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"Those" directors: A.K.A. The "bait and switch directors"

Remember the film trailer that looked cool, but ended up being a total garbage film? Yes, we have all walked into these pimping traps before. Trailers take the best scenes and try to make the film took exciting and worth watching. And how about "that" director who somehow always manages to sucker you into giving him/her another chance. In this in-depth Bitter Balcony living-room investigation, we will uncover this intriguing mystery:

M. Knight Shyamalan. Once the trailer for "The Six Sense" aired we wanted to see it. We were intrigued by the mystery hinted at in "The Sixth Sense" and happy when the film delivered. Awesome! For the most part "Unbreakable" also delivered. Some would say that Shyamalan knew what he was doing, but Bitter Balcony’s JAS was skeptical and wondered if every mystery would pay off. No, because Shyamalan clearly has become a prime example of what a "bait and switch director" is all about. The trailer reaches out to you, you hope it will be a good $9+ well spent, but leave disappointed.

Yeah, I got majorly Joed, too. You got to thank my man JAS for making a movie I knew would suck worth seeing because of the expectation of sucking. This man should be teaching the subtle art of reverse psychology. Well, JAS has a lot of harsh words more painful than the nanotermites injected in cobra vipers, so I let him put this poor horse to sleep. For what it's worth, the movie managed to meet my low expectations.