Shyamalan does it again...blows it that is!

Rating: 1/10 (13 October 2008)

I continue to have a morbid curiosity when it comes to Shyamalan films. I find it hard to fathom how a filmmaker that could make such an incredible film like "The Sixth Sense" came proceed to make five terrible films in a row after wards. I didn't think it would be possible to make a more disappointing, pathetic film than "The Village", but he manages to 'surpass' what I thought was already insurmountable incompetence.
There are so many terrible moments in the film, I don't even know where to begin. Walberg talking to the plant, the man feeding his arms to the lion, the 'crazy' lady who lives alone, the shameful failed attempt at melodrama while our two lovers talk to one another through the pipe... These are just some of the really bad moments of the film...the bad ones fill the rest of the time.
WHAT WAS HE THINKING? Who makes a film where you can never see that antagonist? The problem seems to be that, miraculously, Shyamalan's head is still big from his one hit a decade ago. The feedback he gets from the professionals has been tepid at best, yet he chooses not to listen. When the studio questioned the weakness of "Lady in the Water", instead of taking the advice to heart, he proceeded to make a lousy script his way...into a lousy movie. How many failures does it take before you admit you should be listening to others that are better at something than you?