M. Night Shyamalan is currently enjoying what has become a rarity in recent years — critical acclaim and a bonafide hit. His Fox series "Wayward Pines" has emerged as one of the highlights on the spring TV listings, and with the found footage horror "The Visit" around the corner, we could be on the cusp on a Shyamalaissance. But the director has always taken his knocks in stride, and one of the his most savagely reviewed efforts, the big screen version of the popular children's series "The Last Airbender," he says is a favorite of the intended audience.
"My child was nine-years-old. So you could make it one of two ways. You could make it for that same audience, which is what I did -- for nine and 10-year-olds -- or you could do the 'Transformers' version and have Megan Fox," the director explained about his approach to IGN. "I didn't do that. That would have felt like, 'Well, I'm going to make a movie about a kids show that my 10-year-old...
