LAMBCAST #411: M. NIGHT SHYAMALAN-A-THON

by Jay Cluitt · January 31, 2018 · Director Retrospective, Featured, LAMBcast, Podcasts · 1 Comment

It’s been a while since we’ve done a mammoth director retrospective, covering the entire career of a director with more than a handful of films. Usually we tend to cover more prestige film-makers with mostly consistent outputs, but alas that’s not the case this week.

Jay was joined by Bubbawheat and Todd for a full run through of every film M. Night Shyamalan has ever directed. Why did we do this? It’s unclear. Do we regret it? Without a doubt. But does it make for an entertaining show? Abso-twisting-lutely.

Also on tap – no rants, no raves, no game, but some thoughts on the Oscar nominees. So I guess there were some rants in the end.

00:00 Intros
02:52 Praying With Anger [SPOILERS!]
05:32 Wide Awake [SPOILERS!]
11:15 The Sixth Sense [SPOILERS!]
17:30 Unbreakable [SPOILERS!]
28:07 Signs [SPOILERS!]
36:45 The Village [SPOILERS!]
45:54 Lady in the Water [SPOILERS!]
55:48 The Happening [SPOILERS!]
66:37 The Last Airbender [SPOILERS!]
77:01 After Earth [SPOILERS!]
89:51 The Visit [SPOILERS!]
99:08 Split [SPOILERS!]
111:08 Thoughts on the Oscar nominations
119:16 Plugs
125:47 Out-takes

Show notes:
Lambcast: Worst movies
Praying with Anger on Youtube
The Sixth Sense: “I see dead people” scene
Unbreakable: given comic book scene, birth of Mr. Glass, gallery scene, gun scene
Signs: sighting scene
The Village: attack scene, woods scene, ending exposition scene
The Happeningbuilding site scene, classroom scene, running from the wind, lion mauling, lawnmower, jeep crash, talking to plants, window-smashing, teenager attack, remix
The Last Airbender: Earth-bending fight scene, CinemaWins
Split: car scene

Bubbawheat’s Plugs
Flights, Tights and Movie Nights
FilmWhys
Channel: Superhero

Todd’s Plugs
Channel: Superhero – Batman, Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers
Forgotten Filmz
Forgotten Filmcast: #101 Brain Donors
Walt Sent Me

Jay’s Plugs:
Life Vs Film
To The Escape Hatch – Inception scene
Milfcast Tournament of Champions

LAMB Plugs:
LAMB Devours the Oscars announcement post, roster
Lambscores: The Rest of 2017
Acting School 101: Joseph Gordon-Levitt introduction
Directors Chair: Werner Herzog introduction
February’s MOTM announcement

The show can be found, of course, via iTunes – just do a search for “LAMBcast.” Also, I always post a link to the show on the LAMBcast’s Facebook page, and there’s a player there if you’d like to listen online. Find the show here: https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/lambcast/episodes/2018-01-31T12_10_07-08_00. Shows will eventually make their way to the LAMBcast Archives. If you’d ever like to catch up on back episodes, go there. If you’re interested, you too can be a LAMBcaster – we love new blood! For more information on the LAMBcast, check out the topic at the LAMB Forums. Music provided royalty-free by Kevin MacLeod’s Incompetech website. Big thanks to Kevin for providing this service. Opening song by Cake. The LAMBcast loves feedback, too – if you’d like yours read on a future show, leave it in the comments section at the LAMB. Please visit and like our Facebook page, and finally, we’re on iTunes, and would still love a review, even if it’s a bad one. Thanks for listening!

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