That looks fun!
I can handle the Oz Full Monty. I mean, not 'handle' handle.
Xander ,'Help'
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ehab - Jun 30, 2010 2:44:32 pm PDT #9446 of 30000
...all my words have been taken by my work. - Mala
JZ - Jun 30, 2010 2:57:45 pm PDT #9447 of 30000
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Wow, Film School Rejects really hates this thing.
To the fans of the original series: I am offended on your behalf.
As you might imagine, the offense was committed by the director, M. Night Shyamalan, but that’s not where it ends. On the whole, Paramount’s The Last Airbender is perhaps the most well-rounded failure of 2010. Whether it’s the wooden performances of its young cast, the action sequences, the community theater-level dialog, the story’s pace or even James Newton Howard’s score, nothing works.
Amy - Jun 30, 2010 3:01:14 pm PDT #9448 of 30000
Because books.
I feel like, instead of the other way around, MNS has gotten worse with each film he's made. The Sixth Sense was really good, Unbreakable was interesting, Signs sort of grew on me after a while (and it was also filmed largely in Bucks County, PA, where we lived at the time -- I knew all those small-town locations), and the rest are just completely ridiculous.
He hasn't been offensive till now, though.
§ ita § - Jun 30, 2010 3:14:58 pm PDT #9449 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I thought The Sixth Sense was okay, and I hated Unbreakable, so I stopped seeing his movies. Those were supposed to be the good ones, after all. I was curious about Airbender until the casting nonsense. I already don't like his work, so it wasn't a hard call.
Amy - Jun 30, 2010 3:17:56 pm PDT #9450 of 30000
Because books.
I know he has one earlier movie, pre- Sixth Sense, that I never saw. I wonder what that was like.
The Village and The Lady in the Water were absurd. I never bothered with The Happening.
It's odd to see someone with so much promise go farther off the rails every time.
Volans - Jun 30, 2010 4:27:21 pm PDT #9451 of 30000
move out and draw fire
And yet, when will studios quit giving him money?
Burrell - Jun 30, 2010 5:24:48 pm PDT #9452 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
I hate MNS.
Strega - Jun 30, 2010 5:28:48 pm PDT #9453 of 30000
And yet, when will studios quit giving him money?
When his movies stops being profitable.
It's odd to see someone with so much promise go farther off the rails every time.
It really is. I still wish he would direct a screenplay by someone else , but at this point... it may be too late.
Amy - Jun 30, 2010 5:33:31 pm PDT #9454 of 30000
Because books.
It really is. I still wish he would direct a screenplay by someone else, but at this point... it may be too late.
Exactly.
le nubian - Jun 30, 2010 5:42:41 pm PDT #9455 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
He is too isolated, that's been part of his problem. He needs to collaborate more.
I didn't think "The Village" was that bad, but I saw the twist coming a MILE away.
I liked "Unbreakable" better than Beau did, but it isn't an especially good movie. I think I could watch Samuel Jackson in almost anything. I say almost because I refuse to see "Amos & Andrew." Under any conditions. Or that crazy movie where he hates interracial couples.