Well, M. Night Shyamalan’s The Happening made $30 million at the box office this weekend despite reviews usually saved for a Uwe Boll movie (Rotten Tomatoes: 20 percent). Critics hate him. They really hate him.
Still, Shyamalan isn’t concerned because people just don’t get him. Not yet:
So if The Happening makes a billion dollars, we will be happy for the producers but I am not going to be loved any more or any less. When Unbreakable or The Village came out, the same thing happened. My movies don’t get acclaim the day they come. I have to wait longer.
That’s what he told Time Out London. Other than the obvious observation that most people still hate The Village, we’ve learned that Shyamalan has same out look on his legacy as does a certain president.
History will be the judge of an administration and I — when you make tough decisions like I have had to make, you obviously ruffle some feathers and I can understand why people would disagree with some of the decisions I made.
That was George W. Bush from FOX News Sunday in February. Bush may have a little more ground to stand on than Mr. Shyamalan, though. The president’s still getting a 28 percent on the Tomatometer.
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