Talk about making it too easy

[yendi]

I'm a fan of M. Night Shyamalan, one of the few who stuck around through his more recent films. But after nearly undercutting Lady In the Water before it came out with the stupid "Narf" business (I still want to see a film about faeries called "Poits"), his latest film is The Happening. I'll bet there are dozens of critics lining up for the opportunity to write a review using a line like, "the twist in The Happening is that nothing ever happens."

The man needs a good advisor. And to not act in any more of his films.

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[chris-walsh.livejournal.com]

I hope the title changes. I actually liked the first title (The Green Effect).

And I liked The Village enough that I dreamed about it at least once, so as much as Shyamalan frustrated me with Signs and Unbreakable I still root for the guy. (Haven't seen The Lady in the Water yet, though the siren song of wet Bryce Dallas Howard might make it too hard to resist.)

I actually remember hearing someone's suggestion (I wish I remember who said it) that Shyamalan would be a great choice to direct a Harry Potter film. I think that'd be great, too; he *is* one of the best current directors at working with young people, after all...

[yendi]

I adored Unbreakable, but found The Village to be too predictably (although Howard really was amazing in it). And yeah, I wouldn't mind seeing Shyamalan on a Potter film, either. As long as he doesn't cast himself as the new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher.