high school students shouldn't be allowed to make feature films

Rating: 1/10 (9 February 2016)

mmm. nomore shyamalan. please.
period.
he did make 2 good films. 2.
they were 'devil' - which still had some outrageously overbaked background dialogue that you have to ignore. and we can all name the other film.
bruce willis and sam jackson are not great actors, but they are great character actors. they suit cartoony material.
and there's the problem. this film is cartoony - well it's about being a super-hero, for a start - yet it keeps trying to be arty, moody and serious.
he just can't do it.
the man does not have the talent. or ANY talent.
his cinematographer does. his editor does. his fx people do. his musicians do.
but m. night doesn't.
he made one good minor work and one good major feature.
everything else has been the same ham-fisted, overdone, high-school daydream fluff, one example after another, all out of the same mould.
and he THINKS he's clever.
quick review of the details of the film: slow, stupid, shallow, and drawn out to the point of being an endurance fest, with a deeply embarrassing ending.
if you see m. night shyamalan on the credits anywhere, even as an exec producer, just skip. you'll save yourself a lot of pain.
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