Why I wasn't planning on seeing the live-action Avatar even before they announced the casting

[james_davis_nicoll]

"Written, Directed and Produced by M. Night Shyamalan".

He had one good movie in him and I've seen it. Tragic casting is only the (or rather "a") specific way in which his version will suck.

Comments

[mishalak.livejournal.com]

I really liked Lady in the Water, as did my father. However, I only recommend it to people who like old fashioned fairy tales.

[windswept.livejournal.com]

Bingo.

[ross-teneyck.livejournal.com]

Hmm. I do in fact like old fashioned fairy tales, but the reviews of LitW that I read -- even by reviewers I'm normally in synch with -- were so uniformly negative that I avoided it. Now I feel like I should give it a chance, but I'm still kind of afraid to :)

[heron61.livejournal.com]

Agreed. It was very good, but also completely unlike his other work (or most other films).