Is M. Night Shyamalan's career pretty much dead?

After Earth has scored a resounding 12% on Rotten Tomatoes, which isn't a surprise looking at his previous 4-5 or so films.  Has the once-promising director lost his creative touch? Does anyone think he can make a good movie ever again? 

I know this is jumping the gun pretty quick as he probably still has some years left of his career but it really does seem like he may be done.  Even if this movie does make money, nobody will want to see a movie with this guy attached after seeing how bad his latest with Will Smith and son was. 

He may have passed his prime, but we will find out all in good time.

I hope so.

2 good movies then crap.

And he ruined the film of one of my favorite series.

the reviews i've read about After Earth is mostly ad-hominem to M. Night and Will smith. all i can say is WTF.

It's budget was 130 million and so far made it near 10 million in the box office.:|

It's budget was 130 million and so far made it near 10 million in the box office.:|

mitu123

It's budget was 130 million and so far made it near 10 million in the box office.:|

mitu123

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It's budget was 130 million and so far made it near 10 million in the box office.:|

heeweesRus

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It's budget was 130 million and so far made it near 10 million in the box office.:|

heeweesRus

[QUOTE="mitu123"]

It's budget was 130 million and so far made it near 10 million in the box office.:|

Guppy507

Honestly I think the only reason he lasted this long is because he has a name that sounds dark and mysterious and cool when the voiceover artist says it. If his name was Marvin Somethingstein I don't think he'd have gotten so far on what talent he has.XilePrincess

[QUOTE="XilePrincess"]Honestly I think the only reason he lasted this long is because he has a name that sounds dark and mysterious and cool when the voiceover artist says it. If his name was Marvin Somethingstein I don't think he'd have gotten so far on what talent he has.Hallenbeck77

After Earth has scored a resounding 12% on Rotten Tomatoes, which isn't a surprise looking at his previous 4-5 or so films.  Has the once-promising director lost his creative touch? Does anyone think he can make a good movie ever again? 

I know this is jumping the gun pretty quick as he probably still has some years left of his career but it really does seem like he may be done.  Even if this movie does make money, nobody will want to see a movie with this guy attached after seeing how bad his latest with Will Smith and son was. 

Tigerman950

Honestly I think the only reason he lasted this long is because he has a name that sounds dark and mysterious and cool when the voiceover artist says it. If his name was Marvin Somethingstein I don't think he'd have gotten so far on what talent he has.XilePrincess

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It's budget was 130 million and so far made it near 10 million in the box office.:|

Hallenbeck77

Will Smith was crazy for letting M.Night direct After Earth. Ruined the movie and Will Smith/Jaden Smiths good name. M Night is a a fvcking disgrace and should be banned permanently from making movies in Hollywood. Even his beginning movies were pretty boring except few twists n turns, he was always a overated director.

This director duo should be booted out from Hollywood Uwe Boll and M.Night.

[QUOTE="XilePrincess"]Honestly I think the only reason he lasted this long is because he has a name that sounds dark and mysterious and cool when the voiceover artist says it. If his name was Marvin Somethingstein I don't think he'd have gotten so far on what talent he has.Hallenbeck77

When I saw the first trailer at the cinema I thought to myself that it was an interesting concept, and I had no idea that it was Shymalan's movie until the title of this thread.

I'm glad I didn't see it.

Kind of tragic, really (as far as cinema tragedies go anyways).

Started out really solid and is now getting closer and closer to the bottom of the barrel every time he directs a new movie. Kind of feel sorry for him.

Unfortunately, by the looks of it.

I dont know why but i get a knee jerk reaction that his movies are crap and it is hard to get rid of such impressions once it is there

Didn't know he was involved with After Earth.  D=

Oh well I did like Signs.

Unbreakable was his last great film. He's been dropping the ball ever since and I'm not sure why.thebest31406

[QUOTE="thebest31406"]Unbreakable was his last great film. He's been dropping the ball ever since and I'm not sure why.Pete-B

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[QUOTE="thebest31406"]Unbreakable was his last great film. He's been dropping the ball ever since and I'm not sure why.thebest31406

He just needs to stop doing big budget Hollywood films.SaintLeonidas

It's budget was 130 million and so far made it near 10 million in the box office.:|

mitu123

I am sad to see Will Smith's new movie doing poorly.  He's gotta be the coolest dad ever playing in all these movies with his son.

InEMplease

Looks like the Smiths have pulled in only $27 million and opened at the #3 spot.  It's a huge blow to both Will and Sony.  They're hoping to make its money back when it opens overseas, but judging by how a lot of the reviews say the movie is boring, I think it's has an uphill battle ahead to meet expectations financially.

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It's budget was 130 million and so far made it near 10 million in the box office.:|

soulless4now

agree completely. will's fault and foolery for trusting that peice of shit's direction vision and investing millions on it.  

His only decent movie was 7th Sense, and even then it was very predictable and not that great.

[QUOTE="XilePrincess"]Honestly I think the only reason he lasted this long is because he has a name that sounds dark and mysterious and cool when the voiceover artist says it. If his name was Marvin Somethingstein I don't think he'd have gotten so far on what talent he has.Hallenbeck77

It's been awhile since I've enjoyed a movie he was behind :(

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It's budget was 130 million and so far made it near 10 million in the box office.:|

indzman

agree completely. will's fault and foolery for trusting that peice of shit's direction vision and investing millions on it.  

It's been dead

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[QUOTE="soulless4now"]Will Smith should've seen this coming. Shamalama's last movie before that was The Last Airbender and that was unwatchable! soulless4now

agree completely. will's fault and foolery for trusting that peice of shit's direction vision and investing millions on it.  

Well MIB3 is a comedy in how laughably medicore it is. I'd say it's better than two at the very least but even that's not saying much for it.

I remember when his name was being used to sell a film. I didn't see his name in any ads I saw for this one so yea, his career is certainly heading in a bad direction albeit probably not dead just yet. This movie could still make some money regardless of critic reception.