Author Topic: How low has M. Night Shyamalan's career sunk? (Read 7267 times)

The Fake Shemp · « **on:** June 25, 2009, 01:54:08 PM »

Time to make live-action movies out of Nickelodeon cartoons!

... For those that suck at flash.

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #1 on:** June 25, 2009, 01:54:50 PM »

Pretty low, since he hasn't made a good movie since Unbreakable.

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #2 on:** June 25, 2009, 01:54:58 PM »

I hear the last airbender is good.

The Fake Shemp · « **Reply #3 on:** June 25, 2009, 01:56:33 PM »

Yeah, but you watch Naruto.

Also, that kid looks like ParticleReality.

fistfulofmetal · « **Reply #4 on:** June 25, 2009, 01:57:48 PM »

getting to make movies he wants to make, doesn't sound like such a bad career

BobFromPikeCreek · « **Reply #5 on:** June 25, 2009, 01:59:50 PM »

The Happening kicked ass.

The Fake Shemp · « **Reply #6 on:** June 25, 2009, 02:00:33 PM »

Yeah, I think if he had a choice between making his own movies or a live-action adaptation of a Nickelodeon cartoon - he'd pick the former. This is pretty much like getting Francis Ford Coppola to direct a Naruto material. Sure, his kids might love it and he dug the cartoon, but to go from the Oscars to this pretty much means your career is in the toilet.

Van Cruncheon · « **Reply #7 on:** June 25, 2009, 02:07:26 PM »

he started with stuart little, after all

The Fake Shemp · « **Reply #8 on:** June 25, 2009, 02:10:14 PM »

Yeah, but that was pre-Sixth Sense. It's okay to start from the bottom. But to go from the Oscars to live-action Nickelodeon cartoons is a pretty big fall. In just one decade!

I mean, when guys like Coppola fell from grace, they at least had the dignity to just stop making movies and do shit like create their own wine or simply produce crap like this.

fistfulofmetal · « **Reply #9 on:** June 25, 2009, 02:16:35 PM »

Quote from: Willco on June 25, 2009, 02:00:33 PM

Yeah, I think if he had a choice between making his own movies or a live-action adaptation of a Nickelodeon cartoon - he'd pick the former.

you're making it seem like he's being forced to do it. he's the one that wanted to do it. there's interviews out there where he talks about watching it with his kids and wanting to make a movie out of it. so he's making the movie he wants to make. a movie to make his kids happy. seems like a good life to me.

The Fake Shemp · « **Reply #10 on:** June 25, 2009, 02:19:45 PM »

Have you ever read an interview with anyone that said during production, "Man, I really fucking hate this project!"

You can find interviews of actors on Uwe Boll films talking about how great the script is!

He probably did watch this with his family and his agent was like, "Well, uh, you could direct the movie or you could start directing television shows." What do you think he chose?

The dude is a noted egotistical jerk - he likes working on his own stuff. The only reason he did this was because he pretty much had total creative control considering its a cartoon property and he still has some fame.

Robo · « **Reply #11 on:** June 25, 2009, 02:22:47 PM »

The twist is that the real world is a cartoon from the future.

fistfulofmetal · « **Reply #12 on:** June 25, 2009, 02:23:56 PM »

well based on his past, it's not out of the realm of reality. lady in the water was made solely for his kids.

edit: and i don't know how you're making it seem that he wouldn't be able to get more movies. it's not like his movies have been completely bombing. The Happening made a pretty big profit.

edit: well except for lady in the water.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #13 on:** June 25, 2009, 02:27:08 PM »

Quote from: Willco on June 25, 2009, 02:10:14 PM

Yeah, but that was pre-Sixth Sense. It's okay to start from the bottom.

Actually, Stuart Little, which he was only the writer on, came out three months after Sixth Sense and he'd directed two movies prior to that.

But, yes, he has sunk very low. If someone told me that The Happening was by some first-time director with no idea what he doing, or Uwe Boll, I'd have believed it.

The Fake Shemp · « **Reply #14 on:** June 25, 2009, 02:28:17 PM »

The Happening didn't make that much money in theaters. It had a $50 million budget, not including advertising and did only $64 million.

He doesn't pull in numbers anymore.

And I don't know if you're aware of this, but M. Night has alienated himself from a lot of studio executives because of his outrageous demands. The Happening was a long and plagued production that almost never came to fruition and was laughed out every studio in Hollywood.

He pretty much single handedly, destroyed his relationship with Disney and Warner Bros.

You don't get free reign in Hollywood when you don't make a lot of money and certainly if you're a douchebag.

The Fake Shemp · « **Reply #15 on:** June 25, 2009, 02:29:11 PM »

Quote from: Great Rumbler on June 25, 2009, 02:27:08 PM

Quote from: Willco on June 25, 2009, 02:10:14 PM
Yeah, but that was pre-Sixth Sense. It's okay to start from the bottom.

Actually, Stuart Little, which he only the writer on, came out three months after Sixth Sense and he'd directed two movies prior to that.

But, yes, he has sunk very low. If someone told me that The Happening was by some first-time director with no idea what he doing, or Uwe Boll, I'd have believed it.

Stewart Little was written well before the Sixth Sense and only one of the two films prior to The Sixth Sense was ever really distributed - and was a small flick at that.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #16 on:** June 25, 2009, 02:36:52 PM »

Quote from: Willco on June 25, 2009, 02:29:11 PM

Quote from: Great Rumbler on June 25, 2009, 02:27:08 PM
Quote from: Willco on June 25, 2009, 02:10:14 PM
Yeah, but that was pre-Sixth Sense. It's okay to start from the bottom.

Actually, Stuart Little, which he only the writer on, came out three months after Sixth Sense and he'd directed two movies prior to that.

But, yes, he has sunk very low. If someone told me that The Happening was by some first-time director with no idea what he doing, or Uwe Boll, I'd have believed it.

Stewart Little was written well before the Sixth Sense and only one of the two films prior to The Sixth Sense was ever really distributed - and was a small flick at that.

Well, either way he's sunk into the gutter and, judging by his latest release, rightfully so.

The Fake Shemp · « **Reply #17 on:** June 25, 2009, 02:37:27 PM »

M. Night's next project is a live action adaptation of AQUA TEEN HUNGER FORCE.

tehjaybo · « **Reply #18 on:** June 25, 2009, 02:40:07 PM »

Quote from: Willco on June 25, 2009, 02:37:27 PM

M. Night's next project is a live action adaptation of AQUA TEEN HUNGER FORCE.

Day one confirmed.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #19 on:** June 25, 2009, 02:41:53 PM »

Quote from: Willco on June 25, 2009, 02:37:27 PM

M. Night's next project is a live action adaptation of AQUA TEEN HUNGER FORCE.

I'd pay to see that.

Tauntaun · « **Reply #20 on:** June 25, 2009, 02:50:31 PM »

Quote from: Willco on June 25, 2009, 02:37:27 PM

M. Night's next project is a live action adaptation of AQUA TEEN HUNGER FORCE.

Been done. M. Night BURNED!

Beezy · « **Reply #21 on:** June 25, 2009, 03:03:03 PM »

Hey, don't hate on Avatar.

fistfulofmetal · « **Reply #22 on:** June 25, 2009, 03:07:15 PM »

Quote from: Great Rumbler on June 25, 2009, 02:27:08 PM

But, yes, he has sunk very low. If someone told me that The Happening was by some first-time director with no idea what he doing, or Uwe Boll, I'd have believed it.

I'm sorry but you don't know what the fuck you're talking about. You have to be some kind of brilliant mind to craft such a perfectly awful movie such a The Happening. Something like that doesn't just happen by accident.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #23 on:** June 25, 2009, 03:14:10 PM »

Quote from: fistfulofmetal on June 25, 2009, 03:07:15 PM

Quote from: Great Rumbler on June 25, 2009, 02:27:08 PM

But, yes, he has sunk very low. If someone told me that The Happening was by some first-time director with no idea what he doing, or Uwe Boll, I'd have believed it.

I'm sorry but you don't know what the fuck you're talking about. You have to be some kind of brilliant mind to craft such a perfectly awful movie such a The Happening. Something like that doesn't just happen by accident.

Uwe Boll and Ed Wood cinematic geniuses CONFIRMED.

Tauntaun · « **Reply #24 on:** June 25, 2009, 03:14:32 PM »

Quote from: Beezy on June 25, 2009, 03:03:03 PM

Hey, don't hate on Avatar.

Cameron's Avatar >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> M. Night Shamalamy-yim-yom's Avatar

Fresh Prince · « **Reply #25 on:** June 25, 2009, 03:20:19 PM »

It'll be good, probably better than any Harry Potter film, should rake it in and revive his career.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #26 on:** June 25, 2009, 03:40:01 PM »

At first I thought this was a teaser for The Village II

What happened to this dude? Sixth Sense was a huge movie, and while Unbreakable wasn't as successful commercially or critically I definitely thought it was the better movie (by far). I liked Signs at the time, but it's almost unwatchable today - the writing is horrible, which of course plagues most of his movies.

Like Newt Gingrich, M Night is a man of ideas (

). Why can't he express those ideas to a screenwriter who can actually write

brawndolicious · « **Reply #27 on:** June 25, 2009, 03:47:29 PM »

His only two enjoyable movies were The Sixth Sense and The Village. Neither of them were great, but they were at least watchable. Unbreakable was fine until the ending which was just stupid.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #28 on:** June 25, 2009, 03:53:12 PM »

The Village>Unbreakable?

am nintenho continues to top himself

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #29 on:** June 25, 2009, 03:55:54 PM »

Sixth Sense > Unbreakable >>> Signs >>> The Village >>>>>>>>>>> Lady in the Water >>>> The Happening >>>> Avatar: The Last Airbender?

Cyanista · « **Reply #30 on:** June 25, 2009, 04:22:01 PM »

Avatar is actually a pretty good cartoon. I can think of worse cartoons to make LA adaptations of...such as....just about every anime ever?

Beezy · « **Reply #31 on:** June 25, 2009, 04:23:51 PM »

Quote from: Tauntaun on June 25, 2009, 03:14:32 PM

Quote from: Beezy on June 25, 2009, 03:03:03 PM
Hey, don't hate on Avatar.

Cameron's Avatar >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> M. Night Shamalamy-yim-yom's Avatar

I don't know what the hell Cameron's Avatar is yet. I know the Avatar cartoon is really good and can probably work as a live action movie unlike over the top shit like DBZ and Street Fighter. Shamalala can still fuck it up though...

duckman2000 · « **Reply #32 on:** June 25, 2009, 04:28:01 PM »

Avatar kicks ass. Don't quite get the point of turning it into a live action movie, though. Well, other than being a money grab.

Ganhyun · « **Reply #33 on:** June 25, 2009, 04:30:46 PM »

Gotta spread the Avatar love. Hopefully this movie is done well/right. But I'd much rather they go ahead and finish up the unfinished storylines they left open in the cartoon.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #34 on:** June 25, 2009, 04:33:54 PM »

My brothers watched it heavily. I'd of course give them shit about it, while sneaking peeks. Not bad at all

Ganhyun · « **Reply #35 on:** June 25, 2009, 04:34:54 PM »

Quote from: Phoenix Dark on June 25, 2009, 04:33:54 PM

My brothers watched it heavily. I'd of course give them shit about it, while sneaking peeks. Not bad at all

Thats the funny thing about Avatar. Its obviously made for kids, yet at the same time has a bit deeper subplot for those older having to watch it too.

Robo · « **Reply #36 on:** June 25, 2009, 04:39:40 PM »

Quote from: Joe Molotov on June 25, 2009, 03:55:54 PM

Sixth Sense > Unbreakable >>> Signs >>> The Village >>>>>>>>>>> Lady in the Water >>>> The Happening >>>> Avatar: The Last Airbender?

Where does "feces" fit into this hierarchy?

Cyanista · « **Reply #37 on:** June 25, 2009, 04:43:43 PM »

firmly between The Village and Lady in the Water

Robo · « **Reply #38 on:** June 25, 2009, 04:57:41 PM »

the sound of feces > Sixth Sense > Unbreakable >>> the sight of feces > Signs >>> the smell of feces > The Village > the taste of feces >>>>>>>>>>> Lady in the Water >>>> The Happening >>>> Avatar: The Last Airbender?

castle007 · « **Reply #39 on:** June 25, 2009, 05:36:02 PM »

Signs has one of the freakiest scenes ever.

[youtube=560,345][/youtube]

drew · « **Reply #40 on:** June 25, 2009, 05:55:55 PM »

how low so low

SO

Junpei the Tracer! · « **Reply #41 on:** June 25, 2009, 05:57:26 PM »

Quote from: Cyanista on June 25, 2009, 04:22:01 PM

Avatar is actually a pretty good cartoon. I can think of worse cartoons to make LA adaptations of...such as....just about every anime ever?

You shut up. Anime is awesome :'(

drew · « **Reply #42 on:** June 25, 2009, 05:59:56 PM »

animesque avatar

The Fake Shemp · « **Reply #43 on:** June 25, 2009, 06:01:34 PM »

I actually consider Unbreakable the peak of his career and I did like Signs, but you can see flaws in that film that predict his inevitable downward spiral.

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #44 on:** June 25, 2009, 06:08:47 PM »

This thread is lame. I wish the exodus didn't happen so we wouldn't have to listen to Wilco talk about things no one cares about. I'm leaving and taking my malek account with me.

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notice the double use of exodus. I offer this as proof of my claim that I hold malek's account.

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The Fake Shemp · « **Reply #45 on:** June 25, 2009, 06:22:12 PM »

Good riddance!

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #46 on:** June 25, 2009, 07:01:39 PM »

See this is why I always post about how I'm unloved!

Oblivion · « **Reply #47 on:** June 25, 2009, 07:28:40 PM »

Wait, The Village is BETTER than Lady in the Water?

Really?

Really?

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #48 on:** June 25, 2009, 07:55:34 PM »

Yes. Lady in the Water is one of the worst movies I've ever seen. The Village is one of the absolutely most disappointing movies I've ever seen, if not the most....but while the writing is shitty there are some cool parts in it.

Anyone remember how ABC would always had exclusive sneak peeks at the next M Night flicks? I remember watching their special on The Village, plus the Sci Fi channel had that ridiculous fake/viral/whatever promo lol

HyperZoneWasAwesome · « **Reply #49 on:** June 25, 2009, 08:01:16 PM »

Oh yeah, not just by a little bit either, by a Grand Canyon sized margin. The Village at least is competently made and has some really, really good cinematography. Lady in the Water is abysmal from beginning to end.

Apparently Night bolted out of his relationship with Disney just because they expressed reservations about Lady in the Water, mind you they were still going to make it and give him free reign (and why shouldn't they, all his previous films with him did well enough). So he went to Warner Bros. where he could get his ego massaged while he was making his tremendously shitty movie.

I don't think I even want to watch The Happening for lulz. Max Payne cured me of wanting to watch Mark Whalberg in terrible movies.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #50 on:** June 25, 2009, 11:30:30 PM »

Quote from: HyperZoneWasAwesome on June 25, 2009, 08:01:16 PM

I don't think I even want to watch The Happening for lulz.

Watching The Happening with the Rifftrax audio makes it one of the funniest movies ever.

Tauntaun · « **Reply #51 on:** June 26, 2009, 10:45:35 AM »

Quote from: Beezy on June 25, 2009, 04:23:51 PM

Quote from: Tauntaun on June 25, 2009, 03:14:32 PM
Quote from: Beezy on June 25, 2009, 03:03:03 PM
Hey, don't hate on Avatar.

Cameron's Avatar >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> M. Night Shamalamy-yim-yom's Avatar
I don't know what the hell Cameron's Avatar is yet. I know the Avatar cartoon is really good and can probably work as a live action movie unlike over the top shit like DBZ and Street Fighter. Shamalala can still fuck it up though...

Son when Cameron's movie comes out you gonna blow loads. BLOW THEm UP!

Cyanista · « **Reply #52 on:** June 26, 2009, 12:01:52 PM »

Quote from: Oblivion on June 25, 2009, 07:28:40 PM

Wait, The Village is BETTER than Lady in the Water?

Really?

Really?

Yes. Yes, it is. I mean, it's bad, don't get me wrong.

Lady in the Water is ABYSMAL.

muckhole · « **Reply #53 on:** June 26, 2009, 12:09:03 PM »

You guys are nuts. It's far from great, but I'd watch the slow plod of Lady in the Water any given day over the abysmal shuffle that was The Village.

But then, I have a real soft spot for Giamatti.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #54 on:** June 26, 2009, 03:18:23 PM »

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As of September 14, 2006, the film made $42.3 million domestically and $30.5 million in the foreign box office, totaling $72.8 million. The films $75 million production cost and $70 million marketing campaign combined with the fractional percentages returned by movie vendors meant the film lost close to $100 million USD during its theatrical run. DVD rentals of the film have earned $19.96 million as of February 18, 2007.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M._Night_Shyamalan#The_Sixth_Sense
Holy shit, didn't know this

The Fake Shemp · « **Reply #55 on:** June 26, 2009, 03:25:56 PM »

Yeah, he basically destroyed his working relationship with Disney and fled to Warner Bros. where he bled them dry. Then Fox took a gamble, didn't really lose anything, but certainly didn't make enough to put up with his antics. If this thing tanks, which I don't think it well due to the built-in audience, then I don't think anyone will want to touch him for awhile.

He's an egotistical jerk that nobody wants to put up with.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #56 on:** June 26, 2009, 03:52:19 PM »

DBZ had a pretty big built in audience of kids/man children as well. Dunno if that's a great analogy or not, but this thing bombing definitely seems like a possibility to me.

The Fake Shemp · « **Reply #57 on:** June 26, 2009, 03:55:10 PM »

Totally different. Dragonball Z had a built-in audience that had pretty much grown out of was a very niche show - and one where its most devout followers embraced for its Japanese origins. That is not the case with Avatar. It could bomb, but it has a bigger audience that is not too far removed from the peak of the series.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #58 on:** June 26, 2009, 03:58:09 PM »

Yeah, that's true. Kinda assumed DBZ was still hella popular (in the US)

bork · « **Reply #59 on:** June 27, 2009, 07:15:41 AM »

When the trailer for this movie came on tonight, the entire theater erupted in applause.

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But this was also the Transformers audience.

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Author Topic: How low has M. Night Shyamalan's career sunk? (Read 7267 times)