M Night: ""My script is about how a mermaid predicts I'm the next Karl Marx." Disney: "Yeah, I'm not really feeling it. But you're bankable, so go for it. Make the movie with my blessing." M Night: "F*CU YOU for not believing! I'm out of here!" Disney: "...what just happened?"
Ya' know, Rian Johnson has caught a lot of flak for essentially applying an indie movie making process to a crowd pleasing adventure movie with The Last Jedi and creating a lot of rough edges to the film, but can you IMAGINE what Shymalan might've done? Trick question, we already know. The Last Airbender.
Lady in the Water is a flatulent incoherent mess - but he followed it with 'The Happening', 'The Last Airbender' & 'After Earth' - all of which are arguably even worse...
"The Happening" is such a weird movie. It's like Shyamalan tried to return to a genre that he knew well (horror), but was determined to do it differently than it was ever done before. So it ended up weird and ridiculous. And the performances in that movie are so tonally... off. He got good performances out of his actors in earlier movies, so the weirdo acting in "The Happening" had to be on purpose, but I've no idea why he'd want the cast to be so flat and unconvincing.
@@Kevin_Street he said in an interview that he wanted it to be a take on B-movie horror movies, which could be why but I don't know if that was his original intention with The Happening.
Me: I wonder what happened to Nina Jacobson that was so bad.. Wikipedia: "Immediately after the birth of her third child on July 17, 2006, while still in the delivery room, Jacobson was fired over the telephone" Me: Excuse me what the fuck?
MadCourier 6 More like normal behavior at that level in the entertainment industry. I suggest reading Disney War which touches on the in fighting and back stabbing at Disney during this time. She was fired mainly because she pissed the wrong people off at the wrong time. Disney was on the decline in the movie arena with several high profile flops and under performing films and television shows. Eisner funny enough hated the movie The Sixth Sense and thinking it would be a flop sold off the domestic and foreign distribution rights behind Jacobson's back in order to recoup the production budget.
M. Night Shamayalan is the kind of guy who works better under constraints, as evidenced by his recent films that have like a fifth of the budget that he's used to. When he's forced to work under pressure and with limits to what he can do, he can do okay to even great work. When he's allowed to do whatever he wants... We get Avatar: The Last Airbender, Lady In The Water, The Happening, and Devil.
For all the people saying he didn't direct Devil, no. No he didn't. He wrote the script though, and then the project was removed from his control. That's what saved that movie. But you can still see his influence all over it.
$70 million on publicity... this was the first I'd even heard of the movie, and I'm certainly not the only one. Also, building an entire apartment block because he didn't want to travel far? Staggering.
@@NinjaKurosai It was also advertised as like the ultimate horror movie in some cases. The trailer even ended with some kid whispering the title like it was a mystery. I totally get why people were pissed when they finally saw it. The studios did not want to release this dumpster fire.
The weirdest thing about "The Village" is that it would be a FANTASTIC period-piece horror film if you just cut out the plot twists: A blind girl has to navigate a forest full of monsters to get a medicinal flower that will cure the village. Awesome!.......but when there are no monsters and the disease is easily cured by walking 3 miles to a 21st century hospital, no stakes, no antagonist, no all-important mission, and no movie.
The problem with the Village is it was never really meant to be a horror movie, it was meant to be a love story, but the trailers for it were handled by different people and made it seem like it was a horror, completely misleading people, who then had a perhaps enlarged negative reaction to what it actually was. It's not anywhere near as good a movie as Drive, but the same thing happened at first with Drive, the trailers making people think it was some movie with high speed car chases and was action packed, and at first people had a negative reaction towards Drive because of this, until knowledge of what the film was actually about became more widespread
duffman18 Yeah I heard about that, M Night explained at a con that the marketing advertised the film as a horror when, like you said, it was a love story and the same thing happened with Lady in the Water. I think someone actually sued the film Drive cause it was false advertising.
Marketing only matters for the opening weekend; after that, it's a box at the video store and a review on IMDB, and the film lives or dies on word-of-mouth. In my case, I never saw any marketing material....I saw it in the theater because it was playing next door to a family film, and teenage me went to see it while my family watched animated adventures. It may be that the film could have been marketed better, but if it had been WRITTEN better, there would have been no need (and - as a love story - what an unmemorable piece of junk!! Who even falls in love during that movie? I certainly can't remember any of it....)
I think it's fantastic if you do a cold watch in the current year, separated from the marketing and its release. I've shown it to three different sets of friends who had no clue what it was about going in....and they were all blown away by the twists and loved the film. The movie gets way too much hate. I think it's great.
Totally. The thing about the 6th Sense is, other people were there to temper Shyamalan. But Lady? Nope, he had free reign to do whatever the hell he wanted. Just goes to show you that sometimes, "brilliant" filmmakers are just mediocre tyrants and need other people to rein them in.
Hollywood is grotesquely cruel towards women. I miss being on stage and screen, but I do not miss the beast that is the entertainment industry. It will not only destroy you, but it will take immense pleasure in doing so.
@@Citizen_J "Immediately after the birth of her third child on July 17, 2006, while still in the delivery room, Jacobson was fired over the telephone by Richard Cook, studio chief for The Walt Disney Company." Oh yeah, perfectly normal 🙄
I remember entering the room where my sister was watching The Happening on TV. She was like: "Carmen, you saw this movie. Is it really the wind in the trees?". Me: "Yepp." She: "What a load of BS of a movie!" . Me: "Yepp"
We have to agree that Shyamalan is good in choosing actors. I loved the interpretation of Paul Giamatti in Lady in the water as much as I enjoyed Adrien Brody and my man Joaquin Phoenix in the Village. And what about James mcAvoy in Split? A true talent.
Hmmmm.....Mark Wahlberg, a man who looks like an nfl linebacker, as a meek quiet science teacher in the happening? Will Smith, a man with infintie charisma, as a man with 0 charisma in After Earth? All of the casting in the last airbender? So hit or miss at best.
I actually preferred Unbreakable over The Sixth Sense and I can understand why M.Night's ego got ahead of him, being labelled "the next Spielberg" can do that to you . I know people still have issues with him but I'm glad M.Night Shylamalan is back and I'm looking forward to Glass.
The best thing that could've happened to him was working with Jason Blum. Because Blum is willing to tell him "no." M Night has unbelievable talent. The Sixth Sense, Unbreakable, and Split have proven that. He just needs to listen to others and not surround himself with yes-men like George Lucas did.
Somehow Shyamalan seems like a giant douche just by his filmography but everybody in the bisness only talks how down to earth and nice he is (atleast these days). But yeah, his "twist style" of writing isn't something that you can keep up with your whole career with good results.
It's not even original to him. He got it from Rod Serling and Charles Beaumont and Richard Matheson from Twilight Zone. But those men knew how to actually tell stories, even if not all were winners. Shyamalan got high on his own bullshit and crashed hard when the high wore off.
What the hell do you think Hollywood does. That's why Disney threw money at him, that's why you saw the morph effect like crazy after T2 came out in 1991. Because Hollywood sees something that makes money and they wan t to do the exact same thing.
Not his best but definitely highly underrated.. also "Take Shelter" with Michael Shannon... I recommend you check that one out also.. not a M. Night but underrated.
Inner conflict, stubbornness, and ego made a movie that even back when watching it at 13 years old, i couldn't finish out of it's horribleness. This isn't even for babies, this was for himself. BTW, your videos are great.
This isn't as much a film as it is someone elses dream being explained two weeks later. The person explaning their dream gets it, but other folk couldn't give a fuck. It makes no sense they talk no sense it is just a mess. I couldn't stand the thing.
@@DianeCooperTW I guess everything is relative but Glass was "okay" if your standard for "bad" is having late stage necrosis of your balls and a brood of maggots slowly eat their way out of your scrotum, and your standard for "good" is a bleeding anal fissure. In that case, yeah, Glass was "okay." Somewhere inbetween those two things.
@@Ryan-Petre idk if u consider the visit early 2010’s since it’s the middle of the 2010’s (2015) but Glass is at least enjoyable for the first 2/3 of it. The visit is better than Lady In The Water to After Earth, but I wouldn’t say it was better than Glass. The visit was just kind of there, not good, not bad, just there.
@@ZacV47 I definitely think the visit was better than Glass, just a tight and simple horror thriller. It's nothing special, but it succeeded in its ambitions. Glass on the other hand feels like a complete flop considering it was supposed to be this grand superhero epic.
It's amazing how M. Night Shyamalans personality is basically identical to the pretentious actor/film maker Carson Clay, played by Wilhelm Dafoe in the film "Mr. Bean's holiday".
I'm really worried about Glass. I think the years of M. Night putting out "meh" movies and dealing with negative press/reviews and stuff were actually good for him. I think he took good advice and reflected on the critics and then made Split, which was pretty good and a sign that he might be returning to form. However much like how you described how his movies went after Sixth Sense, i worry that his ego will creep back in and glass will be the start of another downward path. I hope i'm wrong but if he never really put the effort into changing then he will slip back again.
MysticMavi Split was pretty crap IMO. I think people were just so desperate for him to make something even remotely decent that when he made a movie like Split, which wasn’t totally horrendous, it seemed a lot better than it actually was.
@@justanotherhappyhumanist8832 I actually didn't even know who M. Night Shyamalan was before watching Split. I watched Split more because of James McAvoy. He never disappointed me so I thought well, I am gonna give this a try. And really enjoyed watching Split. McAvoy was amazing and the movie overall was quite good. Of course it has its flaws but that didn't bother me. Seeing Bruce Willis at the end was really shocking though. That's when I knew that Split was a part of a trilogy. Not a Shyamalan fanboy no. After watching Split, I searched Shyamalan's name on the internet. Oh boy he directed Signs. That is what I call a crap movie! But I will be grateful if Glass will turn out good. Bruce Willis, James McAvoy, Samuel L. Jackson. Such a dream cast. I am just gonna enjoy :)
i thought Split was ok but often disjointed and pretty overrated overall. It's like since it's not a terrible movie, all of a sudden that's a "comeback"? Nah.
Ok, let me just say that in the end I was like, WTF, what, this review was 3 minutes? And then I realized 16 minutes flew by. Thanks, Georg, awesome insight and great presentation! Now I know you requested critics, so I'm going to say I don't like the short cut hair :)
If you look at his older videos, he has hair. In the recent ones it looks like he started to cut it really short, practically shave. Makes him look more like a skinhead. That is more threatening and intimidating. I'm not saying it's bad - it actually goes with the mood of the videos. Still, I liked the full hair better!
I'm sorry, every time I heard "Narf", I kept seeing a scrawny white mouse in my mind....and if you're going to use a made up word, try not to use one that causes such comedic connections.
@@thegoodstuff3148 I'm saying M. Night Shayamalan is a bad director, but not without SOME talent. I mean, he keeps getting movies greenlit, so his talent is being a massive bullshit artist capable of hypnotizing studio executives.
So many RUclips creators need to see this video. I see tons of RUclipsrs whose channels are tanking go screaming insults at fans on in the comments or tirades on Twitter... while simultaneously begging hat-in hand for money on Patreon. They block anyone that disagrees to form an echo chamber hugbox. It never seems to dawn on these RUclipsrs that they're at fault for the declining views/subs and that maybe they should listen to criticism.
I remember watching Lady in the Water shortly after it came out. I thought it was a bit of a misstep, but overall still wasn't completely godawful. Then, I saw The Happening in theaters. That's when I gave up on M. Night. I did like Split and I do have hope for Glass. But, man... The Happening... that one hurt the soul.
This was really insightful and I think I can learn a lot from this in terms of how I take criticism in my own life... I don't think there's anything wrong with Shyamalan wanting to feel proud when he sees his work at a film festival, but he should be able to accept criticism as a part of producing something you are more proud of in the end. (Although I just want to add that I still prefer receiving criticism in a diplomatic manner and not just being told, "This is shit")
The very, VERY basic idea for LitW isn't bad - an entity from a barely recorded fairy tale needs the assistance to complete the narrative and every person in the complex has a hand in the completion of the task. It's a basic simple plot (complete the fairy tale) and the creativity comes with how all these people will work together to win the day. I think an oddball comedy with a strong heart would be the best tone. It could have been a lot of fun. What a shame.
I also like the idea that everybody in the complex is supposed to represent a "character", but they had the "who is who" of it mixed up. I would've loved to have seen that in a better story.
I really like this film, not as a piece of art, or at least not for purposefully artistic reasons, but as a rare case study of a seriously out of touch person's unhinged psyche when they have millions of dollars at their disposal and no apparent push back. From anyone. I remember being fascinated and horrified in equal measure as I sat and watched Shyamalan seemingly set fire to his own career with such abandon. I also remember cringing at his fevered god complex simultaneously subverting and propping up every aspect of the film with its recklessly... brave(?) and wierd direction. It just got pertetually worse and escalated, constantly uping the ante until he finally kills off the book critic with a sort of fetishistic crescendo at the end. (I imagine liked to climax at that exact moment) It's an amazing window into his warped perspective that he at least had that time. Edit: typos
I generally don’t watch channels that share a lot of the same opinions as mine, our opinions are mostly the same but you make me look at the some of these films differently than I did. Thanks Georg!!
Only a few minutes in but so far his name has been mentioned a couple of times and not a single stupid joke about how his last name is indian, I am impressed, this might be a first, breaking new ground.
What? I don't appreciate old stale humor that has been done to death, this makes me a regressive progressive snowflake? Fine if that's the hill you want to die on.
What are you even talking about? I appreciate that the standard boring joke wasn't in this clip, that's where there wasn't any stale old humour. Jeesh the internet is so sensitive.
Great video! And what's sad is that, to this day, Night still talks about critics like his enemies (I'm guessing it'll be worse now, because I'm reading the reviews of GLASS). I say "sad" because I think he's talented and he could be making great movies, but being talented doesn't mean one won't make mistakes.
Get some friends together, get really drunk and then watch it. It's pure comedic genius. You're actually going to get some enjoyment out of this Trainwreck of a movie.
I've always been of the opinion that Shyamalaan's real fall was Lady in the Water, and not the Village or Signs. While the Village and Signs were not as good as the Sixth Sense or Unbreakable you could still see some of Shyamalaan's skill and creativity in those movies. Signs could give genuine good scares in parts, and while Village was falsely advertised as a horror, it worked as touching love story of two young Americans living in a difficult situation. But Lady in the Water was when Shyamalaan really lost it, with a fairytale that made no sense, that propped Shyamalaan out to be a kind of messiah, and blew a huge budget on making an apartment complex. All the later poor films Shyamalaan made - the Happening, the last Airbender, After Earth, I feel, can trace back to Lady in the Water. On a minor note, I feel that Shyamalaan came back a bit with The Visit - its not perfect, but it was something. And Split was mostly alright (except for one real dumb part. but thats about it) I am looking forward to Glass. But Shyamalaan definitely has an uphill battle to reclaim the magic he once had
@@TeeAiDee I know its been four years, but I just saw this comment. So I'll respond. For me, its when "The Beast" encounters his potential final victim, but then realizes his victim is not different from him, and spares her. The really dumb part about it was when he said "why" he did it. It was so unnecessary. It would have been better if he looked her at the cage, kept silent, and then walked off. Its that problem with Shyamalaan movies that was apparent in Lady In the Water, Last Airbender and After Earth - the lack of "show, don't tell". Its like that bit in the original theatrical run of Blade Runner, where Deckard gave the voice over wondering why Roy spared him. In moments like this, acting is far better than just blunt narration. (a reason why the Directors cut of Blade Runner removed this unnecessary voiceover narration) The audience is supposed to figure out and guess why the Beast spared her - because of the abusive past both characters had. Having it spoonfed to the audience, in my opinion, cheapens it and dumbs it down.
Outstanding essay, my friend. Before "Lady" was released, I remember reading an article online that was called the "Valentine's Day Massacre" where a journalist overheard the massive argument between Nina J. and M. Night. It was pulled, but I remember it being insane to read. Like, "He's lost his mind."
Basically, the same thing that happened with Lucas when he built his dream factory aka Skywalker Ranch - but ironically, instead of escaping the Empire (Hollywood,) he ends up trapped in his own machine (queue Revenge NOOOOO!) While the cliche is studio suits mucking around with artist's visions, there's something to be said for actual experienced producers who helped steer - never mind working / collaborating with editors (Marcia Lucas was largely responsible for final cut of original) and other artists..
I have to say, GRS, where most essays on MNS take extreme (however veiled) pleasure in taking him down, you took the care and time to really break down criticism from a variety of metrics. I love that you included the cost-revenue graphs because it sets the stage on how MNS could look at his success, but chose not to, which really eases us into why the criticism isn't really done for the sake of taking someone down a peg but, really, for them to take note and succeed. He's a really, really good filmmaker! ...but almost all filmmakers need to be reigned in, need to see their work from an outside, expert perspective, and MUST par down their work for a mainstream audience, if that's where it will ultimately be disseminated.
Disney in the 2000s: “We see some issues with they script and would like you to re-draft it”. Disney in 2019: “Fuck it, JJ write what you want to tie up lose ends from The Last Jedi and let’s go to print”.
Awesome work George! Just subbed. So refreshing to see such thoughtful and well presented content and such a welcome relief from the blow hards who can't get through a sentence without three jump cuts ; - )
Mr. M Night is so full of his self, any criticism is just an attack on his genius, he just thinks anything he pisses out is amazing and can't accept the fact that many of his critics do have valid points It's funny watching him talk about how american critics just dont get his style. He is just so fucking full of himself and everything he shits out is pure gold and exempt from critique.
I've just seen Old and he's great at concept but he seems to lose steam by the time it comes to actually shooting the movie. With old it felt like he couldn't be bothered to even do the twist properly.
It's odd that you would do a study on M. Night and the dangers of ego without even touching the string of horrific flops that he made after this film. Lady in the Water was just the tip of the iceberg. In fact, the argument can be made (and has been made by some) that he has only made one truly good film. Hopefully Glass will be a step in the right direction for M. Night but it's been a long, painful decade or so for this guy and it still isn't clear whether or not he is aware of his failures.
I luv ur chanel... Thats one of ur best analytic truth. Thx for putting words, saying the truth, on what everybody thinks... Inside... But can not put into words....keep on trucking.
M Night should have cast himself as a young Michael Jackson.
Dude I thought I was the only one who thought he looked like MJ in 1986
i thought about this ,then i found your comment,thats really cool
The early 80's Thriller period yes, when Mike had that weird perm.
Jheri curl MJ, yes, for sure.
@@joelpaim the same thing just happened to me
When someone calls you, “the next Spielberg” or “the new Hitchcock” don’t take it seriously
This movie made him the next Neil Breen
Lmao, its like being called Einstein..... Nomg I must be so freakin smart!
Frankie Bruan no. Neil doesn't make bad movies.
@@AFarmerCalledChicken Neil Breen supporters rise
M Night: ""My script is about how a mermaid predicts I'm the next Karl Marx."
Disney: "Yeah, I'm not really feeling it. But you're bankable, so go for it. Make the movie with my blessing."
M Night: "F*CU YOU for not believing! I'm out of here!"
Disney: "...what just happened?"
Disney con't: "...think he's available for the next Star Wars installment...?"
You guys lol hilarious
Ya' know, Rian Johnson has caught a lot of flak for essentially applying an indie movie making process to a crowd pleasing adventure movie with The Last Jedi and creating a lot of rough edges to the film, but can you IMAGINE what Shymalan might've done?
Trick question, we already know. The Last Airbender.
Well we have #9 to look forward to. The mouse is loose and wants your caboose.
He saved you $50+million dollars. Count your blessings.
Lady in the Water is a flatulent incoherent mess - but he followed it with 'The Happening', 'The Last Airbender' & 'After Earth' - all of which are arguably even worse...
"The Happening" is such a weird movie. It's like Shyamalan tried to return to a genre that he knew well (horror), but was determined to do it differently than it was ever done before. So it ended up weird and ridiculous. And the performances in that movie are so tonally... off. He got good performances out of his actors in earlier movies, so the weirdo acting in "The Happening" had to be on purpose, but I've no idea why he'd want the cast to be so flat and unconvincing.
@@Kevin_Street he said in an interview that he wanted it to be a take on B-movie horror movies, which could be why but I don't know if that was his original intention with The Happening.
Hypnodelica
Flatulent? 😂
after earth might be the worst sci fi film of all time
More specifically... a wet fart.
The more over stylized and full of products his hair became, the worse his films got.
When fumes influence dozens of movies
Jere QUICK! REMOVE HIS HAIR!
@@gobsmack7633
He's from India, the South
They don't go bald
@@KanishQQuotes Damnit lol.
Glass was decent. So was Unbreakable. Split.... Engh, it was alright, but not my cup of tea.
Me: I wonder what happened to Nina Jacobson that was so bad..
Wikipedia: "Immediately after the birth of her third child on July 17, 2006, while still in the delivery room, Jacobson was fired over the telephone"
Me: Excuse me what the fuck?
TheGalacticGrizzly The hell!?
Goes to show you that Disney is and will forever be full of raging assholes.
(in pewd's voice) excuuuussse me!
MadCourier 6 More like normal behavior at that level in the entertainment industry. I suggest reading Disney War which touches on the in fighting and back stabbing at Disney during this time. She was fired mainly because she pissed the wrong people off at the wrong time. Disney was on the decline in the movie arena with several high profile flops and under performing films and television shows. Eisner funny enough hated the movie The Sixth Sense and thinking it would be a flop sold off the domestic and foreign distribution rights behind Jacobson's back in order to recoup the production budget.
What you expect from a guy actually called dick cook
M. Night Shamayalan is the kind of guy who works better under constraints, as evidenced by his recent films that have like a fifth of the budget that he's used to. When he's forced to work under pressure and with limits to what he can do, he can do okay to even great work. When he's allowed to do whatever he wants... We get Avatar: The Last Airbender, Lady In The Water, The Happening, and Devil.
Aww, c'mon. Devil was OK.
And don't forget Aftuh Uht.
RK WatchAuralnautsJediPartyOnRUclips yeah, Devil was good.
He didn't direct Devil.
For all the people saying he didn't direct Devil, no. No he didn't. He wrote the script though, and then the project was removed from his control. That's what saved that movie. But you can still see his influence all over it.
VulpesHilarianus except glass, just poorly written and directed
SPOILER - he doesnt come out of his slump.
Plot twist, it gets worst!
@@mpcc2022 😲OMG, I didn't see that coming!!! 😁
@@josoffat7649 The shock!!! 🤣
Glass and Split aren't the greatest movies ever, but they're fun with something more, and nowhere near as bad as Avatar or The Happening.
@@batfan1939 I personally didn't really like those ones but I can understand if you do
$70 million on publicity... this was the first I'd even heard of the movie, and I'm certainly not the only one.
Also, building an entire apartment block because he didn't want to travel far? Staggering.
70 mil is actually a pretty modest figure when you consider that big-budget-movies' marketing campaigns cost north of 250 mil.
The trailer was shown before like every film I saw in the theater the year or so before it came out.
@@NinjaKurosai It was also advertised as like the ultimate horror movie in some cases. The trailer even ended with some kid whispering the title like it was a mystery.
I totally get why people were pissed when they finally saw it. The studios did not want to release this dumpster fire.
The weirdest thing about "The Village" is that it would be a FANTASTIC period-piece horror film if you just cut out the plot twists: A blind girl has to navigate a forest full of monsters to get a medicinal flower that will cure the village. Awesome!.......but when there are no monsters and the disease is easily cured by walking 3 miles to a 21st century hospital, no stakes, no antagonist, no all-important mission, and no movie.
Wow... You're 100% right!
The problem with the Village is it was never really meant to be a horror movie, it was meant to be a love story, but the trailers for it were handled by different people and made it seem like it was a horror, completely misleading people, who then had a perhaps enlarged negative reaction to what it actually was. It's not anywhere near as good a movie as Drive, but the same thing happened at first with Drive, the trailers making people think it was some movie with high speed car chases and was action packed, and at first people had a negative reaction towards Drive because of this, until knowledge of what the film was actually about became more widespread
duffman18 Yeah I heard about that, M Night explained at a con that the marketing advertised the film as a horror when, like you said, it was a love story and the same thing happened with Lady in the Water. I think someone actually sued the film Drive cause it was false advertising.
Marketing only matters for the opening weekend; after that, it's a box at the video store and a review on IMDB, and the film lives or dies on word-of-mouth. In my case, I never saw any marketing material....I saw it in the theater because it was playing next door to a family film, and teenage me went to see it while my family watched animated adventures.
It may be that the film could have been marketed better, but if it had been WRITTEN better, there would have been no need (and - as a love story - what an unmemorable piece of junk!! Who even falls in love during that movie? I certainly can't remember any of it....)
I think it's fantastic if you do a cold watch in the current year, separated from the marketing and its release. I've shown it to three different sets of friends who had no clue what it was about going in....and they were all blown away by the twists and loved the film. The movie gets way too much hate. I think it's great.
Shyamalan sounds like he's got a little Neil Breen in em'.
Totally. The thing about the 6th Sense is, other people were there to temper Shyamalan. But Lady? Nope, he had free reign to do whatever the hell he wanted. Just goes to show you that sometimes, "brilliant" filmmakers are just mediocre tyrants and need other people to rein them in.
Touche
Every person in Hollywood’s got a little Neil Breen in ‘em lol (apologies for being a year late on this).
He needs more broken laptops and suicidal corporate/political figures.
😂😂💀
I looked up Nina Jacobson, read a single line on the wikipedia and promptly closed the page. Hollywood is fucked on so many levels.
Why, what did you find?
She got fired from her job while she was in the delivery room, giving birth to her third child.
Hollywood is grotesquely cruel towards women. I miss being on stage and screen, but I do not miss the beast that is the entertainment industry. It will not only destroy you, but it will take immense pleasure in doing so.
I just went to her wiki page. What are you talking about? I read a few paragraphs.... All normal
@@Citizen_J "Immediately after the birth of her third child on July 17, 2006, while still in the delivery room, Jacobson was fired over the telephone by Richard Cook, studio chief for The Walt Disney Company."
Oh yeah, perfectly normal 🙄
...as I watched that movie I kept thinking "this has to get better"; and it never did.
"NARF!" - pinky
Pinky and the Brain, Pinky and the Brain. One is a genius the other is insane.
*ZORT*
What'll we do tonight, Brain?
@@RCAvhstape The same thing we do every night, Pinky. Try and take over the world
Are you pondering what I'm pondering?
I used to have a friend who was a hopeless cocaine addict, Lady In The Water was his favourite movie.
Is he dead or just not your friend anymore?
john smith not really friends anymore. He’s clean and sober now, married with 2 daughters. I’m sure his taste in cinema has improved as well.
I'm surprised he had the patience for it.
@@78deathface thats a nice ending. You'd called him hopeless, i assumed he was still somewhere chopping up&watching it
@@78deathface his taste in friends sure improved. 😏
The happening is one of the best comedies I've every seen though...
excuse me mister tree... I respect you!!! oh you're plastic.
Think of killing me in my sleep?
Whaaat? Nooooo
You like hotdogs?
I remember entering the room where my sister was watching The Happening on TV. She was like: "Carmen, you saw this movie. Is it really the wind in the trees?". Me: "Yepp." She: "What a load of BS of a movie!" . Me: "Yepp"
If I ever watch that terrible movie again, I'll have to watch like that and see if it's any more bearable lol.
Yes, the famous, clearly eastern words, "narf", "scrunt", and "tartutic". 🤦♀️
In fairness, he never clarified just how far east he meant. He could have meant, like, two blocks east! 😂
More like things you'd hear in the Porridge sitcom
Did Shyamalan binged on Pinky and the Brain before writing this? NARF!!
He just wanted to reference his favorite Thundercat, but not make it too obvious.
We have to agree that Shyamalan is good in choosing actors. I loved the interpretation of Paul Giamatti in Lady in the water as much as I enjoyed Adrien Brody and my man Joaquin Phoenix in the Village. And what about James mcAvoy in Split? A true talent.
Hmmmm.....Mark Wahlberg, a man who looks like an nfl linebacker, as a meek quiet science teacher in the happening? Will Smith, a man with infintie charisma, as a man with 0 charisma in After Earth? All of the casting in the last airbender? So hit or miss at best.
@@nickbonczek5313 Let's not forget William Hurt, Sigourney Weaver, Mel Gibson, Bruce Willis, Samuel L. Jackson, Jesse Eisenberg...
**inserts a caricature of a film critic within his film**
**is somehow surprised when critics decide not to cut him any slack**
I actually preferred Unbreakable over The Sixth Sense and I can understand why M.Night's ego got ahead of him, being labelled "the next Spielberg" can do that to you . I know people still have issues with him but I'm glad M.Night Shylamalan is back and I'm looking forward to Glass.
Fortunately, Steven Spielberg is still Steven Spielberg.
Unbreakable is also my fave. No interest in watching Glass, however.
@b It's low-key and tells its story well enough. Never seen another film from Shyamalan that came close, though.
Some may be glad, but there's an entire fan base who will never forgive him for The Last Airbender.. never!
The best thing that could've happened to him was working with Jason Blum. Because Blum is willing to tell him "no."
M Night has unbelievable talent. The Sixth Sense, Unbreakable, and Split have proven that. He just needs to listen to others and not surround himself with yes-men like George Lucas did.
Somehow Shyamalan seems like a giant douche just by his filmography but everybody in the bisness only talks how down to earth and nice he is (atleast these days). But yeah, his "twist style" of writing isn't something that you can keep up with your whole career with good results.
I never saw buisness written like that.
Sounds like he learned one trick and wanted to keep on doing it.
It's not even original to him. He got it from Rod Serling and Charles Beaumont and Richard Matheson from Twilight Zone. But those men knew how to actually tell stories, even if not all were winners. Shyamalan got high on his own bullshit and crashed hard when the high wore off.
What a twist
dangerouslytalented he misses those stinky rivers.
What the hell do you think Hollywood does. That's why Disney threw money at him, that's why you saw the morph effect like crazy after T2 came out in 1991. Because Hollywood sees something that makes money and they wan t to do the exact same thing.
I suppose he did all right with "Split". The acting and script was decent and he didn't throw in some weird dumb twist.
I think Lady In The Water is one of his best films, and it gets better every time I see it.
Not his best but definitely highly underrated.. also "Take Shelter" with Michael Shannon... I recommend you check that one out also.. not a M. Night but underrated.
Inner conflict, stubbornness, and ego made a movie that even back when watching it at 13 years old, i couldn't finish out of it's horribleness. This isn't even for babies, this was for himself.
BTW, your videos are great.
This isn't as much a film as it is someone elses dream being explained two weeks later. The person explaning their dream gets it, but other folk couldn't give a fuck. It makes no sense they talk no sense it is just a mess. I couldn't stand the thing.
Shyamalan is my favourite director and I actually really love that film, but holy shit this comparison is sooo perfect, I can't stop laughing :D
The lava lamp feels so blue in this video about "Lady in the Water"
kirby march Barcena Wow!!!!!!
Your insight and analysis is both spot on and mind-blowing all at the same time.
M. Night : releases 'Glass'
Everybody: "aaaaand he's bad again"
It was okay...
@@DianeCooperTW I guess everything is relative but Glass was "okay" if your standard for "bad" is having late stage necrosis of your balls and a brood of maggots slowly eat their way out of your scrotum, and your standard for "good" is a bleeding anal fissure. In that case, yeah, Glass was "okay." Somewhere inbetween those two things.
@@DianeCooperTW It's easily his worst film outside of his late 00's-early 10's turds (Last Air, After Earth, Happening).
@@Ryan-Petre idk if u consider the visit early 2010’s since it’s the middle of the 2010’s (2015) but Glass is at least enjoyable for the first 2/3 of it. The visit is better than Lady In The Water to After Earth, but I wouldn’t say it was better than Glass. The visit was just kind of there, not good, not bad, just there.
@@ZacV47 I definitely think the visit was better than Glass, just a tight and simple horror thriller. It's nothing special, but it succeeded in its ambitions. Glass on the other hand feels like a complete flop considering it was supposed to be this grand superhero epic.
Every time I hear Narf or whatever its called I think of Snarf from Thundercats.
That's it! I incorrectly thought Snarf was in He-Man.
eldospinks Ah Orko, easy mistake to make because Orko and Snarf are irksome pricks.
SHNAAAAAAAAAAAAAARF!
I think Pinky from "Pinky and the Brain". It was his exclamatory catch phrase. "NARF!"
@@TheBlarggle Oh yeah, I forgot about that! I always heard snarfs are bicycle seat sniffers, so the Thundercats cracked me up with that character.
I actually loved Unbreakable more than The Sixth Sense...
Me too!
yeah it wasn't a rip off of Carnival Of Souls lol
Agreed, I love it. Love the premise. Love the ambiance. Love the acting. Love the score.
@ Glad you enjoyed it!
Same.
It's amazing how M. Night Shyamalans personality is basically identical to the pretentious actor/film maker Carson Clay, played by Wilhelm Dafoe in the film "Mr. Bean's holiday".
Seems harsh but is basically true. Spooky case of Life imitating Art.
It's often been said that you can understand a lot about an artist from how they portray critics. Sounds like Shyamalan is no exception...
@@coolnamebro It has been said by several people who I have been listening to when they said it.
I'm really worried about Glass. I think the years of M. Night putting out "meh" movies and dealing with negative press/reviews and stuff were actually good for him. I think he took good advice and reflected on the critics and then made Split, which was pretty good and a sign that he might be returning to form. However much like how you described how his movies went after Sixth Sense, i worry that his ego will creep back in and glass will be the start of another downward path. I hope i'm wrong but if he never really put the effort into changing then he will slip back again.
Oh no dude. Don't say that. I really look forward to Glass and I just can hope that it will turn out good. Hope he won't let us down.
I don't know. At this point I'd say it's a coin-toss.
MysticMavi Split was pretty crap IMO. I think people were just so desperate for him to make something even remotely decent that when he made a movie like Split, which wasn’t totally horrendous, it seemed a lot better than it actually was.
@@justanotherhappyhumanist8832 I actually didn't even know who M. Night Shyamalan was before watching Split. I watched Split more because of James McAvoy. He never disappointed me so I thought well, I am gonna give this a try. And really enjoyed watching Split. McAvoy was amazing and the movie overall was quite good. Of course it has its flaws but that didn't bother me. Seeing Bruce Willis at the end was really shocking though. That's when I knew that Split was a part of a trilogy. Not a Shyamalan fanboy no. After watching Split, I searched Shyamalan's name on the internet. Oh boy he directed Signs. That is what I call a crap movie! But I will be grateful if Glass will turn out good. Bruce Willis, James McAvoy, Samuel L. Jackson. Such a dream cast. I am just gonna enjoy :)
i thought Split was ok but often disjointed and pretty overrated overall. It's like since it's not a terrible movie, all of a sudden that's a "comeback"? Nah.
How perfect to get home after a pubcrawl to a fresh Georg video
😂 that's a dream come true
Ok, let me just say that in the end I was like, WTF, what, this review was 3 minutes? And then I realized 16 minutes flew by. Thanks, Georg, awesome insight and great presentation! Now I know you requested critics, so I'm going to say I don't like the short cut hair :)
Me either. I liked his hair much better before.
If you look at his older videos, he has hair. In the recent ones it looks like he started to cut it really short, practically shave. Makes him look more like a skinhead. That is more threatening and intimidating. I'm not saying it's bad - it actually goes with the mood of the videos. Still, I liked the full hair better!
To be fair, he was half bald with hair already. Guess he decided to embrace the unavoidable.
Tfw you have no sense of time.
I just love the way Georg mispronounced it in the way as shy am a Lan! 🤣
I'm sorry, every time I heard "Narf", I kept seeing a scrawny white mouse in my mind....and if you're going to use a made up word, try not to use one that causes such comedic connections.
"I wanna nuther drink!"
"No, you've had a narf."
I just think of Thundercats.
Friend: who’s your favourite director
My sad self: *MMMMMMMMM* night Shyamalan
Noi 1301 and you didn’t say Tarantino????
Shamalamalamalan
my favorite directors are the Russo brothers
I really hope all of you are joking.
Charlie Kaufman or Stanley Kubrick
One of the best channels on RUclips.
I will never, NEVER, forgive M. Night Shyamalan for what he did to The Last Airbender.
@@thegoodstuff3148 I'm saying M. Night Shayamalan is a bad director, but not without SOME talent. I mean, he keeps getting movies greenlit, so his talent is being a massive bullshit artist capable of hypnotizing studio executives.
So many RUclips creators need to see this video. I see tons of RUclipsrs whose channels are tanking go screaming insults at fans on in the comments or tirades on Twitter... while simultaneously begging hat-in hand for money on Patreon. They block anyone that disagrees to form an echo chamber hugbox.
It never seems to dawn on these RUclipsrs that they're at fault for the declining views/subs and that maybe they should listen to criticism.
I remember watching Lady in the Water shortly after it came out. I thought it was a bit of a misstep, but overall still wasn't completely godawful.
Then, I saw The Happening in theaters. That's when I gave up on M. Night. I did like Split and I do have hope for Glass. But, man... The Happening... that one hurt the soul.
"What a twist!" - MMMM Knight Shawarmalan
15:28 *We waited 20 years for a sequel in which the hero gets DROWNED IN A PUDDLE*
7:38 this is why i love you Georg. You truly are tapped in to what the people want
This was really insightful and I think I can learn a lot from this in terms of how I take criticism in my own life... I don't think there's anything wrong with Shyamalan wanting to feel proud when he sees his work at a film festival, but he should be able to accept criticism as a part of producing something you are more proud of in the end. (Although I just want to add that I still prefer receiving criticism in a diplomatic manner and not just being told, "This is shit")
I remember thoroughly enjoying Lady In The Water, going to have to watch it again
"The Lady in the Water" was the M Night movie, where I decided: "A Narf is A Narf...no more watching M Night movies!"
Excellent punmanship.
Made my day!
Brilliant, every time I hear Shyamalan it changes to Shangalang in my head and I’m singing The Bay City Rollers all day. Thanks mate.
The very, VERY basic idea for LitW isn't bad - an entity from a barely recorded fairy tale needs the assistance to complete the narrative and every person in the complex has a hand in the completion of the task. It's a basic simple plot (complete the fairy tale) and the creativity comes with how all these people will work together to win the day. I think an oddball comedy with a strong heart would be the best tone. It could have been a lot of fun. What a shame.
I also like the idea that everybody in the complex is supposed to represent a "character", but they had the "who is who" of it mixed up.
I would've loved to have seen that in a better story.
If you forget Shyamalan's ego, this is a lovely film.
I really like this film, not as a piece of art, or at least not for purposefully artistic reasons, but as a rare case study of a seriously out of touch person's unhinged psyche when they have millions of dollars at their disposal and no apparent push back. From anyone. I remember being fascinated and horrified in equal measure as I sat and watched Shyamalan seemingly set fire to his own career with such abandon.
I also remember cringing at his fevered god complex simultaneously subverting and propping up every aspect of the film with its recklessly... brave(?) and wierd direction. It just got pertetually worse and escalated, constantly uping the ante until he finally kills off the book critic with a sort of fetishistic crescendo at the end. (I imagine liked to climax at that exact moment)
It's an amazing window into his warped perspective that he at least had that time.
Edit: typos
I generally don’t watch channels that share a lot of the same opinions as mine, our opinions are mostly the same but you make me look at the some of these films differently than I did. Thanks Georg!!
i want to give a sincere "thank you" for not using the lame, completely played out "shyamalama-ding-dong" joke
"WHAT A TWEEST!1" (Why is this a joke? He's lived in the US since he was six weeks old. He doesn't even have an accent!)
I only vaguely recall watching this. This memory left no mark on me.
Only a few minutes in but so far his name has been mentioned a couple of times and not a single stupid joke about how his last name is indian, I am impressed, this might be a first, breaking new ground.
They said it couldn't be done, what's next, calling Benedict Cumberbatch Benedict Cumberbatch?
Nah, he'll always be Benevolent Cucumberpatch to me 😛
What? I don't appreciate old stale humor that has been done to death, this makes me a regressive progressive snowflake? Fine if that's the hill you want to die on.
What are you even talking about? I appreciate that the standard boring joke wasn't in this clip, that's where there wasn't any stale old humour. Jeesh the internet is so sensitive.
SJW alert! No fun everyone! Do NOT have fun!
Great video! And what's sad is that, to this day, Night still talks about critics like his enemies (I'm guessing it'll be worse now, because I'm reading the reviews of GLASS). I say "sad" because I think he's talented and he could be making great movies, but being talented doesn't mean one won't make mistakes.
I just realised that Lady in the Water is a Neil Breen movie.
I love this reviewer's deadpan sense of humour! It's brilliant!
its embarassing to watch lady in the water. cringe at its best.
Get some friends together, get really drunk and then watch it. It's pure comedic genius. You're actually going to get some enjoyment out of this Trainwreck of a movie.
Best movie channel on RUclips. Just found it. Second video I’m watching and it’s spot on. Cheers.
A "Narf" is Eastern slang for male genitalia.
"That guy got kicked in the narfs.
His first three movies were amazing, what an awesome three flick run.
*I see Timmahy!*
Woop there it is.
Fantastic stuff as always. Thank you, sir!
I've always been of the opinion that Shyamalaan's real fall was Lady in the Water, and not the Village or Signs. While the Village and Signs were not as good as the Sixth Sense or Unbreakable you could still see some of Shyamalaan's skill and creativity in those movies. Signs could give genuine good scares in parts, and while Village was falsely advertised as a horror, it worked as touching love story of two young Americans living in a difficult situation. But Lady in the Water was when Shyamalaan really lost it, with a fairytale that made no sense, that propped Shyamalaan out to be a kind of messiah, and blew a huge budget on making an apartment complex. All the later poor films Shyamalaan made - the Happening, the last Airbender, After Earth, I feel, can trace back to Lady in the Water.
On a minor note, I feel that Shyamalaan came back a bit with The Visit - its not perfect, but it was something. And Split was mostly alright (except for one real dumb part. but thats about it) I am looking forward to Glass. But Shyamalaan definitely has an uphill battle to reclaim the magic he once had
Out of curiosity, what was the real dumb moment in Split to you?
@@TeeAiDee I know its been four years, but I just saw this comment. So I'll respond.
For me, its when "The Beast" encounters his potential final victim, but then realizes his victim is not different from him, and spares her. The really dumb part about it was when he said "why" he did it. It was so unnecessary. It would have been better if he looked her at the cage, kept silent, and then walked off. Its that problem with Shyamalaan movies that was apparent in Lady In the Water, Last Airbender and After Earth - the lack of "show, don't tell". Its like that bit in the original theatrical run of Blade Runner, where Deckard gave the voice over wondering why Roy spared him. In moments like this, acting is far better than just blunt narration. (a reason why the Directors cut of Blade Runner removed this unnecessary voiceover narration)
The audience is supposed to figure out and guess why the Beast spared her - because of the abusive past both characters had. Having it spoonfed to the audience, in my opinion, cheapens it and dumbs it down.
Outstanding essay, my friend. Before "Lady" was released, I remember reading an article online that was called the "Valentine's Day Massacre" where a journalist overheard the massive argument between Nina J. and M. Night. It was pulled, but I remember it being insane to read. Like, "He's lost his mind."
9:21 - Bryce Dallas, Texas Howard
I've loved it since it's debut. I can't explain why.
Basically, the same thing that happened with Lucas when he built his dream factory aka Skywalker Ranch - but ironically, instead of escaping the Empire (Hollywood,) he ends up trapped in his own machine (queue Revenge NOOOOO!)
While the cliche is studio suits mucking around with artist's visions, there's something to be said for actual experienced producers who helped steer - never mind working / collaborating with editors (Marcia Lucas was largely responsible for final cut of original) and other artists..
I have to say, GRS, where most essays on MNS take extreme (however veiled) pleasure in taking him down, you took the care and time to really break down criticism from a variety of metrics. I love that you included the cost-revenue graphs because it sets the stage on how MNS could look at his success, but chose not to, which really eases us into why the criticism isn't really done for the sake of taking someone down a peg but, really, for them to take note and succeed. He's a really, really good filmmaker! ...but almost all filmmakers need to be reigned in, need to see their work from an outside, expert perspective, and MUST par down their work for a mainstream audience, if that's where it will ultimately be disseminated.
Narf and Scrunt sound like very typical East-Asian names.
Do they?
@@badaddresses r/woosh
Or something Pinky said
@@SImmons3128 Narf,poit!
Heroes of the next Star Wars trilogy
This is one of your best videos. Very eye opening
No no no, you want Lars von Trier for the *Porky's* remake.
Can't we give it to someone competent tho?
@@Darkko88 Werner Herzog's Porky's.
Uwe Boll's Porkys?
(I think I barfed in my own mouth just typing that...)
I suppose you could argue The Idiots is sort of his twisted version of an American raunchy romp comedy!
My lad is back! My lad is free! Why haven't they locked you away yet?
Great video!
"disney didn't want a film maker, they wanted someone who do what they were told."
m night being incredibly prescient with that statement. lol
M. Night Shyamalan and Disney seem like a dangerous combination.
Disney in the 2000s: “We see some issues with they script and would like you to re-draft it”.
Disney in 2019: “Fuck it, JJ write what you want to tie up lose ends from The Last Jedi and let’s go to print”.
Awesome work George! Just subbed. So refreshing to see such thoughtful and well presented content and such a welcome relief from the blow hards who can't get through a sentence without three jump cuts ; - )
Having seen Glass i think this chaps goose is cooked.
Lady in the water is the only M.Night movie i didn't watch all the way through and i owned the dvd
I'll give him this, he is a handsome guy
Mr. M Night is so full of his self, any criticism is just an attack on his genius, he just thinks anything he pisses out is amazing and can't accept the fact that many of his critics do have valid points
It's funny watching him talk about how american critics just dont get his style. He is just so fucking full of himself and everything he shits out is pure gold and exempt from critique.
I really liked The Village, I can't decide if I like it more than Unbreakable or not
Yay! New GRS video :) Stumbled across your channel and don't regret it!
Also, the new look totally works :3
I like the Shyam-man. I think he's misunderstood. Except Airbender. I'll concede Airbender.
Marshal Tenner Winter After earth?
The Happening is also awful.
After Earth wasn't terrible; just really dull and aimless.
I actually didn't believe he did Airbender.
This is a superbly observant and insightful analysis. Well done!
SHY-YAM-MA-LAN. Man I love accents. Great job by the way.
Darkarrow66 that’s not his accent that’s just mispronunciation
Lady in the Water is the one that actually made me pay attention to M.
Every time I hear narf I can't help but hear it as the way Pinky from Pinky and the Brain says it. NARF!
Always a pleasure Georg!
I've just seen Old and he's great at concept but he seems to lose steam by the time it comes to actually shooting the movie. With old it felt like he couldn't be bothered to even do the twist properly.
Aaaaaand then Glass comes out. So much for the return to form.
It's odd that you would do a study on M. Night and the dangers of ego without even touching the string of horrific flops that he made after this film. Lady in the Water was just the tip of the iceberg. In fact, the argument can be made (and has been made by some) that he has only made one truly good film. Hopefully Glass will be a step in the right direction for M. Night but it's been a long, painful decade or so for this guy and it still isn't clear whether or not he is aware of his failures.
I luv ur chanel... Thats one of ur best analytic truth. Thx for putting words, saying the truth, on what everybody thinks... Inside... But can not put into words....keep on trucking.
*Shyamalan-a-ding-dong*
He's like the puff daddy of directors... said suge
When a cameo becomes a lead part.....
"I do hope his next film, _Glass_, is a return to form"
Didn't we all
Oh shit I beat the notification bell!
To be fair. .. it's 9pm est...but.. touche at the same time?
Hahah, I love the "ugh" after the bad actor says "I wanted to be like a child again."
"The dark remake of Porky's the world has been waiting for!"
Now I'm cleaning my drink off the monitor, thanks.
God Damn it George. I was about to go to bed!!!!
You, Georg Rockall-Smith, are the greatest film critic of all time.