Not the Last Airbender

Scott Hardie | July 14, 2010
Every time M. Night Shyamalan comes out with another awful movie that's even worse than the last one, I keep wondering if this is the one that's finally going to end his career. But people keep going to his movies no matter what the reviews say, so I guess he's not going to disappear any time soon. That's why I wonder if this chart is going to come true. (thanks Scott)

Samir Mehta | July 15, 2010
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Scott Hardie | July 15, 2010
I haven't seen his first movie, but I have seen his second, and it showed promise. But he had this amateurish tendency to plot his screenplay according to the standard progression they teach in Screenwriting for Dummies, and tie up every last plot thread in a neat little bow. You could tell that he could really make something good if he developed some sophistication. The Sixth Sense fulfilled that promise, and was justly rewarded. Since then, he has strayed further and further from that mindset of trying to make a smart movie that really reached people, to the point where he said Lady in the Water was made solely to gratify his kids and insult his critics. I gave up on him at that point. Here's hoping he regains the hunger to make good movies again.

Erik Bates | July 15, 2010
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