Nervous at first
So I first found out about this movie through IMDB while it was in production and became excited to see something a little different from M. Night. However, after seeing the first trailer I immediately lost interest. But after a year I finally had enough courage to spend what little amount of money it costs to rent the film from your local video shop. Before watching the movie I prepared myself... for the worst.
Now... I would not recommend this film to any of my friends. But I will be honest. The movie was captivating and very well written. The approach of cinema-photography and script was almost brilliant in the way it captured people as caricatures. Granted the effects at time were a little cheesy, but the story had a youthful spirit. But maybe this is what happens when we face a post-modern world that requires everything to be perfect and a true reflection of reality.
Or... maybe my taste is declining.
No matter I thought the movie was worth the money and would have taken the time to see it in the theaters.
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Thursday, October 25, 2007 3:05 PM
Hi kungfu! I watched this movie almost a year ago, but I also entered into it with low expectations. I am one of the few defenders of M. Night Shyamalan, but this movie was so widely panned, I was afraid that he really might have lost his edge and whatever critical notoriety he was getting, but I also was pleasantly surprised by what I saw. Fantasy is right up my alley too, so that helped, but I thought this movie was not nearly the fiasco so many people made it out to be. I think that Shyamalan is merely getting pigeon-holed, though he tries to dig himself out of that pigeonhole (except his massive ego and other reports about his less than palatable personality don't help). It's not your taste declining; this film, I truly feel, was a victim of its circumstances.