I'm offended

Rating: 10/10 (15 August 2002)

I am the kind of person that gets offended and annoyed by other people's ignorance and stupidity. I read many of the reviews given by other IMDb users before seeing this movie, and frankly I'm kind of mad. Some people were saying that this movie has a ridiculous ending which ruined the movie. Some said it was Shyamalan's worst film yet. It seems like these people don't understand the movie.
Everyone should agree that the performances were great, especially the kids. Abigail Breslin and Rory Culkin were brilliantly casted and fit their characters. Joaquin Phoenix had a really funny character and did a good job providing the comic relief, and of course Mel Gibson was great.
Everyone should know by now that the movie is about a former reverend who has lost his faith after the death of his wife and lives with his brother and two kids who have found what seem to be crop circles on their property, right? Good.
Now the important part...
*POSSIBLE SPOILERS*
Do you remember the movie about the lovable farmer/Vietnam vet/shrimp boat captain/probably a lot of other stuff played by Tom Hanks? Of course you do, it's Forrest Gump. And do you remember the meaning of that movie - how he was trying to figure out if there was a God and if everything has a meaning and is meant to happen? Well in case you didn't know, this movie had the same meaning, and the same plot.
M. Night Shyamalan just decided to mix that plot with an alien invasion rather than a mentally disabled farmer/Vietnam vet/shrimp boat captain/probably a lot of other stuff. Shyamalan felt like scaring everyone again, something that he is very good at and did a very good job at with this movie. For the people who thought the aliens looked cheesy and ruined the movie, how else do you think they should look? Shyamalan found something that everyone fears and brought it to the big screen in a very realistic way based on what people have thought aliens looked like and what an invasion would be like. If you thought he should have left the appearance of the aliens to your imagination, he left something more important to the audience's and the characters' imagination... the actual invasion. He wanted you to feel like you were there. Also, without the aliens just leaving, there would have had to be a big war or the end of the world, and without one of the aliens threatening the characters you would have felt ripped off. If you didn't want to feel ripped off, you would have to show the alien when it threatened the characters. Personally I think an invisible alien would be the worst thing you could do. It was very interesting how the plot developed and how it showed the different details that turned out to have an impact at the end of the movie, and it was touching to see Mel Gibson's character re-gain his faith at the end. The ending was by no means ridiculous and surely didn't ruin it.

10/10... Without hesitation!