Fictional Conversation Mapping the Ascent, Descent, and Ascent of M. Night Shyamalan’s Abilities as a Writer and a Director.

Morgan Silver
BuckSixty
Published in
2 min readFeb 25, 2017

Movie Titles Witheld:

1999…. they were talking about it on the news so I had to see it
/…. …. I’ve already seen it twice and you pick up on SO much the second time

2000…. saw the trailer but not in theaters, went to blockbuster, what a sleeper that was
/…. …. perfect pairing, Samuel L. Jackson and Bruce Willis

2002…. say what you will about Mel Gibson the dude can fucking act, and that little girl is hilarious
/…. …. yeah I got chills, but that fucking birthday shaky-cam holy fuck

2004…. man that was bullshit, I CALLED IT
/…. …. shut up, you just don’t like anything with schmaltz in it, if you watched theater you would like it more

2006…. alright, now what was that? c’mon
/…. …. Paul Giamatti is an excellent character actor and I liked how it came together at the end, it’s supposed to be a modern fairy tale

2008…. plants, Mark Wahlberg, and that fucking hotdog dude?
/…. …. so he had one miss, he’s made a movie every 2 years

2010….
/…. …. okay, he ruined one of the best anime to ever first-run in America but that’s not his genre

2013….
/…. …. I like Will Smith, how did I know Jaden couldn’t act?

2015…. that was fucking weird
/…. …. I told you though, he’s coming back, he is recharged

2016…. ALL WORSHIP M. NIGHT SHYAMALAN THE WHOLE CAREER IS A TWIST /…. …. ALL WORSHIP M. NIGHT SHYAMALAN THE WHOLE THE WHOLE CAREER ALL M. NIGHT SHYAMALAN ALL THE CAREER MAKE US WHOLE AGAIN M. NIGHT SHYAYAYAAAAA

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