It’s funny. There are people who write me angry letters because I “hate” M. Night Shyamalan.

Hardly.

I’ve been a fan of his since before he had a single film in wide release. I was pushing THE SIXTH SENSE here on the site for almost a year before it came out. I was turned on to his writing by another writer I know, and his early scripts are still some of the best technical screenwriting I’ve ever seen.

I do think that as his skill as a director has grown, his scripts have gotten sloppier, and I wasn’t fond of either THE VILLAGE or LADY IN THE WATER at all. Beyond that, I think his behind-the-scenes hubris finally caught up with him and really hurt him this year when his new spec didn’t sell to anyone in town.

Does that mean I hate him? Nope. Not at all.

When I was writing about AVATAR: THE LAST AIRBENDER recently, I confessed how excited I am at the prospect of him adapting that property. I think it’ll be good for him as an artist to work with someone else’s characters and ideas for once.

At the same time, I always have my fingers crossed that he’s going to write another script as good as his early work. Now, thanks to El Mayimbe over at Latino Review, we have our first peek at what THE GREEN EFFECT is all about, and it sounds like a return to form for him.

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It reminds me of a great horror novel by Skipp & Spector called THE BRIDGE, and if Shyamalan really delivers on the premise, it could be a wild ride with a vital message.

Color me interested at this point, and I hope this isn’t the last we’ll hear about this project.

Drew McWeeny, Los Angeles