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53973, Rodriguez got shit on for Shark Boy and Lava Girl.
Posted by Frank Longo, Thu Apr-12-07 02:03 PM
>didn't rodriquez made lava boy or some shit? did he get shit
>on?

Yes. http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/adventures_of_shark_boy_and_lava_girl/

It got awful reviews and several reviews questioned why he'd waste his talent making this tripe.

and he made the shitty ass faculty...did he get shit on
>constantly?

Yes. http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/faculty/

It was called a ripoff of other scary movies. AND since Kevin Williamson was the "hot" horror writer at the time, Rodriguez got a lot of the blame.

>how come when other young directors make shit, people cop
>pleas like "he was experimenting"...fuck outta here

Lady in the Water was just that: a failed experiment. But when your last movie sucked as much as The Village did, you're given no room for failure.

That applies to other directors too. When you make a big money picture that fails, if your next film is an "experiment" then it better be good. Soderbergh came under a lot of fire for following Solaris with Full Frontal. Shyamalan followed The Village with Lady in the Water, a type of experiment that costs a lot of money to make, and they advertised the HELL out of it, yet it still didn't succeed the way they wanted it to. You fail with a big film, and the next one isn't a sure thing, it better better BETTER be good.

Again, the critics didn't hate M. Night until The Village, which was bad. He then followed it with an experiment, which was almost worse.

>i can't wait to see how the young hipster critics reconcile m.
>night dogg hatred and marky mark jockery for "the happening"

I would love to see M. Night direct a movie he didn't write. I think where he's slipped recently has been in large part in his writing. He's a talented director, and most reviews (even the scathing ones) say he creates a clear mood, scores some nice visuals, and has shown the capacity to do better.

I think his storytelling is fine, it's the stories he's choosing to tell that are letting him down.