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[praphit]

A Knock at the Cabin and a Giggle in the Bush.

To truly live your best life, and to show your family that you love them, at some point, you've got to head to a cabin for family vacation. Tons of stories involving cabins show us how fun it can be:

"Cabin in the Woods" "Friday the 13th" "Evil Dead" "The Strangers"

We all need to treat ourselves, and our families, and go, right??

Even if you don't like your family. You could go alone ("Secret Window" is an excellent tale about what could happen when one does that). You could take your other family; your "hush family". I won’t tell.

I can picture myself out at a cabin....

 aaaah, that's nice.

All of sudden, there's a knock at the door. I open it - 

It's M.Night!

I want to rip him for certain movies like "The Happening" of which I'll never forgive him for, but I wouldn't do that (to his face). We brown people need to stick together. I might simply say "Hi M.Night. It's weird that you're out here. I'm not in the middle of some bullshit story that some might say (not me:) you never totally think through, am I? He replies with giggles and runs off into the bushes. I shut the door.

There's another knock - 

Hey, it's Dave Bautista! I loved you as Drax. Say something silly!

Dave replies: "Do you know Jesus as your personal Lord and Savior?"

That's more random than it is silly, but yeah, JC and I are good. I shut the door (quickly).

Then, yet another knock at the door.

Dammit! "What?!" 

It's Dave Bautista AGAIN, and he brought friends (Abby Quinn, Nikki Amuka-Bird, and Rupert Grint) . His friends break-in, knock me out, and when I wake up, I'm tied-up, and they're babbling something about the apocalypse. 

"*sigh* Motherbleeping M.Night." He's giggling in the bushes outside.

That's what happens to this family here. 

Eric, Andrew, and Wen. get tied-up and told by Dave, that one of the members of their family must die in order to prevent the end of thr world as we know it. A simple plot. A crazy plot, but a simple one. I like simple. This family not only has to choose someone, but they must also do the killing themselves.If that were to happen to us, I can imagine most people looking around the room for the grandparents (similiarly to how some thought about Covid :) But, then you’d have to bash granny’s head in yourself. In this case, do you take out one of the dad’s or a cute lil kid?

That's a lot to chew on. They're obviously going to need a few more dialogues about this matter.

Most of the discourse takes place in one room. My first reaction to this scenario was "This is a horrible pitch."

Although I don't recall Dave and the gang ever saying that God is commanding all of this, most will come to that conclusion ( and that's fair, I guess). They just keep saying that they all had visions. Speaking of God - there are some bible stories that have horrible pitches in them as well, so I guess it fits.

Moses was sent by God to Pharoah (we all know that story). Pharoah could have destroyed Moses with the snap of his fingers, and yet God sent him to make demands of Pharoah, armed with only a stick. And Moses still went through with it, so maybe... Of course, I imagine God to be a smooth orator; kinda like if you could combine the vocal powers of Obama, Morgan Freeman, and Adele. But, who knows what any of us would do??

This whole... "challenge", we'll call it, adds to an intense movie, as does Dave Bautista's acting. 

I'll say that again - Dave Bautista's acting (in a serious role) had a net positive effect. In fact, his acting carried the movie. I'm not saying he's ready to win any Oscars, but... let's see The Rock pull off some legit acting. Dave's buddies were also good at keeping up the cinematic tension.

The nurse (Nikki). The cook (Abby). The bigot (Rupert). Abby Quinn was second in acting only to Dave. She came off as very sincere. None of them wanted to be doing this to the family. They were all very polite. But, at the end of the day (and remember this, kids), good manners don't negate murder.

M. Night had me, man! I was concerned about the family. I didn't know what to make of Bautista & company, but Abby def had me feeling some sympathy for her, and I was intrigued. Are they crazy? Are they delusional? or is this all real? We do find out which one of these three theories is correct, annnnnnd THAT'S when M.Night lost me.

What happens just doesn't compute. M.Night gives you the (WHAT?), but he forgot about the (WHY?). In retrospect, none of these theories make much sense without a solid motive:

The four intruders are too normal to be crazy in this one act. Sooooo, if they're not crazy, then why are they doing this? “VISIONS!” is insufficient. 

You can fight delusion with a few thoughtful questions and the means to answer those questions. There's a point in the movie when Dave is showing the family the tribulations brought upon the world by their inaction. He does this by showing them the news ( which I also have some issues with), and then, one of the family members asks a very good question. They ask good questions throughout, and are never met with good answers. Sometimes, Dave just walks out of the room in response. I'm like "Yeah, that's a REALLY good question. Dave, get yo ass back in here and answer it!" Dave looks at them as to say "Hey, it's not in script, buddy."

And if it's God (or whatever force) - why? You're telling me that God chose this random family, of a gay couple (not a good look, God :)

to kill one of their own, and if they comply, He'll stop killing all of these other people around the world?" Why?! At least attempt a WHY! God took a day off, and was bored, so He did this... sure, works for me. Some sort of WHY!

No matter how you shake it, we need a WHY! Bleepin , M. Night! He twisted us again!

Most of the movie was good though. There's just so much more they could have done here with suspense, story, and even cgi. A good idea though. As always, not thought out very well. However, It'll have you thinking through some things; especially considering the state of the world in which we're actually living. And plus we’ve all got a new game to play - “Which one of us has to go?” Dave Bautista could knock on your door at any moment. 

Grade: C+

What is this power that M.Night has over me? If he were to come out with another movie this year, I'd vigorously rush to see it. In my mind, thinking, perhaps he'll recapture the magic of that ONE great movie he made (and we all know the ONE). And he never will. I'll just keep giving him my money, and he'll keep laughing at me from the bushes.

*smh* Bleepin, M.Night.

[regentstreetcinema]

Coming up this Sunday, we've got a special closed captioned screening of Knock At The Cabin.

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[twotrey23]

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[film-book]

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KNOCK AT THE CABIN (2023) Movie Trailer 2: Dave Bautista stars in M. Night Shyamalan's Apocalyptic Thriller https://film-book.com/knock-at-the-cabin-2023-movie-trailer-2-dave-bautista-stars-in-m-night-shyamalans-apocalyptic-thriller/?feed_id=122472&_unique_id=63a9b5e8d3b67

[cherrygeek]

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Knock At The Cabin Love

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#MadAboutYou

Network: NBC

Premiered September 23, 1992

Ended May 24, 1999

No. Of Episodes: 176 (8 Seasons)

Starring:

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[movizark-blog]

First ‘Bumblebee’ Image Reveals Hailee Steinfeld in the ‘Transformers’ Spinoff!! Check It Out!!

First ‘Bumblebee’ Image Reveals Hailee Steinfeld in the ‘Transformers’ Spinoff!! Check It Out!! #AbbyQuinn, #Bumblebee, #BumblebeeTheMovie, #GraceDzienny, #HaileeSteinfeld, #JasonDrucker, #JohnCena, #JorgeLendeborgJr, #KennethChoi, #PamelaAldon, #RachelCrow, #RicardoHoyos, #StephenSchenider, #Transformers

2017 is coming to a close, which means it’s time to start looking towards big films headed our way next year. One of those is Bumblebee, Paramount’s first spinoff of the Transformers franchise, and the first image from the new movie has landed online. Paramount tapped LAIKA CEO and Kubo and the Two Strings director Travis Knight to make his live-action directing debut on the pic, which finds Hai…

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Landline takes us back to the mid-90’s New York City. We meet a family who’s going through more dysfunction then they think they can handle. #landline #movie #film #jennyslate #abbyquinn #ediefalco #johnturturro #moviereview #gillianrobespierre #filmsnobreviews

[regentstreetcinema]

How far would you go to save the world? M Night Shyamalan's Knock At The Cabin is showing at Regent Street Cinema from tomorrow.

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(via MOVIE REVIEW: Tether yourself to LANDLINE! | Behind The Lens Online)

[film-book]

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KNOCK AT THE CABIN (2023) Movie Trailer: A Family is Forced to Make an Apocalyptic Decision in M. Night Shyamalan's Thriller https://film-book.com/knock-at-the-cabin-2023-movie-trailer-a-family-is-forced-to-make-an-apocalyptic-decision-in-m-night-shyamalans-thriller/?feed_id=100754&_unique_id=632cefac6051d

[bbottone]

Jay Duplass, Jenny Slate, Abby Quinn and Finn Wittrock attend the premiere of Amazon Studios' 'Landline' at ArcLight Hollywood on July 12, 2017 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by David Livingston/Getty Images) #HollywoodCiak #Landline #JayDuplass #JennySlate #AbbyQuinn #FinnWittrock #Amazon #premiere #redcarpet #photocall #Hollywood #California #comingsoon #followme

[cherrygeek]

Interview with Brea Grant

Interview with Brea Grant director Torn Hearts @blumhouse @EPIXHD #Blumhouse #Epix #TornHearts #Horror #Suspense #KateySagal #AlexxisLemire #AbbyQuinn #AlonMcKlveen #BreaGrant #JasonBlum #BlumhouseTelevision #Interview #MovieReview #Cherryatthemovies

Torn Hearts is a little bit country and a lot deadly! Brea chatted about working on the Katey Sagal starring film Torn Heart which tells the story of ambition in heels and cute dresses in the country music industry (real life in general) where it’s the same old story over and over. How beauty and youth open the doors and no matter how talented the woman somehow a man has his hands in the till…