Sadako said:
M. Night approached Michael and Bryan and said 'I want to make a live-action film version of your show--my entire family loves it'. Then they proceeded to allow M. Night to also write the film, instead of doing the screenplay themselves.
You know, if he had just been director, I don't think the film would be as universally reviled.
The cinematography is not the problem, it's the writing. The script is one of the most ineloquent I've ever come across.
Some other professional writer (not necessarily Bryke) should have written it.
Sorry to go off on a tangent, I just only recently watched the film, and the script was the second biggest problem.
The first was editing.