Film wasn't that bad. If you view it relative to Shyamalans other works, definitely not as bad as it could have been.

agreed, The movie definitely has numerous flaws and I completely agree with the nepotism accusations.

still....wasnt...that...bad.

Will Smith was supposed to be uncharismatic.

It's just become popular to hate on Shaymalan, Yes, the Happening was horrible, everyone agrees...get over it.

Watched this on a plane flight. It would have been better without Jaden- can't figure out why that kid is so damn unlikeable.

"Good considering it's a Shyamalan" is the definition of 'damned by faint praise.'

and The Village, Lady in the Water, The Last Air Bender, that piece of shit about the elevator etc etc

I'm not a fan of Shyamalans work anymore, especially after the Happening (and I didn't even bother to see The Last Airbender), but the guy definitely had something special about his work. It's something that would make me a fan of his again if he returned to making films with that certain something.
I really didn't have a problem with The Village, Unbreakable, or even Lady in the Water, even though that last one I really had to try to get through. If you look at his films chronologically, that spark of different imagination slowly dwindles out until he did Airbender (the first film by someone other than himself).
Even The Happening, being the final straw for me, was still based around a topic that was insanely imaginative and interesting if it had been done in the right way. Lady in the Water had a cast of, like, 5 people, and took place entirely in one shitty apartment complex, but it was still insanely weird in that Shyamalan-way.
That aspect of his work is what made his pre-Airbender films truly unique. I guess if you're going to fail, might as well fail by doing something no one else will.

The happening is a cool movie if you remove the explanation. Like, leave it completely vague. He kills most of his movies that way.

So... next week is Walking Dead?

Signs was awesome...until the stupid ending.

Unbreakable is still awesome.