M. Night Shyamalan makes another crappy movie - 'angry muttering could be heard from audience' [View All]

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Shyamalan Desperately in Need of an Ang Lee-Like Redemption to Stay in Hollywood

The July 4 holiday weekend was supposed to be a box office showdown between Twi-hards and anime fans, but the battle was over before it even began. Midnight showings of The Twilight Saga: Eclipse on June 29 drew record crowds, but late night screenings of M. Night Shyamalan's The Last Airbender brought further shame down on the troubled director's head.

The Last Airbender has a 9 percent approval rating

Rotten Tomatoes, one of the best Hollywood barometers, shows M. Night Shyamalan's latest work clocking in at only a 9 percent approval rating. In contrast, The Twilight Saga: Eclipse currently has a 50 percent approval rating, which is logical, since the films are made for fans, not critics. Within hours after its release, The Last Airbender earned the dubious title of "Worst Reviewed Film of 2010."

Fans sound off about The Last Airbender

Twenty-four hours after the Twi-hards took over the Irvine Spectrum Mall, fans of the Nickelodeon series Avatar: The Last Airbender, stood in long lines in Irvine to see Shyamalan's 3-D, live action adaptation. In at least one auditorium, derisive laughter and angry muttering could be heard from the audience. When the screen finally went dark, some fans even booed loudly.

Where did M. Night Shyamalan go wrong?

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