Split : 'The BIG reveal!' (he wrote sarcastically)

The Unbreakable tie in was the most pointless thing I have ever seen in my life. Is it because in this day and age of the creatively bankrupt movie business we can't have a film that's not a sequel or connected to some other property somehow?

The thing I find most hilarious about this is that as I was sitting in the theater watching one new "sequel or remake trailer" after another, I literally thought to myself "ya know, this film may not be great, and Shyamalan has disappointed me time and time again, but AT LEAST HE'S DOING SOMETHING RELATIVELY ORIGINAL". And he didand then there was that STUPID pointless ending, because we have to make this a franchise!

The scene felt so ridiculously shoehorned in. "Remember when there was that other bad thing that happened in Philly, by that other guy who was bad tooWhat was his name?" "MR. GLASS!" DUN DUN DUM!!!!
She might has well have said"This guy with multiple personalities who ate people reminds me of that other guy who did stuff that was bad." (We pan over to see Dwight Eisenhower). "You mean JOSEF STALIN!" DUN DUN DUM!!!! Now we have an "Enemy at the Gates" tie in.
It was just forced!

I didn't love the movie, but I was about 75% with it throughout thinking there were some affective parts and some boring parts and some signature M. Night screw ups. That ending though was completely unnecessary and ruined what would've been my otherwise mildly entertained viewing of the film.

It wasn't "shoehorned" - the character of Kevin was initially written for Unbreakable, just didn't make the final cut.

So, the rest of your post is dribble. Do more research before posting. Thank you.

I thought it was amazing. The other side of the unbreakable coin,this was a villains origin story and made total sense to be linked into unbreakable the whole cinema erupted with joy when the unbreakable score hit. Amazing movie

Correct!

I think what people were expecting was a typical M Night twist. I almost fell for it too.

At the end, when the cop was telling the girl that her cousin or whoever was here to come get her, I was expecting James Mcavoy to show up, thus revealing that she also had a mental disorder and some of the flashbacks were just other personalities (one teaching her to be a good hunter, one that torturers her, etc).

In the end, the final twist completely changes the film you just watched. Instead of seeing a psychological thriller about a dude with a split personality kidnapping a group of girls, it suddenly is revealed that, no, you were watching a "villain" origin story that exists in the same universe of Unbreakable.

Both Unbreakable and Split end with the hero/villain finally coming into their own, and leaves the viewer wanting more adventures.

i thought it was pretty interesting and the ending really threw me for a loop!

The Odyssey is a sequel/tie-in with the Iliad. Maybe Homer consulted his agent or marketing specialist and was told it was a'good idea'to do a sequel. don't generalize all sequels or tie-ins as bad or a sign creative bankruptcy - that's lazy. I've read some creative & original screenplays that were absolute sh*t. Aliens was one of the best sequels made, rivaling even the original movie, and John Carpenter's the Thing is an amazing remake. Try harder to think and filter next time if you expect people to read or listen to you.

It was pointless to me because I haven't seen the film. Hell, when I saw Bruce Willis I thought it was a tie-in to The Sixth Sense!

I think you are getting ahead of yourself and making some broad assumptions. The ending could be nothing more than a tribute to Unbreakable, a nod to that universe and how it's been said before that heroes, villains, and monsters are "real" and the stories come from somewhere.

Kevin and his abilities is exactly what Mr. Glass described in Unbreakable.

So yeah it takes place in the same universe, but that doesn't mean M. Night and the studio is now planning some long string of sequels in a connected universe. If written well I'd love to see the cast reunited for another film in the Unbreakable universe, but I don't think that's actually going to happen.

It was a good movie with a great performance by McAvoy. The "twist" that all his films have to have was simply that the girl too was scarred and "broken" so he spared her life. Not his best twist, but just more a unique conclusion to a character driven movie.

Bruce Willis at the end was really just an awesome Easter Egg, not some big Hollywood ending like Sam Jackson at the end of Iron Man after the credits.

Actually M NIght has already been talking about a third movie in the series. I think this huge and shows Hollywood is willing to try new things still.

I think a 3rd movie would be great. The OP is raging as if the Unbreakable universe has gone full Marvel.

M. Night has made so many original films he has certainly earned the right to make a sequel.

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The scene felt so ridiculously shoehorned in.

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dude, there are unbreakable easter eggs peppered all over this movie don't be mad if you didn't pick up on them immediately, i didn't either



It's mercy, compassion and forgiveness I lack. Not rationality

The diner scene was my favorite thing about the movie. It took me completely by surprise yet, at the same time, felt completely organic. Shyamalan carefully and cleverly engineered everything towards that stunning moment of revelation - so much so that, when it finally arrived, it felt not only justified but necessary. It followed naturally from both the story's surface details and its deeper themes, allowing the two films to inform and expand on one another. Brilliant work, nothing "shoehorned" about it.