Boutros said:
M. Night Shyamalan is one of my favorite director. He's far from being a bad director.
The Sixth Sense, Signs and The Village are probably my three favorite suspense movies.
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I'm sorry but Shyamalan is one of the worst directors out there. All he does is copy what Alfred Hitchcock has done and come up with some of the stupidest stories I have ever seen. For instance, lets look at the movie Signs. The aliens are smart enough to travel through the cosmos but they cannot operate a simple door! The aliens want to take over a planet that is mostly water and water is what can hurt them! This is not good storytelling, it is just plain stupid. And lets not forget the climax of the movie where Mel Gibson's wife tells him to tell his brother to "Swing Away". I'm sorry, but that is just comical and Signs is considers one of his better movies.
Anyways the reviews are in for his latest romp. Rotten tomatoes currenty has the movie at 08%. It will probably gain a few more fresh reviews but when critics are saying the following, you know something went wrong.
"Where to start with this one? How about this: If any movie ever warranted a class-action lawsuit against the filmmakers, it’s The Last Airbender."
"The Last Airbender is dreadful, an incomprehensible fantasy-action epic that makes the 2007 film The Golden Compass, a similarly botched adaptation of a beloved property from another medium, look like a four-star classic."
"Let's just be honest: M. Night Shyamalan is an idiot."
"This colossal folly, the fiasco of the summer of 2010 — gives us all a ringside seat at the sight of Mr. “I See Dead People’s” career gurgling down the drain."
"The Last Airbender is a joyless, soulless, muddled mess, but the worst part of all doesn't come until the very end. That's when it makes the clear suggestion that two more such movies are in store for us."
If you really do like M. Night Shyamalan then I suggest you look into Alfred Hitchcock's movies. You will notice quite a few similarities right down to similar camera angles. He is the master for which Shyamalan wishes he was.