I know a lot of people think that M. Night Shyamalan has lost his edge, personally I don’t and I really do think that his movies have developed in a different direction to that of which the audience wanted, and that’s where the disparity lies. Oooh…this new host has loads of big words! Simple terms, the audience want more Sixth Sense type twists, etc, and he’s going off in a slightly different direction.
For instance, his films are relying less on the twist, even though The Village has one, it’s quite guessable but that does not affect the overall movie. It’s about the journey people, and more about the characters, and I like that. Actually I would probably rank Unbreakable as his best work to date, however it’s not his last.
Variety through MovieWeb have the story that Shyamalan has left Disney and moved to Warner Brothers for his next movie called Lady in the Water.
The story concerns a building super who finds a sea nymph in his apartment building’s pool. Shyamalan wrote the script and will produce the film under his Blinding Edge Pictures banner with his longtime producer Sam Mercer.
It’s funny that the blurbs for his movies sound pretty off the wall, or plain bad, but then when you see the treatment and the different angle he takes on the story it’s a big treat to see.
Does anyone else share my views on the Director, or do you feel he’s just lost it from movie to movie? Why? What’s the factor that has made that the case?
