Todd’s Movie Blog

If you go by all of the critics, M. Night Shymalan’s career is over, the final nail in the coffin being his new film The Last Airbender, which garnered a Rotten Tomato rating of 7% (Ouch!).  I haven’t seen reviews this scathing since Freddie Got Fingered.  On the other hand, according to Box Office Mojo, it’s weekend gross was over $40 million, putting it at number two behind the new Twilight movie for the weekend.  Whether or not this will turn out to be Shymalan’s third and final strike out at the box office depends on how the film produces over the long haul.  $40 million is a good start, but it has to do over $157 million just to break even.  Word of mouth isn’t good right now.