M. Night School: Website Raises Money To Send M. Night Shyamalan Back To Film School (VIDEO)

How many people can't stand M. Night Shyamalan's films? One website is betting on 150,000.

M. Night School is a new website (and a .org at that) hoping to unite enough anti-Shyamalan fans to donate $1 each and send the maker of such gems as "The Happening" and "The Last Airbender" back to NYU's film school from whence he came.

The site pleads:

"Certainly there are 150,000 of us film lovers out there who are tired of his schlocky plot twists, canned dialogue, and over commercialized image as an 'auteur.'"

The site lets you donate to the cause as well as download M. Night School pictures and purchase swag. At the time of writing this the site has just over $230 in the kitty, so there's no telling how long it will take for them to reach their goal. Regardless of whether the site's legit or not, we couldn't help but laugh at the fact that it exists. Click over to the site and tell us what you think in the comments!

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Comments

[redmaple]

04:10 PM on 04/14/2011

I think M. Night is a misunderstoud genious.

People think he sees himself as the next Hitchcock or Spieldberg. But I think he's trying to outdo Ed Wood.

[kwyang]

12:29 PM on 04/14/2011

Where can I donate if I want to send him to Siberia where he can never touch anything film-related ever again? Better yet, where can I donate if I want to send him on a one way trip into space? Just pick a direction, any direction. It'll be better than his direction, I guarantee it.

[mszksg]

09:47 PM on 04/13/2011

Where shall I mail the check?

[Chris Fort]

02:57 PM on 04/13/2011

Personally, I'd like to see Zack Snyder go back to film school.

[Chris Fort]

02:56 PM on 04/13/2011

Well, his movies started out great but have just gradually gotten worse and worse...

[tigerianwinter]

10:24 PM on 04/13/2011

Omg, have u seen Airbender? I honestly think I have never seen movie with acting so horribly awful. There were scenes the acting was so terrible that I was actually cringing and hoping they would get better. It never happened. Why do I keep DOING this to myself?

[mfoto1986]

01:44 PM on 04/13/2011

Jeeez..... people like this are just bitter and have a different agenda to purposfully go out there in order to bring someone down. Truly sad in their part. I have a better solution for them. IF YOU DON'T LIKE HIS MOVIES, WELL DON'T FREAKING WATCH IT!!!

You see how easy that is?? LOL

[jeffyskate]

10:51 AM on 04/13/2011

Shyamalanfreude : taking delight in the demise of M. Night Shyamalan.

[Duane Hanes]

10:47 AM on 04/13/2011

Wow! I have never seen such groupthink bitterness and herd mentality. Poor little Shamalamadingdong.
Evidently Americans just love to hate...especially anything or anyone that resides just outside their narrow little comfort zone.
What a pity.

[Connor Alexander]

11:24 AM on 04/13/2011

I think the problem is that M. Night's movies don't reside outside of anyone's comfort zone. With Michael Bay, he hands you a cheeseburger and tells you it's a cheeseburger. No one expects anything else. M Night's movies are packaged as steak and lobster, but guess what? You still get a cheeseburger.

[Empire Falls]

10:04 AM on 04/13/2011

M. Night ran out case because of traveling expensive, etc.
Is he really broken genius. FLAT BROKE DURING RECESSION?!?!

Blame on youtube.

[Krisgi]

09:56 AM on 04/13/2011

How about just "Plot" and "Plausible/Unguessable Endings" classes?

[trubador1]

09:26 AM on 04/13/2011

Here's a Shamalan title you're sure to love: "The Happening," the most unintentionally hilarious horror movie you'll ever see.

[Reticent2]

09:18 AM on 04/13/2011

BACK to film school? It didn't do such a good job the first time. Sort of like sending Trump back to B school. I don't think it would make any difference.

[Rand Johnson]

08:49 AM on 04/13/2011

Even 150K won't be enough to fix this worthless man's "legacy" of treacle. Uwe Boll and Shamalamadingdong both need to be stopped, entirely. Let's use the money to send him to a trade school and use the rest to fund a true auteur so this one-trick-pony can see how it's truly done.

[JoJoRae]

02:17 PM on 04/13/2011

Uwe Boll, the horror that man has done to film. Quite sad. I just don't understand how he gets some talented actors to work with him.

[Rand Johnson]

02:52 PM on 04/13/2011

I'm pointing at my nose. ;)

[westreal]

08:44 AM on 04/13/2011

Wow. They are really taking money to send this man back to film school. LOL. Now that's embarrassing. But after seeing The Last Airbender and The Lady In The Water, I donated $3,000.

[Sad But True]

09:05 AM on 04/13/2011

Watch "The Happening" and whip out another check.

[westreal]

09:47 AM on 04/13/2011

Hey, I saw The Happening and loved it. You can't knock that movie. It could really happen.

[Cye]

07:04 AM on 04/13/2011

I was a huge fan of the Avatar cartoon series. It just told a really great story, really well. I haven't seen the Last Airbender film yet, but I have read so many reviews (by both professional critics to amateurs) and find it hard to believe that any film could be that bad!! The reviews were eviscerating!!

I find M Knight Shyamalan a bit of a 'hit and miss' director: some of his films are good, some bad. But by the sounds of it, perhaps I'll wait until the Last Airbender is available for $1 at my local DVD library.

[westreal]

08:46 AM on 04/13/2011

You should wait until you find a copy lying in the street that someone has thrown away. It's really that bad. Save your dollar.

[BestFunnyBlog]

10:03 AM on 04/13/2011

haha it's not THAT bad.. I was expecting much worse after all the reviews and comments. M.Night does have a lot of awful films though