6. M. Night Shyamalan
If tomorrow, M. Night Shyamalan announced he would never make a film again, then you would probably hear a collective 'Meh' from the world. If however he stopped making a film after his first few, the world would be up in arms demanding that he continue. M. Night Shyamalan is a rare scenario; his breakthrough first film (sorry, we are not including Rosie O'Donnell vehicle Wide Awake nor the finding yourself road trip flick Praying with Anger here) The Sixth Sense was incredible, not good, or very good but absolutely fantastic. Riding on a high, he then made Unbreakable, which was very good, then came Signs which was good and then The Village that was average, then Lady in the Water which was poor, then The Happening which is AWFUL and finally The Last Airbender, which is simply soul destroying. If anybody on WhatCulture! wants to do a best to worse article on him, it wouldnt take too much time or effort - it is quite literally a slide from amazing to terrible. After Earth provides a glimmer of hope in a declining career for Shyamalan, but in world that has already seen way too much of Will Smiths children and with a trailer that gives away the twist, nobody should hold their breath for too long for this knock down, cut price version of Avatar/10,000 BC (both of which already have their critics). Maybe TV is the answer for him, the upcoming Wayward Pines written and directed by Shyamalan sounds good; A Secret Service agent goes to Wayward Pines, Idaho in search of two federal agents who have gone missing in the bucolic town. He soon learns that he may never get out of Wayward Pines alive. Or maybe that just sounds a bit too close to Twin Peaks.
Best Film: The Sixth Sense (1999)
Most Recent Travesty: The Last Airbender (2010)