Better call him M. Night, like @distantsignal. His last name is impossible to spell ;>)
I feel he is a hit or miss filmmaker. I enjoyed a bunch of his films but he has made a bunch of stinkers ( I like that word! ) too. Nevertheless, I admire him for his trademark style and prolificness.
He really started to turn to shit after Lady in the Water. I did like Split and am looking forward to seeing Glass.
I already found it hard to enjoy Lady in the water, although I liked parts of it. I heard good things about Split and felt I might like it. Haven't gotten around to seeing it yet though.
I sometimes think that it would be a good thing for filmmakers to go back to microbudget to really get their creative gears turning again but if you already have a 40 million budget to work with, when you're in your late twenties ( Sixth Sense) and are being hailed as one of the hottest filmmakers ever, the pressure is on and you might start to believe that you actually need loads of money and a bunch of star actors to make a good movie.
Let's not even start talking about The Last Airbender and After Earth. What can I say about these films besides that they made loads of money...
( p.s. some of the above talk - and some frustration in it - might be coming from having years of experience as an indie shoestring budget filmmaker who never made any money with his films )
Oh I agree. I mostly watch indies and oldies now. Not just because I find them better, but also because with all the abusive stuff going on in Hollywood, there are a lot of famous directors and actors I just don't want to watch anymore. I never saw Airbender or After Earth. I gave up on M. Night until Devil, which I liked although it had some typical Shyamalan stupid aspects.
I try to stay away from the news as much as possible as keeping up with it(s propaganda and negativity ) means certified depression.
I never saw Devil - just found out he wrote the story for it - and have no plans to watch it. I have become way less prone to watch horror lately, especially the depressing, torturous, sick stuff that we see more and more these days.
I still have a weak spot for goo dold suspense, scifi, monster movies and ( preferably 1980s ) horror comedies.
I live in Crappyfornia, though in the northern part, not LA. Some of it drifts up here anyways. :(