M. Night Shyamalan

[Gyp Rosetti]

I loved The Village.

 

[Deleted member 365]

Waterworld wasn't that bad.

It can't be worse than Transformers 2, Attack of the Clones, or Shrek the Third. It just can't.

Transformers was one of the worst movies I've seen too. Never seen attack of the clones (thank heavens). shrek 3? Is that the 3-d one?

 

[Safetydan]

Waterworld wasn't that bad.

It can't be worse than Transformers 2, Attack of the Clones, or Shrek the Third. It just can't.

I'm interested to know what you think of it after you've seen it. But to answer your question shortly, yes yes and yes..

The lengthy response: All of those movies, despite being absolutely terrible, have the ability to entertain me if I lower my expectations enough. They have some semblance of energy or entertainment value IMO (in the case of the attack of the clones, it comes in the last 30 mins). The Last Airbender, I literally walked in expecting an experience on par with the mentioned above, and I came away in awe with how disappointed I was. I do well with bad movies, I do. But this was a serious exercise in patience for me, a really really hard sit.

 

[TheMulletMutilator]

Is this really surprising? After I saw Unbreakable I wanted to puke all over Shyamalan. He was one good movie and one blah movie and the rest are beyond terrible.

 

[sirkickyass]

I loved The Village.

Of course you did.

 

[DutchJazzer]

i like village and unbreakable.

the rest of his movies SUCK

 

[Gameface]

The village was straight up trash, from our friend M. Night Sham-a-lam-a-ding-dong. He's garbage.

 

[Gyp Rosetti]

Of course you did.

Play nice our resident board ego.

 

[Loki]

So he's going to keep working even if this bombs badly.

I'm not sure. This is different. Budget on this movie was $250 million and that's before they spent an extra $10 million adding pretty campy 3D effects.
I don't see it breaking even. I could be wrong but I just don't think so.

 

[sirkickyass]

I'm not sure. This is different. Budget on this movie was $250 million

That's just straight up ridiculous. Studios cost structure on films the last two years has been horrendous. You should never have to be one of the top 50 grossing films of all-time just to break even.

I have no idea what people are doing in those situations

I don't see it breaking even. I could be wrong but I just don't think so.

I agree it won't break even. I'm merely saying that it's likely he'll continue to work simply because his long-term track record is profitability. All that said, he's a guy you should NEVER give that large a budget to. Frankly, he strikes me as a guy that should be working with $20-40 million MAX. For most of his films, costly effects don't add much.

 

[Hopper]

Well, obviously, ya give a guy a quarter of a billion dollars to work with, he's gunna manage to skim off enough to not care if he ever works again, eh?

 

[Revolution 9]

The reviews are brutal. I was planing on seeing this tonight.
Guess I'll pass.

Anyone have anything GOOD to recommend?