No One Likes M. Night Shyamalan

lmao I like some of his movies, especially "Lady in the water" yes i like that movie "Unbreakable" is a great movie I think, but "The Happening" sucked some major balls and the shitting acting by Mark Walberg killed me.

I mean the concept of "The Happening" maybe could of worked in a novel form, because it was kind of an interesting idea, but seriously seeing that shit on screen and plants making people kill themselves? lol It was just completely bogus.

Ugh. Signs did it for me with it's huge plot holes. Aliens are highly advanced and intelligent enough to travel thousands of light years, but don't know how to use a doorknob? They never bothered to invent clothes? Water is like acid to them, yet they choose a planet where 70% of the surface is covered with water? (Not to mention that it sometimes rains?)

Shyamalan should never be allowed to direct again after the utter balls-up he made of THE LAST AIRBENDER. The source material is so rich and amazing and he completely fucked up every single aspect of the adaptation.

But the most frustrating thing about him (as this video shows) is not just that his movies are getting worse and worse, but that he is incapable of acknowledging it. He still thinks everything he makes is genius.

I could see reasons why they might not realize our water is dangerous to them...so signs didn't bother me...I wanted to like Lady in the Water-but the whole film is Night saying, "Suck it critics of my work!" (I mean, how blatant do you need to be with Bob Balaban's character?"

I refused to see the village. The Happening had great moments of dread (raining bodies and the like)...but they were in a terrible film.

I did enjoy Signs...don't hurt me. I thought it was funny and had some pretty good moments of suspense.

The whole water thing was ridiculous to me mostly because maybe the simplest truth that the scientific community agrees on is that life cannot exist without water so how can water be harmful to a life form? Of course there is the distinct possibility that we don't know jack and that our rules and laws of physics don't even apply to alien species. Maybe everything we perceive is wrong. Haha.

As for The Village I don't know how inbreeding would appeal to anyone. Didn't they see Southern Comfort or Deliverance?

There's videos of Shammy's name getting boo-ed and groaned at when this trailer played in cinemas. I guess those people payed to see THE LAST AIRBENDER.

I'm sure Shyamalan would just say "Well, they love me in Japan..."

Shyamalan used to be able to craft set-pieces with the precision of a master. Just look at a movie like SIGNS; there's at least five brilliant set-pieces in that movie.

What the hell happened?

What!? I love High Tension I thought that movie was awesome lol.

Speaking of "Well they love me in Japan" I was reading there was massive outcry from the Asian community of using White-American Actors in "The Last Airbender"

The casting of White actors in the Asian-influenced Avatar universe triggered negative reactions from some fans marked by accusations of racism, a letter-writing campaign, and various protests.[35][36] "To take this incredibly loved children's series, and really distort not only the ethnicity of the individual characters but the message of acceptance and cultural diversity that the original series advocated, is a huge blow," Michael Le of Racebending.com, a fan site calling for a boycott of the martial-arts fantasy, said.[37] As a result of the casting, the Media Action Network for Asian-Americans urged a movie boycott for the first time in the organization’s 18-year history. "This was a great opportunity to create new Asian-American stars...[nonetheless,] I’m disappointed." fumed Guy Aoki, president of the organization.[38] After a casting call specifically looking for “Caucasians and other ethnicities,” Shyamalan explained that “Ultimately, this movie, and then the three movies, will be the most culturally diverse tent-pole movies ever released, period.” Furthermore, Paramount provided a statement about the casting choices, "The movie has 23 credited speaking roles — more than half of which feature Asian and Pan Asian actors of Korean, Japanese and Indian decent. The filmmaker’s interpretation reflects the myriad qualities that have made this series a global phenomenon. We believe fans of the original and new audiences alike will respond positively once they see it." The studio also took the initiative to screen the film to boycotters at Racebending.com after the 3D conversion was complete.[39]

I have to say I have seen some of the show and its pretty good I'm not that all familiar with it, but I agree no way they should of used White-American actors in that. What's even more ignorant Jackson Rathbone even said, this , "I think it's one of those things where I pull my hair up, shave the sides, and I definitely need a tan. It's one of those things where, hopefully, the audience will suspend disbelief a little bit." Well I guess we might as well bust out the blackface and bring that back? I mean yeah that's great M. Night wants to be multicultural, but when you're working in a established world and not sticking with the source material it seems apparently he had a lack of respect for the material and wanted to create his own world. I mean I don't know it just depends how well its executed. But this seems like it wasn't executed very well.

"Have you even seen 'The Happening'? I mean, Trees? Really?"

Genius.

Don't forget the Wizard of Oz they try to fuck with Dorthy when she try to get some apples lol.

If you want to watch a movie about people stuck in an elevator that's actually GOOD, watch Blackout. Sort of predictable and a little slow at times, but it's got good character development, and Shamalyan was NOT involved! lol

I DO hope they make The Last Airbender book 2, but WITHOUT that idiot. Maybe a real writer will use the actual show as a reference not just the vague idea of the plot.

He screwed up so many of the fundamental aspects of the series with that first film, I can't see how the films could go anywhere but down.

That first film should have been three hours long and have included Suki and the Kiyoshi Warriors.

Shyamalan has no fucking clue what he's doing. I shudder to think what 'inspired' bullshit he has in mind for introducing Toph.

I don't think racism has anything to do with it. Show me a critic who bashes Del Toro. No, to me the critical drubbing is justified because his movies legitimately suck. Sorry, just my opinion. As far as The Village goes I think it's ridiculous because of the twist so watching again will only make me notice even more things about it that would bother me.

I was a big fan of his in the beginning.

Avatar: The Last Airbender is a great show and I don't like many cartoons. It's not the overall plot that is wrong. For me it started with the casting and I just couldn't get past it. I haven't bothered to watch the movie. I think I'd rather take my chances with The Prince of Persia.

Yeah, he shot the whole sequence with them but cut it because, according to Shammy, it was "too distracting". Because we all hate pesky things like character development and cute chicks kicking ass...

Fans who saw the preview version of the film (the now-infamous 'punching the fish' version) claim that at least 30 minutes of footage was cut before it was released. This footage included a full prologue much like the one that opens the show which, let's face it, does an infinitely more interesting, clear and graceful way of setting up the world than Shyamalan's wall of text and bad voice-over.

Also, it turns out Sokka took the brunt of the cuts. All of his humour and character development (like the aformentioned Kyoshi Warriors section) were cut from the film.

I blame that shoddy 3D conversion for a lot of the problems with this film. But that's a rant for another day.

I would think they would have concerned themselves more trying to prevent an African-American from becoming President of the United States then worrying about a movie director. Hypothetically speaking even if his movies didn't suck it's not as if he would have ever reached the ranks of the Spielberg's, Cameron's and Jackson's. He was never that good even when he was good. The single greatest director in the history of film who stands alone and untouchable had a critic write that he should have been shot.

As far as black director's go there's Antoine Fuqua who is a different breed altogether. He got an athletic scholarship for basketball to college, he looks like a football player, where he studied electrical engineering and when he got out he decided he wanted to be a filmmaker.

He's got a very sharp mind for film and has made Training Day, King Arthur (which is awesome) and Brooklyn's Finest among other things. I almost expect him to get an Oscar for best director and picture one day.

I don't think racism has anything to do with it. He just blew his load and ran out of good ideas.

You said Guillermo hasn't given them a reason to bash him. You're right because he's brilliant and probably never will. He is becoming an unstoppable force in the entertainment industry with great films, books and soon cartoons. Next year he's going to be in the studio recording an album playing the Spanish guitar.

As far as Romero fuck him. I'm done. The 20 minutes I barely made it through of Diary of the Dead will be the last time I watch anything by him.

Dario Argento is finished in my book too.

You know I like Land of the dead, I thought to me, it was more true to the spirit to the other Dead movies than Diary. I mean I don't know why people were like "Ugh I hate that movie" just because it had a higher production vaule and big name stars and was going against Romero indie roots and I know he had a hardass time making it I read and heard from insiders that the studios wanted to control everything he wanted to do. I mean Diary was alright, but it was slow as balls, plus the acting and writing was kind of eh. I mean it wasn't horrible, but some of the things that they were doing just didn't make any sense. I liked how it kind of ended on a somber note.

I really love Del Torro his early stuff is really amazing Cronos is great.

You speak, I assume, of either Orson Welles or Chris Seaver.

I didn't like Land of the Dead, and I hated Diary and Survival of the Dead with a fury.

I also am not a Hellboy fan, but mostly because I think the story and dialogue is lame. The effects are pretty cool. del Toror is pretty much mostly style and not as much substance, which is what some people prefer. I need more substance and am not as into style. So, Del Toro is not my thing. I know his last several films looked awesome, but they made zero sense.

Oh! I'm curious what everyone in here will think of Hatchet II. FYI there are some cameos by journalists. Journalists who will be reviewing the film. Like in Survival of the Dead. Just like that.

I thought Hatchet was ok, I didn't think it was amazing a fun little movie I suppose. I enjoyed it more on the second viewing.

Heidi, I don't think it's wrong to review a friend's film. From what I gather the horror community out in LA is pretty close-knit so some overlap there seems impossible to avoid.

But I do think it's about disclosure if you actually have something to do with the film on a creative or financial level. Even something as minor as a cameo. To agree to that means you want to be a part of this movie, so how could you be objective about the end result?

I was thinking about this same issue last night, Cash. My friend barbara's movie screened at Shriekfest Film festival, and I went, but had another person actually review the film because I am afraid I would just love it BECAUSE I am her friend. I don't know how much of me being into the film would be just because I like HER, you know? I am afraid a lot.

It turns out he likes the film, which makes me happy, but I wanted to avoid that situation since I bitch about other people reviewing stuff they are close to. Hypocrisy, and all that.

Dr. Strangelove is genius. Was the person who hated it a communist?

I'll bet his water had communists in it.