Originally posted by MildPossession
I'm in the minority of enjoying The Village, and Signs more than Sixth Sense and Unbreakable.
Apart from the name of the film, and that 'mind of' part, I like the look of the film. It's only produced by him.
I see one of the directors of the film directed the [REC] remake, Quarantine. I mean, even the poster for Devil has the same design layout as [REC]...
One of the writers was involved in Hard Candy, and 30 Days of Night, so could be decent.
Originally posted by omgchos
adrian brody was the twist.
I think you need to watch that movie again 😂
I think, M Night is definitely a good Director with great vision. I think he needs to take a step back from screenplays though and just start taking on more work from other writers and producers. He seems to have become over confident in his work. Signs, Unbreakable and Lady in the Water are still good movies to me with Unbreakable and Signs being classics. No one should judge this movie due to M Nights track record though. He is merely producing. I really don't know why they even bothered to tattoo his name all over this movie.
Originally posted by Quiero Mota
I, for one, respect that attitude. Do you expect/want him to have a nervous breakdown just because people said his last movie sucks?"Making a film is like cooking a meal; there's no guaruntee everyone will love it. In fact, many people will hate it, so when it happens you shouldn't give up your passion."
-Denzel Washington to David Letterman, 1997
I respect it to a certain level. Not everyone is going to like your movies, yes, and you shouldn't give up just because some fat guy in his mom's basement insults you. HOWEVER, there then comes the fine line between pride and egocentrism, a line that Shyamalan has crossed. One thing about filmmaking is that you learn from your mistakes and sometimes listen to criticism, no matter how harsh it is. Shyamalan doesn't even CARE to listen, and feels as if he is a god in that aspect. To me, "Last Airbender" was a massive "f$#@ you" to the millions of fans of the show, because he took a concept that was very popular, cared nothing about the source material, and just said "Whatever I do is good anyways, so who cares?"
And it's not only because of its poor dialogue and god awful acting, either. There were camera angles and sets that were humiliating to see of people's eyebrows and cardboard scenery. The pacing was horrid as well with no sign of transition whatsoever. It's things like this that even teenagers in Video Comm class could point out and correct. The fact that he ignored all help to improve this is ridiculous.