Aizea

Why is it such a hilarious example? I understand he isn't Stanley Kubrick, but it was actually quite a good example as his movies almost always have some plot twist. Of course, at this point they can almost be predicted, which is exactly the opposite effect of what you would want from a plot twist.

So yes, has his career become laughable in relation to his inability to make any movie that isn't that different from The Sixth Sense - yes, most certainly. However, as an example of someone who has been successful creating movies that predominantly revolve around plot twists, it is actually a very good example.

Plus, the Sixth Sense was actually good the first time I watched it.

You're post is fallacious. The red herring you give us of whether M. Night Shyamalan is a good director or not has nothing to do with the fact that this movies almost always have some plot twist at the end and illustrate the point that a plot twist is actually something that can be a desirable part of a story.

I was simply pointing out that plot twists aren't a bad thing as the previous poster suggested when he pointed out that the plot seemed fragmented simply to be given a final "aha!" moment at the end.

Of course, I suppose movies like Pulp Fiction also are bad simply because they have a fragmented story that doesn't follow a normal "beginning to end" type of plot line.

See, you can try and turn the argument away from what we are actually talking about by criticizing the example I used, but you still fail to actually post anything meaningful about the argument presented, which is fallacious.

And that is a bad thing? M. Night Shyamalan has made quite a living making stories that do the exact same thing, to just mention one person.

So is this just another whining thread..?

Protip: no matter how much you whine, nobody here can do anything about it.