Love or Hate there seems to be no in between when it comes to M. Night Shyamalan
 

Ok, I watched Signs last night (not the first time) and was wondering about why so many people can't stand M. Night Shyamalan's films. Everybody seems to LOVE them or DISPISE them. So I am going to start a poll. Starting with the Sixth Sense, then moving on to Unbreakable, and finishing with Signs. I will not include The Village, for a good reason. I have not seen it and a lot of others haven't as well and this is the best way to avoid those dreaded spoilers. So Start out:

The Sixth Sense.....

Love or hate and why?


Sixth Sense
Love
Jay o2 waster
orangestar

Hate
Dr.Kelvinstein

Hate it. Sixth Sense is technically well made, but so is every bug-budget Hollywood movie. Not only is the dialogue so bad it's laughable, but the whole movie is a gimmick that would be unwatchable if the twist ending didn't make everyone forget just how extremely average the first two hours really were. An ending doesn't make a movie. If Shymalan wants to mask his poor writing skills with stupid twists, then he should be directing 30-minute television episodes, not feature films. Sixth Sense is basically Hollywood fodder for mainstream audiences who don't expect much creativity out of their films, people who want formula instead of something that veers a bit off the lenear three-act Hollywood plot paradigm. If you like John Travolta and Will Smith movies, then you'll like Sixth Sense. If you like smart, edgy, inde movies not afraid to take risks and ready to rub your face in it, then you won't like it. It's the age-old difference between polished studio-produced glam rock and punk.

Love it. The Acting was superb and the story was engaging. The ending just made it all the better. I love movies that on second viewing you see all the little things you missed the first time around.

6th Sense = Pretty good. I'd give it 7/10.

Unbreakable = Eh... It was decent. The part where Mr. Glass falls down the steps was funny. I'd give it 5.5/10.

Signs = Decent, but not scary. 6/10.



I guess, looking at my scores, I neither love, nor hate him. He is slightly above average and that's it. (IMO, at least.)

I haven't seen The Village, but I'm sure I will.

Like it. The storyline was original, the ending was superb, and the acting was decent. But one thing thats makes a movie for me, is if you enjoy it the second time. I didnt.

Good movie. Don't really love it or hate it, but it was decent. I've seen it more than once, so that has to count for something.

Proof that big budgets and big stars don't make great films. To many diffrent directions at the same time.I strongly feel that what he directs/writes, and the studio promotes are two diffrent things.

He is good, and i like his attempts to take extraordinary situations and inject them into "real life", but i think he tries too hard in the end. Sixth sense was great, but the others a lacking something i cant put my finger on.

Loved the Sixth Sense. Eh, I don't really feel like getting into why, it seems I've talked about him a lot recently :o .

loved em both. havent seen the village though

I liked Sixth Sense, I'll admit it. And I also liked Unbreakable...although I think that both could be better made. You can just make a movie and totally depend on a surprise ending to save the story for you. It gets old real quick. But I liked those first two films.

Signs.....ah man I dont even want to get started. And The Village....I didnt heed any warnings because I just had to get my own opinion of it. And I wish i hadnt.

I think the problem is that these studios are promoting these movies as big horror fests. Audiences arrive at the theater expecting suspense and to be scared shitless. What they get is the exact opposite. A hand full of shit and a wallet that is 7-12 bucks thinner.

All in all I hate that bastard and hope he doesnt make any more movies so I dont have to sit through the big production hype knowing its a piece of shit. Although I like 2 out of 4 of his movies, put me down for hate.

He's okay. It seems like he's trying too hard to be Alfred Hitchcock

My guy really really loves his movies, in fact, he's his fav director (and mine is Tim Burton) I think that Shymalan's movies scare different types of people, like if you're the kind that is paranoid about ghosts living amongst your home(or should I say not living?) or if you're the type that has a super fear of aliens, my guy is afraid of aliens to the extream and he loves Signs because it scares the crap out of him also, I am afraid of ghosts so I think that the Sixth Sence can be creepy, yet touching a heart breaking. so I love it

that's just my opinion

Well if this is just a free for all then I have to voice my opinions on Signs and Unbreakable

Signs- I adored it. The thing is, I saw Signs and 6th Sense before I got into horror. This shit scared the hell out of me, and Im not normally scared of aliens. That one scene with the TV video of the party and the alien walks in the background scared me so bad. I havent seen it since I really really got into horror so I dont know if it would still hold up.

Unbreakable- Pure, stinking, horrible, pointless SHIT. I love Bruce Willis, I really do, but what the hell was he thinking.

THERE WAS NO POINT TO THE MOVIE. there wasnt a message or an ending or a story at all. jesus I hated that movie.

hate

another m night movie hyped beyond existence

not scary and not a suprising ending like everyone says

Im watching Signs right now, and I've decided that its actually pretty scary. I'm not afraid of aliens, but I am pretty terrified of something or someone being in my house, especially something that my dad cant even kill.

So 2/3 of the movies I've seen by him are 8/10s.

I hate that SOB

Sixth Sense-shitty but tolerable.
Unbreakable-shittiness at its worst
Signs-not so shitty,but still a crapper



So overall Id say hes a pile of fuck.

good job! ;)

just enjoy the dam movies and stop overthinking n critisizing every little things that Night does because he rocks!

I did a search and found this because I wanted to express my hatred for anything M. Night Shyamalan. I really can't stand any of his movies.

There is an air of pretence over his films, especially now he seems to proffer the same smart-arse 'twist revelation' in everything he does.

The Others was a better 'dead' movie than The Sixth Sense, and Unbreakable was also predictable and very overrated.

His films seem to be revered by those who do not normally like to watch horror, but are aroused by 'Hollywood Horror'.

I like his movies...dont love them, dont hate them. Signs is one of the only movies that has ever scared me, The Village was fairly enjoyable until the ending, and I havent seen 6th Sence since it first came out, but I really enjoyed it then.

Lady in the Water looks like a change of pace for him, Im kind of looking forward to it.

I really really enjoyed The Sixth Sense. I thought the story was something new. The ending concept was pretty cool, and Bruce Willis, though a big Hollywood roller, did a great job. Very honest in this movie. Great job. It entertained me immensely, and I never considered it a horror movie in the same way I never considered The Exorcism of Emily Rose a horror movie. Because they weren't.

I don't give a good goddamn what anybody thinks about M. Night's movies; sometimes, he gets off a good one. Although, Signs was a little disapointing.

After The Passion of the Zom...er... The Passion of the Christ, I don't think I'll ever be able to look at Mel the same again. That may be a fault on my part, so I do appologize for that.

I like The Passion of the Christ - it was cinematic, mysterious and spectacularly cruel in places (the 'whipping' in particular).

Couldn't care less about the religious side, this was still an epic tale.

The Sixth Sense was a good watch, nothing amazing but a solid movie. Unbreakable I really enjoyed even though it was VERY predictable, I just enjoyed the story and was kind of happy there wasn't a major twist but simply the confirmation of what everybody expected. Signs was alright but was too slow at points and the aliens weren't really the "intelligent life" I was looking forward to. He seems like an ok director but you can only try so hard before a twist becomes a bad ending. I do hate his appearances in his movies though (Unbreakable wasn't too bad but Signs... that was horrible). I did enjoy the Robot Chicken sketch at his expense; "WHAT A TWIST!"

I like M. Night for trying to bring a little mystery and twist into Hollywood. He hasn't really failed or succeeded.

The Sixth Sense- Excellent. Think about it- the twist was great and fresh at the time it came out.

Unbreakable- Haven't seen it. I hear it's a bit of a bore.

Signs- Fun sci-fi thriller. I liked it.

The Village- Haven't seen it, but from what I hear...it blows.

So I still have faith in the man. Every director has his bad movies and his good movies, and M. Night has just started his career. Don't jump on the bandwagon, give him a chance.

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Love him.

Sixth Sense was amazing
Unbreakable was really good aswell

I even liked the village to be honest. :o (even though it was directed at the wrong audience, it was faaaaaaar from a horror movie)