Will Smith & Son Jaden Smith Join M. Night Shyamalan for Futuristic Sci-Fi

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• Zeke | April 5, 2011 3:00 AMReply

  I think Shyamalan would be a much better filmmaker today if he hadn't received such wildly excessive acclaim for his first couple of blockbusters. He's a genuinely talented director, but not so good that everything he touches is gold. And he took the wrong message from his early successes -- what made Sixth Sense good was the slow buildup and intense atmosphere, not the twist (which was exciting and all, but made absolutely no sense). He managed to repeat that formula well with Unbreakable and Signs, but since then he's just been coasting. Who can blame him? If everyone threw money at me and told me I was a genius, I'd get a swell head too.
  
  I really hope he gives this new film his all. He CAN be great. But even if he doesn't, at least Will Smith is always watchable.

• dragon | April 5, 2011 2:52 AMReply

  how can two people pair with another. bad headline.

• Bob Westal | April 4, 2011 12:31 PMReply

  I have to admit I haven't seen an M. Night movie since "Signs," but just looking at this from the outside, his recent career sure seems like a classic case of "failing upwards."

• Andrew | April 4, 2011 12:08 PMReply

  Shyamalan.... why