When I first saw the Sixth Sense, I enjoyed it despite predicting the ending before it began. Then I really liked M. Night’s 2nd movie Unbreakable which I thought was a clever origin story and twist to the comic book genre. Signs was a decent movie and had some cool things about it despite that it was very slow moving. I never bothered watching The Village or Lady In The Water, however I will say that both The Happening and the more recent The Last Airbender are on my list of worst movies ever.
The question people wonder is “How did it all go wrong” for M. Night Shyamalan?”
Perhaps this parody trailer entitled Shyamalan will answer this burning question.
- Dennis
God, the guys who thought this up have serious jealousy problems. SOMEONE needs psychiatric help and a bit of gorilla prozac
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It's a parody that actually points out the sort of problems thats been inherent in M. Night's work in the last 5-7 years since The Village.
I don't think he's in Uwe Boll territory, but he's getting there. The first three major works in his filmography showed a nice handle on complex narrative that kept most audiences guessing, but since Signs he's either forgotten how to tell a simple story without trying to twist it around to make it seem complex.
I thought with Airbender he'll find himself back on track since the project is an adaptation of a work that doesn't involve twist endings or secrets. Airbender was a simple and old story staple of a young boy's journey from being an ordinary lad to savior. It's your usual Joseph Campbell hero archetype, but the film adaptation tried to make too much out of it and it didn't help that he couldn't figure out or had no idea how to convey the sense of fun and adventure of the original series.
As for fascist jealous haters… I don't think that would go to those who have been criticizing his recent work. From interviews I've read since the debacle that was Airbender fascist would be a label to put on M. Night for how he has dismissed not just film fans but those fans of the Airbender series who were more than a tad disappointed with the finished product.
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