A Decent But Not Spectacular Movie

Rating: 7/10 (20 January 2019)

22 March 2009. This movie is above average because it appears to deliberately avoid the most obvious movie clichés but just can't completely ignore the screaming, emotionally wrought female scenes nor the male drinking phenomenon of stereotypical movies. The movie also panders to the audience's sensibilities of movie disaster special effects which are designed to make the audience go ooh and awe and almost succeed, though "The Aviator" (2004) has a much more potent, in your seat and pants accident scene. For some people, this movie is likely to be somewhat predictable like later Director Shyamalan movies such as "The Village" (2004). This movie is also supposedly a "bittersweet" family drama with a twist (that supposedly must not be revealed) that is supposed to make this movie more European, breaking the American style, for which it can be given a few bonus points. The connection between the eerie prediction sequences and the ending are alas not really tied up and seem more manipulative. Overall, this is a decent, but not really original nor qualitatively expressive movie of deep meaning, even though the script would have you believe otherwise. 7/10.