10 Directors Who Didn't Understand Their Own Movies

5. M. Night Shyamalan - Glass

It's fair to say that M. Night Shyamalan has been accused of misunderstanding his own movies in the past - especially with his shockingly inept blockbuster dud The Last Airbender.

But when it came to Glass, the lower-budget superhero drama felt far more within the director's wheelhouse, especially given the audience fondness for Unbreakable and his comeback-cementing Split.

And yet, the end result was hugely divisive with fans and critics, who especially decried Shyamalan's usual folly - a third-act divergence into deeply unsatisfying nonsense.

By casually killing all three central characters in utterly unremarkable fashion, Shyamalan proved he had no idea what audiences wanted, or what dramatically served the characters themselves.

This was further confirmed in a recent interview with the filmmaker following Glass' release, where he not only admitted that the movie's bad reviews made him cry, but that he felt victimised by them. Shyamalan asked, "Will they never let me be different without throwing me on the garbage pile?"

And though Shyamalan is unquestionably a singular visionary director, that he feels cheated by the reception to Glass demonstrates a sure lack of understanding about his own characters, story and even the universe that he created with this trilogy.

Seeing David Dunn (Bruce Willis) unceremoniously drowned in a puddle is not what most fans had in mind when Glass was announced.