This movie was definitely his redemption as far as I am concerned. His last few films were a let down to say the least and this movie could well be the next Harry Potter franchise if he makes the other three books. This first movie stayed very true to the animated series book 1 and I feel that when anyone takes on reproducing anything from comic form to real life form, they are asking for a headache. M. Night followed through with my expectations of the film and was very glad to see it and am planning to see it again.
I liked the movie, but as usual they had to leave so much from the book out that it was lacking a lot. It seemed like the movie focused more on all the budding love interests than the true heart of the movie. When the movie was first rumored in production, there was talk of splitting it in two to get everything in and I feel they should have stuck with that plan. I hear now they are splitting the last movie into two parts, so we will see if that one does the book more justice.