How to Ruin Your Potential | The Downfall of M Night Shyamalan

The filmmaker M Night Shyamalan has had a long and varied career as a filmmaker, writer, and director over the last three decades. But his career is very unique in that his first large films were some of his most acclaimed and over the years he has progressively gotten worse and worse with his newest film "Trap" being one of the worst films I have ever seen (though Josh Hartnett did his best to make it work). But this goes beyond a bad plot or issues on set, there is a systematic failure of M Night Shyamalan's writing and directing that has progressively gotten worse to the point where now as audience members we go in watching his films expecting for them to be bad but hoping one day he will return to his previous form of making high quality and emotionally poignant films - just to be let down again.... and with his upcoming film "Remain" with Jake gyllenhaal I think it's time to analyze these issues so we can save ourselves from wasting more time watching these films as they get worse and worse. But why is this really happening? In this video we will dissect his career and largest films to look at what has changed and why. We will look over his old collaborators, actors, plots, and themes to analyze why his early films were so effective and beloved and why he was refereed to as an auteur and why he has gotten to a point to where he is making films that feel amateur. If you have ever wondered why his films sparked powerful emotions but now leave audiences feeling flat or frustrated with a lack of logic and character development this is the video for you. We will dig into his early films like "The Sixth Sense", "Unbreakable", and "Signs" and compare them to his later films like "The Happening", "Old" and "Trap" to see what has changed. Are these issues in his films a new development or were these problems there from the start? Prepare to pull apart his career and connections to find that there were always cracks that slowly widened into the massive chasms that plague his work today leaving plot holes that we are unable to ignore by analyzing scenes, characters, motivations, and more. Whether you're a fan or not this video will illuminate the many issues of M Night Shyamalans career and give answers you have been searching for. Subscribe now and hit the notification bell to join us on more investigations just like this one.   / jacobdesio     / jacob_desio   Follow me on Tiktok and Instagram (@jacob_desio) #mysteryunveiled #HistoricalInvestigation #kubrick #movie #moviefacts