Comments on: M. Night Shyamalan Shouldn't Need to Defend Himself

By: Forbit

Forbit — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 17:41:17 +0000

how eager the press is to categorize and label and how that then feeds on itself and becomes the lens we, the consumer, view that personality through. He obviously has immense talent and took some chances that didn't pan out commercially. History will be the final arbiter of greatness.

By: Beatowner

Beatowner — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 22:25:21 +0000

Spot on Brad, spot on. This article says a lot of insightful things about people and their expectations of a director.

I think Night really is misunderstood, and I'm not quite sure why. It is nice to see someone that is baffled as I am?

People expect him to make brilliant, flawless movies everytime! People pretend that every other writer-director in Hollywood has a spotless resume. Coen Bros, Tarantino, P.T. Anderson, The Wachowski's have all made less than brilliant films.

By: RaTTleR_NL

RaTTleR_NL — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 11:33:38 +0000

He shoudln't indeed, I really like his films and that includes Lady in the Water.
The problem with that one and The Village (and the problem is not with the films themselves) is that they're very different from Sixth Sense and Signs. They're not as intense but where never meant to be.

Lady in the Water is clearly not a scare-you're-trousers-off or confuse you till you have a little puddle of drool on the floor directly under your chin.
It's a fairytale and not horror or suspense or anything. And a well told one in my opinion.
I think it fits well in line with lots of other fairytales with the same level of scarieness (and I'f you're trying to remember and can only see the disneyfied versions instead of the original stories you should be deeply ashamed).

He has quite original ideas and a very different way of telling the story, like forgetting about the big picture and focussing on a single incindent in Signs, and I appreciate it. Can't wait for the next one.