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I want those two minutes and thirty seconds of my life back. I can't believe anybody is still offering him money to make films. He hasn't made a good movie in over ten years and this trailer showcases all the ear marks of the same old stuff, different actors.
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M. Night Shyamalan is way underrated as a director. It seems after his big success with THE 6th SENSE everybody started to try to guess his gimmick twist endings in advance without paying attention to how well crafted he gets there.
Sure, he did some stuff that wasn't really very good, like LADY IN THE WATER and AFTER EARTH (the latter being well directed but with a lousy script; no director could have saved that), but at least he goes out of his way to tell some stories not already told. In a cinematic landscape where we get mostly franchise pictures, that counts for something.
I've got THE VISIT on BluRay; have so far only seen the trailer, but it sure looks like a promising return to form.
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Shyamalan seems to work best with material written by other people. When he writes his own scripts, he can get pretentious. (Like having himself play a writer in LADY IN THE WATER, who's supposedly going to be martyred and famous, or something like that.... WTF?)
Meanwhile, SPLIT at least looks claustrophobic, with a nice chance for McEvoy to show his acting chops. Might be fun.
I saw Shyamalan as a guest at a concert JNH conducted of his music this past March. There was no mention of any further projects.
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He worked with Charlie Clouser on the Wayward Pines episode he directed. Maybe he will score Split?
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I know they're still friendly. I attended a concert last March in Miami, with JNH conducting his music, and Shyamalan made an appearance onstage to express his appreciation for the music, then returned to his place in the audience. Great evening! JNH conducted a few Shyamalan pieces, as well as many others.
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I know they're still friendly. I attended a concert last March in Miami, with JNH conducting his music, and Shyamalan made an appearance onstage to express his appreciation for the music, then returned to his place in the audience. Great evening! JNH conducted a few Shyamalan pieces, as well as many others.
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"I think it's more of a budget/money thing"
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It must be all about the KERRRCCCHHHIIINNNNGGGG!!! (his words after landing the Hunger Games gigs) with JNH.
Surely he knows it's low-budget and could wave his fee or use keyboards/samples (he started out with synth scores) if he wanted to do a favour for a friend.
Basil famously scored IT'S MY PARTY for his good mate Randal Kleiser for $1 and Horner took SOUTHPAW for less than normal pay and even threw in a free score for MAG 7 
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