Center City and M. Night Shyamalan's new movie

**Phillyurban8** · 08-30-2010, 03:21 AM

I'm looking forward to seeing how Shyamalan portrays Center City in his new movie. The trailer clearly shows a fly through of Center City but upside down. I believe the movie was filmed partly in the Comcast lobby but pictures of the main tower in which the doomed elevator passengers are stranded do not appear to be the Comcast tower.

**Lolly** · 08-30-2010, 07:44 AM

What's the name of the film? Got a link to the trailer?

**Oladybug** · 08-30-2010, 09:30 AM

I'm just looking forward to MNS making another good movie some day!

**dr_gingivitis** · 08-30-2010, 10:43 AM

Looks interesting:

**Cya** · 08-30-2010, 11:02 AM

I saw the previews for this movie yesterday. It seems like the whole movie is about these people trapped on an elevator with some sort of entity trying to kill them.
Seems like one of those "Wait for the DVD" movies. ... Unless of course he comes out with better clips of something other than people trapped in an elevator.

**AbortedWalrus** · 08-30-2010, 01:41 PM

Originally Posted by Cya

I saw the previews for this movie yesterday. It seems like the whole movie is about these people trapped on an elevator with some sort of entity trying to kill them.
Seems like one of those "Wait for the DVD" movies. ... Unless of course he comes out with better clips of something other than people trapped in an elevator.

You wouldn't think that a movie that takes place entirely on a lifeboat would be any good either, but Lifeboat is an amazing movie. Then again, Shymalan has absolutely nothing on Hitchcock.

**DCnPhilly** · 08-30-2010, 01:53 PM

Originally Posted by Phillyurban8

I'm looking forward to seeing how Shyamalan portrays Center City in his new movie. The trailer clearly shows a fly through of Center City but upside down. I believe the movie was filmed partly in the Comcast lobby but pictures of the main tower in which the doomed elevator passengers are stranded do not appear to be the Comcast tower.

What building does the movie take place in? I can't tell.

Sadly, since the Sixth Sense, I look forward to seeing Philadelphia's representation in his movies more than the actual story lines.

**PGH Lessons** · 08-30-2010, 02:23 PM

Originally Posted by DCnPhilly

What building does the movie take place in? I can't tell.

Sadly, since the Sixth Sense, I look forward to seeing Philadelphia's representation in his movies more than the actual story lines.

Sorry, this has been on my mind for quite a while. Perhaps it would be better suited for IMDB, becuase I can't see how anyone can possibly think Sixth Sense was a good movie. IT HAD ONE OF THE BIGGEST PLOT FLAWS IN HISTORY!!!! Please tell me how, at the end of the movie, Bruce Willis finally realizes he's dead?!?!? It would take me about 5-10 minutes of walking around this city to realize I'm dead.

If M Night would have played it in a way of Bruce Willis knowing the whole time, but the audience finding out at the end, fine, i'll live with that. But even suggesting this guy went days/weeks without knowing is ridiculous.

This kind of poor writing should have been a tell for things to come.

I got fooled into paying money for Lady in the Water at the cinema, and renting Signs and a few others. Never again, Night. Not with my money.

**Phillyurban8** · 08-30-2010, 04:18 PM

The movie may not be filmed in the Comcast building unless they used the back lobby. The wood paneling does look similar.

I disagree about the Sixth Sense. Many folktales comprise a wandering dead person who doesn't realize he/she is dead. That's why they hang around. If the Bruce Willis character realized he was dead at the beginning, do you really think he putter around Philadelphia, as if he were alive? I wouldn't. Sure, two weeks of wandering around involves a suspension of disbelief, but who's to say when we are dead that two weeks doesn't feel like two days or two hours?! When we learn that he is actually dead and then think back to all of his previous interactions, the movie takes on an added complexity and depth.

**DCnPhilly** · 08-30-2010, 04:41 PM

Found it. According to Wikipedia, the skyscraper used in the movie is the Bay Adelaide Centre in Toronto. Apparently the movie was supposed to be filmed in Philadelphia but because of financial reasons - probably the same reasons Cold Case and Always Sunny moved to Vancouver - filming was moved to Toronto. It could still be set in Philadelphia, I'm not sure, although some of the movie posters show the Toronto skyline.

I would hardly say Sixth Sense had one of "the biggest plot flaws in history." I'm not going to compare Shyamalan to Hitchcock. The story of a self-burdened walking dead is hardly original, but it's the perceived holes in the plot and unanswered questions that make this movie memorable. The main character is plagued with guilt-driven loneliness before he's dead which makes it easier to understand why he doesn't notice the lack of interaction between him and his world. As a ghost perhaps he only chooses to see and interact with what makes sense. We don't know and we don't need to know. We're not even clear whether he willingly moves from place to place, or whether he only recognizes certain situations not questioning how he arrived. I think these "plot flaws" are deliberately unanswered. The story isn't all that original, it is his direction and vagueness that make it entertaining. Sometimes it's nice to have a movie wrapped up in a nice bow just before the credits, but when directors create this type of dreary imagery, the mystery of the unknown is what makes people watch them over and over again.

Considering his movies that followed, I think the Sixth Sense was a fortunate fluke.

**Illiniwek** · 08-30-2010, 04:49 PM

You could also have learned this information in another PS thread.

**Seanibus** · 08-30-2010, 05:15 PM

Originally Posted by Phillyurban8

I'm looking forward to seeing how Shyamalan portrays Center City in his new movie. The trailer clearly shows a fly through of Center City but upside down. I believe the movie was filmed partly in the Comcast lobby but pictures of the main tower in which the doomed elevator passengers are stranded do not appear to be the Comcast tower.

Let me predict: However Shyamalan depicts Center City it will be pompous, boring, and predictable.

Do I get a prize for my dazzingly ability to see the future?

**DCnPhilly** · 08-30-2010, 05:20 PM

He's really only portrayed it two or three times, hasn't he? I don't think I've ever seen a movie that displayed Philadelphia as pompous and predictable unless it was layered under an ounce of sarcasm and a pound of grit.

**PGH Lessons** · 08-30-2010, 08:11 PM

Originally Posted by DCnPhilly

Found it. According to Wikipedia, the skyscraper used in the movie is the Bay Adelaide Centre in Toronto. Apparently the movie was supposed to be filmed in Philadelphia but because of financial reasons - probably the same reasons Cold Case and Always Sunny moved to Vancouver - filming was moved to Toronto. It could still be set in Philadelphia, I'm not sure, although some of the movie posters show the Toronto skyline.

I would hardly say Sixth Sense had one of "the biggest plot flaws in history." I'm not going to compare Shyamalan to Hitchcock. The story of a self-burdened walking dead is hardly original, but it's the perceived holes in the plot and unanswered questions that make this movie memorable. The main character is plagued with guilt-driven loneliness before he's dead which makes it easier to understand why he doesn't notice the lack of interaction between him and his world. As a ghost perhaps he only chooses to see and interact with what makes sense. We don't know and we don't need to know. We're not even clear whether he willingly moves from place to place, or whether he only recognizes certain situations not questioning how he arrived. I think these "plot flaws" are deliberately unanswered. The story isn't all that original, it is his direction and vagueness that make it entertaining. Sometimes it's nice to have a movie wrapped up in a nice bow just before the credits, but when directors create this type of dreary imagery, the mystery of the unknown is what makes people watch them over and over again.

Considering his movies that followed, I think the Sixth Sense was a fortunate fluke.

I see where you're coming from, but I think you're giving him too much credit for the same reason you mentioned. Look at his following movies - they're full of the same holes and mistakes. Thinking the mistakes were put in there on purpose, would be a stretch.

Getting the whole thing wrapped up in a Hollywood bow isn't what I'm suggesting either. Look at Inception, that thing was full of unanswered questions, but it was all part of the show

**five apples** · 08-30-2010, 08:44 PM

Originally Posted by DCnPhilly

Apparently the movie was supposed to be filmed in Philadelphia but because of financial reasons - probably the same reasons Cold Case and Always Sunny moved to Vancouver - filming was moved to Toronto.

It's Always Sunny still shoots its exteriors in Philly. A friend of mine just got done working on it actually. It never shot its interiors in Philly, it was in LA, and I am fairly certain still is.

**MarketStEl** · 08-30-2010, 09:07 PM

Originally Posted by five apples

It's Always Sunny still shoots its exteriors in Philly. A friend of mine just got done working on it actually. It never shot its interiors in Philly, it was in LA, and I am fairly certain still is.

I thought "Cold Case" did too (after shooting even the exteriors in LA its first season).

It doesn't?

**mixiboi** · 08-30-2010, 11:27 PM

Lets play Philly/Not Philly:

**mixiboi** · 08-30-2010, 11:32 PM

Oh and I have a story bout this movie.

When I was at Scott Pilgrim vs the World this trailer came on and when his M. Night name pop up the crowd groaned

So yeah, I think he joined the "You love Philly But Philly hates you club"

**Illiniwek** · 08-31-2010, 07:29 AM

Originally Posted by mixiboi

Is it? Can we identify any of the buildings?

Originally Posted by mixiboi

There's a street right outside a building with an all-glass entry. I don't think Philly has many such candidates. In addition, the cabs on the street (earlier shot, same set) were all new yellow cabs.

Originally Posted by mixiboi

Philly doesn't even have a credible candidate for this building.

**Seanibus** · 08-31-2010, 08:22 AM

Originally Posted by DCnPhilly

He's really only portrayed it two or three times, hasn't he? I don't think I've ever seen a movie that displayed Philadelphia as pompous and predictable unless it was layered under an ounce of sarcasm and a pound of grit.

I was commenting on M. Night's appallingly bad movies, not our own unassuming little downtown area, which is anything but pompous and predictable, and only rarely boring. Shyamalan has a fascinating ability to take something interesting and made it suck.