Shyamalan is doing exactly what he is supposed to do..

Rating: Null/10 (14 December 2000)

I went to school with this guy at Waldron Academy just outside of Philadelphia. I didn't know him personally until just recently upon completing several screenings of The Sixth Sense and Unbreakable. We both wrote words and or music in a variety of forms 'and' , decided , to the dismay of our medical parents , to do what we like to do ; no matter what. There is something sublime about engaging in a career that is likened to preparing for the olympics without ever knowing when the games are to be held. To struggle. To use the enantiodromic process to provide 'content' for our written work. To realize that bad luck is actually good luck in disguise. To 'submit to the revealing accident during the creative process while allowing it to order further operations. To see in your mind's eye what is felt in your heart. Yes, we both like and understand Hitchcock 'and', MOST IMPORTANTLY , HAVE REMAINED VERY UNHAPPY UNTIL THAT ONE DAY WHEN FATE HAS PLACED THAT CERTAIN SOMEONE IN OUR LIVES WHO WILL RELEASE THE 'NEKYIA'(?); THE NIGHT SEA JOURNEY OF DESPAIR. This person could be a boy granted the power to resolve post mortem spiritual issues or even a fragile comic book collector who used to be a hit man in another story.. BUT what all the critics have missed about UNBREAKABLE, is just how "elegantly" and "economically" this director (and soon to be x-schoolmate-buddy!) has reflected the life God has bestowed upon him 'within his budding storylines'. An artist always transmutes either directly or indirectly , the artifacts of his life in a way that enables Society to evolve more quickly. A true artist exposes hypocrisy. His work directs the energy of impulses 'away' from their primitive aims. Knight has proved once again with his third 'unique' script, that we are all looking for someone with whom all things seem possible. It may as well be Bruce Willis. He has saved the World a number of times already.. Francis Holland LaVala