[edelweiss]

Agreeing that bad acting is bad acting no matter what. Check out the little girl who played the title role in the French film Ponette. That's stunning stuff from a four year old!

A bad script and bad directing can honestly be improved by a great actor. A bad actor can be compelled to better acting by a great director. A bad actor and a mediocre director on top of a bad script is a no win situation. I think the decent child acting in The Sixth sense was entirely on Osment and had nothing to do with Shyamalan. Same for the acting in all of Shyamalen's other films. I think he has good concepts and ideas but the execution is only as good as he casts it. It's possible that I while I liked the concept and look of Unbreakable, surely most of my enjoyment was some fine acting from Willis and Jackson.

I don't think anyone expects people to act like the cartoon characters they portray. People expect differences. Batman has been produced in all mediums numerous times but certainly nobody expects the animated versions to be live-acted out in the same fashion. People still hate the badly done productions and cheer on the good ones.