M. Night similarity with Carpenter

Carpenter had made better films for his first 10 pictures, with a higher overall average score than M. Night has made. The Thing is above anything Night has done and Carpenter never sank to anything as low as The Happening or TLA either. In the sense that he's gone downhill from the early part of his career then yes they're similar, but that's a staple for loads of directors.

I've been comparing these two ever since The Sixth Sense. The other similar thing is their films are paced slow. But I love both filmmakers, in spite of their flaws. And I agree with everything badado said. And as for Carpenter never falling to the Happenings low, I guess they've never seen Ghosts of Mars. But like I said I can find good things even with those films.

Carpenter never sank to anything as low as The Happening or TLA either

Body Bags
Memoirs of an Invisible Man
Village of the Damned
Escape from L.A.
Vampires
Ghosts of Mars
Pro-Life
The Ward

He was also heavily involved in Halloween II and Halloween III: Season of the Witch.

I've seen many of those films, and while being mediocre or passable (one or two) they're not as bad as The Happening or The Last Airbender. It's all personal opinion I guess, but IMDB and Metacritic tend to agree with me going by their respective ratings.

In any case I was talking about their first 10 movies, which about amounts to the whole of M Night's directorial career so far, and only one of those movies you listed happened within Carpenter's first 10. You might say it should be their first 11 movies, which would mean including Carpenter's They Live, which is something of a cult classic and has a 7.3 rating on here.

Absolutely none of those films come even close to being as bad as The Last Airbender or Lady In The Water. Carpenter's worst film is Village Of The Damned, and that's only because it sloshes on at a snails pace, whereas most of M Night's later works are completely egotistical and insulting. I'm going on a limb with my psychic powers to say you've never seen any of those films, and don't tell me you have because I'll immediately know you're just full of *beep*

La religion est fausse, mais vous êtes réel. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bpq26sPbC_4

Don't insult the great John Carpenter by comparing him with M. Night

he is a terrible screenwriter, his writing is juvenile

While both filmmakers have had their hits and misses, both financially and creatively, NOTHING M. Night has made has the cult following of films like Halloween, Escape from New York, or The Thing. The Sixth Sense is probably M. Night's most popular movie, but even that doesn't have near the following or renown of something like Big Trouble in Little China. John Carpenter's film-making legacy, in spite of its flaws, is secure. M. Night will be remembered as someone who churned out a lot of films that were financially successful because he's good at coming in at or below budget.