M Night Shyamalan Analysis

M. Night Shyamalan is known for his epic plot twists, and for producing hit or miss films, as said by critics and fans alike. On January 20th, 2017 “Split” was released to the public. “Split” has an easy plot to follow, a young man kidnaps three teen girls and locks them in his creepy cellar-prison. However this young man is more than what meets the eye. His name is Kevin and he suffers from dissociative identity disorder, or split personality disorder. Prior to the film’s release, the hype for Shyamalan’s newest film was colossal. For myself, I recall seeing advertisements for it everywhere. On every major social media platform (Twitter, Facebook, etc.) the trailer was being shared over and over again. Loads of attention being given to an

The audience could connect more with the heroine if we were made to go through the same thought process instead of being shown only a small section of all that Kevin contains within him. Even more disappointing? How relatively straightforward this film was. When I see M. Night. Shyamalan credited on a motion picture, i’m expecting to be on the edge of my seat, waiting for that big “Wait WHAT!?” moment and the “Aha! It all makes sense now” coming after. Yet with “Split” I found myself doing a head nod after each scene, paired with an internal “This is going to lead to that next. Got it.” The beautifully constructed confusion was missing from inside me. Inescapably, there is bound to be “oddball” scenes in a horror-thriller. For example, when the “Beast”, the final and by far scariest personality of Kevin emerges and goes crawling on a train station ceiling. I found myself laughing uncontrollably at this, it came so suddenly and was just utterly out of place. In another instance Beast is clinging to cell bars and flashes his crazy eyes paired with bared teeth.