M Night is back with his film Remain!

I remember watching that movie "The Sixth Sense" on a cassette tape. I have watched all the English films on tapes back in the day, even before the DVD was born. Boy oh boy! Such a fantastic film.

The film was different. Totally.

Then I watched the 'signs' in the theater. There were only me and some bunch of clowns just like me. Total movie nerds. Still remember that opening sequence. pepe pep pepe pep pepe pep...

I wanted to make a movie like that. This is what I like. I don't like sixth sense now. This is the thing. This is the absolute fucking thing. Lock in.

Why James Cameroon is good?

 1. He creates small story arcs even within a main sequence that lasts for 3 minutes. So that the viewer is not distracted. Not like a modern superhero movie: an explosion there, an explosion here, and nobody knows what is going on

2. The editing is impeccable. No, Spielberg is no that good in that. He is good at blocking. But in editing, nobody beats Cameroon. He understands the movie in a deep and cohesive way.

3. Deep archetypal layerings: it is often an interplay of archetypal motifs and archetypal events. That is why it is felt as profound. Substance is more than the style.

4. He is visually literate. He knows to paint. That implies he knows how to dictate the attention on a 2d frame even if it is still. That is a huge advantage.

5. He is a kinetic director. Lucas and Spielberg are all comes in this category.

6. A good engineer. That is a plus.

7. The feel of the story is consistent throughout the film.