A family living on a farm finds mysterious crop circles in their fields which suggests something more frightening to come.

Rating: 10/10 (17 December 2011)

I absolutely love this movie. I first saw it when I was young and I must watch it once every four months. It gets better every time I watch it, and I pick up on things. First off, the story sets itself up to be suspenseful, and one wrong turn could have ruined that. But Shyamalan knew better back then. He teases the audience with suspense, showing us something very quickly, or in the corner of our eye. He knows what he's doing, and it works perfectly. The acting in this movie is phenomenal, and many scenes move me to tears every time I watch it. The direction and writing is amazing, there is a couch scene where Mel Gibson and Joaquin Phoenix have a ten minute conversation, and it holds you so deeply. SPOILERS Lots of people who saw this movie didn't like it because they were expecting a horror movie. THIS IS NOT A HORROR MOVIE. This is a moving, emotional, suspense movie that is focused on story, acting, cinematography. This is an amazing movie if you can appreciate those things. It's not an Independence Day movie, and thank gosh for it. This movie focuses on one family and puts you through the emotions and fears that they are feeling. I repeat, an amazing movie all together. Another thing that annoys me is people are always talking about how stupid it was that water killed the aliens. People are always saying, why did the aliens come to earth if it's covered in water? Okay, maybe the aliens had never come into contact with water before and didn't know it could harm them. Or maybe they did know, but earth was the only planet around with the kind of resources they needed. The movie's not about the aliens anyway, it's about a man regaining his faith. Watch this movie with those thoughts in mind and you may have a different response than you did before.