Creepy and Intelligent, a good movie..

Rating: 6/10 (4 August 2002)

I am a huge M. Night Shymalan fan. I think he is such a great director. It bothers me to hear such bad remarks about this movie, only because people expect WAY too much from movies nowadays and it seems like with EVERY MOVIE there are always people that complain about how bad the movie is. I mean if you look in here on IMDB and look under the comments from people on your personal favorite movies, I can almost bet you that you will find some that don't like the movies. I've checked my five favorite movies of last year and the five oscar nominees and all of them have TONS of bad reviews of them, and I don't know why. But, I really enjoyed this movie, the feel of it, the look of it and to be simple: It was VERY scary.
**Warning: Minor Spoilers ahead, please don't read if you dont want to know some key elements of the film, I dont want to spoil it for you**
-Ok, first of all, if you want to see a film that shows guys chasing aliens around back and forth and so on, go see "MEN IN BLACK", because in this movie, the scariest parts are when you don't see the aliens.
-One of my favorite parts in this movie, was probably the scariest part in the movie. Its the "video birthday party" scene. The reason why this part is so scary is because it seems so real. The look on the children's faces look frightened beyond belief and the camera moves just like an actual video taped segment. This scene was so creepy, its one of my favorites in the film.

I like how M.Night does NOT pander to the audience. He doesn't show us too much so we get sick of it, he shows us just enough, wanting more. If I can make one point of critique, I would ask that there were more scenes in the cornfield and the aliens, I enjoyed it so much, I wanted a little bit more, but all in all, this was a solid good movie. I am such a big M. Night Fan. He rules. (And he was good in his role. Good Actor too)

8/10
THANKS!