The Watchers,” written and directed by Ishana Night Shyamalan and based on the novel by A.M. Shine.

The film follows Mina, a 28-year-old artist, who gets stranded in an expansive, untouched forest in western Ireland. When Mina finds shelter, she unknowingly becomes trapped alongside three strangers who are watched and stalked by mysterious creatures each night. You can’t see them, but they see everything.

“The Watchers” stars Dakota Fanning (“Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,” “Ocean’s Eight”), Georgina Campbell (“Barbarian,” “Suspicion”), Oliver Finnegan (“Creeped Out,” “Outlander”) and Olwen Fouere (“The Northman,” “The Tourist”). The film is produced by M. Night Shyamalan, Ashwin Rajan and Nimitt Mankad. The executive producers are Jo Homewood and Stephen Dembitzer. Joining writer/director Shyamalan behind-the-camera are director of photography Eli Arenson (“Lamb,” “Hospitality”), production designer Ferdia Murphy (“Lola,” “Finding You”), editor Job ter Burg (“Benedetta,” “Elle”) and costume design by Frank Gallacher (“Sebastian,” “Aftersun”). The music is by Abel Korzeniowski (“Till,” “The Nun”). New Line Cinema presents “The Watchers,” set to open in theaters internationally beginning 5 June 2024 and in North America on June 7, 2024; it will be distributed worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures.

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The movie takes place in the distant future and the main characters are clones of "ancient" humans living in a zoo.
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The movie takes place in the distant future and the main characters are clones of "ancient" humans living in a zoo.

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Re: The Watchers (2024, D: I Night Shyamalan) - S: D. Fanning

I feel old M. Night's daughter is a director now.
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Originally Posted by HeIsTheZissou
The movie takes place in the distant future and the main characters are clones of "ancient" humans living in a zoo.
It's based on a book so if there's a twist it should be out there on the internet.
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Re: The Watchers (2024, D: I Night Shyamalan) - S: D. Fanning

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It's based on a book so if there's a twist it should be out there on the internet.
There is a twist in the book. The whole story wasn't very good. My expectations are not high for the movie.
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Re: The Watchers (2024, D: I Night Shyamalan) - S: D. Fanning

This is out starting tonight.
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Re: The Watchers (2024, D: I Night Shyamalan) - S: D. Fanning

I just saw a matinee. I'd give it between a B- and C+

Dakota was good and it had a lot of creepy moments. Not everything made sense. There is no big "Twist" Just a plot reveal that I think most of you could figure out.

I did think the ending kind of weak. I consider this more of a suspense thriller than actual horror movie. It's a promising debut for M Night's daughter. She definitely has an eye for the camera. This kind of movie is probably not going to appeal to a lot of you. So it won't surprise me if there isn't much reaction in this thread in the days ahead.
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Re: The Watchers (2024, D: I Night Shyamalan) - S: D. Fanning

I was hesitant to share my thoughts because I don't like being overly negative, but I thought this was terrible. The direction was perfunctory. None of the scenes had a feeling of wonder, or mystery, or excitement, they were all on the same bland note. The dialogue was unnatural, everything is "They're the one we call The Watchers!", "This was left by the one we call The Professor!", "We call this place The Coop!".
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Yeah, not worth it. Once they tell you about the watchers I sorta tuned out. But it's a first movie, and not everyone's first movie is a home run, so I'm curious to see what Ishana does next.

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