M. Night Shyamalan Finally Made A Comedy [Movie Review]

You giggled at The Happening. You snorted at The Village. But now, for the first time ever, former indie auteur M. Night Shyamalan has set out to make a gonzo comedy on purpose, with The Last Airbender. Spoilers ahead!

IO9 is trashing The Last Airbender movie…  If it’s half as bad as IO9 states, then I can’t see anyone handing M. Night Shyamalan any money for movies again….  Of course, I said that about half a dozen movie’s back for Uwe Boll….

There is some great feeling here in the review, for example:

Shyamalan has boiled every epic heroic story of the past 20 years down to its most basic, primal soup-y essence, so he can spray it all over the audience, in a kind of Hero’s-Journey bukkake. You will be finding chunks of Joseph Campbell’s calcified spooge behind your ears for three days after watching this film, no matter how many times you bathe.

I hope this is just a bad review, but SCIFI…..  Sorry…. SyFy Wire doesn’t exactly have a positive review, either…

Take a gander yourself, and let us know…

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Johnny Depp rumored to star in Doctor Who big-budget film

Johnny Depp?  As The Doctor?  TOR.Com is reporting a rumor that Johnny Depp will be staring as the TimeLord of note, assuming that everything works, within the next few years…

What’s my view?

Johnny Depp’s characters are typically too eccentric to be The Doctor…  And he would have to reign in his stereotypical characters to be a good Doctor….  Also, where would he fit in the TimeLine?  A brand new Doctor?  A New series completely?

I just don’t see Johnny as good Doctor Who material.  Now it’s possible, but I just don’t see what he would be bringing to the role, other than “eccentric”.  Johnny’s characters are usually one trick ponies, with that being highly “eccentric”.  Yes, he can emote, but I don’t think he can sustain the seriousness of the role….

I would almost say that I would welcome Nicholas Cage instead….

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