They should have flat-lined this project and started over

Rating: 3/10 (13 July 2009)

This movie is 4 plot lines and 8 plot devices, but none of them are well-connected. Its like a 6-hour movie was made and with 4 hours cut the remainder does not hold together. If you see the movie, ask yourself these questions: 1-who are the Strangers and why have they bothered to come here; 2-how were folks "chosen" to hear the Strangers, and why; 3-why did it matter at all that Caleb wore a hearing aid, and if it did not matter then why put it in the movie at all; 4-what if anything did the polished black stones mean to the story; 5-why did it matter that Nicholas Cage had parents and a sister and that he was estranged from his dad for unknown reasons; 6-how did Lucinda know about the all the future events, why did she have this foresight and why didn't it matter to the overall story; 7-why was Lucinda's daughter played as annoying and constantly hysterical, such that her fate was a relief to the viewer; and 8-etc. Put this on your Avoid list.