But those reviews? They really weren’t kind. The film’s Rotten Tomato score currently sits at 8%, easily one of the lowest aggregated totals of the year, and more and more people seem to be openly wondering whether the days of M Night Shyamalan as a director to watch out for are long gone. When Shyamalan asked if “are you saying in general that they didn’t dig it?”, Vulture put the following to him: “In general, no. Roger Ebert, who liked The Happening, did not. The first line of his review is, “The Last Airbender is an agonizing experience in every category that I can think of and others still waiting to be invented.” How do you react to something like that? “I don’t know what to say to that stuff. I bring as much integrity to the table as humanly possible. It must be a language thing, in terms of a particular accent, a storytelling accent. I can only see it this certain way and I don’t know how to think in another language. I think these are exactly the visions that are in my head, so I don’t know how to adjust it without being me. It would be like asking a painter to change to a completely different style. I don’t know.” That explains it, then. “I wrote the first draft of the second movie”, he revealed, “and I was really happy with it. Usually the first drafts I hate, I want to just kill myself, but it came out really strong. That’s as far as I’ve gone. I haven’t really thought about how I would construct the third [movie] too much”. Paramount is set to decide whether or not to commission The Last Airbender 2 before the end of the year. We’ll keep you posted. In the meantime, Vulture’s piece is here.
title: “M Night Shyamalan On Last Airbender Reviews Sequel” ShowToc: true date: “2025-07-25” author: “Leann Hosler”
But those reviews? They really weren’t kind. The film’s Rotten Tomato score currently sits at 8%, easily one of the lowest aggregated totals of the year, and more and more people seem to be openly wondering whether the days of M Night Shyamalan as a director to watch out for are long gone. When Shyamalan asked if “are you saying in general that they didn’t dig it?”, Vulture put the following to him: “In general, no. Roger Ebert, who liked The Happening, did not. The first line of his review is, “The Last Airbender is an agonizing experience in every category that I can think of and others still waiting to be invented.” How do you react to something like that? “I don’t know what to say to that stuff. I bring as much integrity to the table as humanly possible. It must be a language thing, in terms of a particular accent, a storytelling accent. I can only see it this certain way and I don’t know how to think in another language. I think these are exactly the visions that are in my head, so I don’t know how to adjust it without being me. It would be like asking a painter to change to a completely different style. I don’t know.” That explains it, then. “I wrote the first draft of the second movie”, he revealed, “and I was really happy with it. Usually the first drafts I hate, I want to just kill myself, but it came out really strong. That’s as far as I’ve gone. I haven’t really thought about how I would construct the third [movie] too much”. Paramount is set to decide whether or not to commission The Last Airbender 2 before the end of the year. We’ll keep you posted. In the meantime, Vulture’s piece is here.
