nice film, but....

Rating: Null/10 (8 April 2003)

After watching this movie for the first time on DVD, I came out both satisfied that I had a good movie experience, but somehow not entirely satisfied with the themes. Filming, editing and especially the music were excellent. A good movie brings you into the film and engages you, and this one does it marvellously. This is usually more evident on DVD, as one can turn off the movie if not happy after 25 minutes.
What I am not entirely satisfied with is that the 3 films, now that they are complete, is really quite shallow. Taken as separate films, they stand on their own, but if you look at the themes from the first (ghosts), 2nd (comic book heroes), and now (aliens), you begin to see how popular culture has a large part to play in the writers style. He is young and has not had enough life experience to come up with anything more than childhood ones. Quite frankly, I am getting tired of seeing his cameos and that of his relatives. I would really like to see him just direct a movie with a really good script next time.