Shyamalan should have given this concept more time... You will be disappointed for sure.

Rating: 3/10 (11 June 2008)

One thing that really pleased me is the fact that this was released in Iceland, 2 days before it's gonna be released in the USA. We're getting your films earlier than you America :)
But on to the movie. While it is indeed entertaining in some ways it failed to please me. If I were to be thorough I'd have to write spoilers, I'm not going to. This movie has the unattainable goal of letting the viewer fill in the blanks. While that idea is neat what you are left with are way too many questions. Sure, that's a neat idea to go with BUT a neat idea like that has to be backed up with quality acting throughout the entire movie and there were scenes that didn't seem to have been given much thought. I also feel Shyamalan was a bit confused as to what kind of film he was writing. It was a mixture of material that just didn't work well together. There were many awkward moments and I can't say it's a very good film. However, the main concept was very exciting. I wish he'd taken more time to write and let the idea evolve. I like Shyamalan.. this just wasn't good enough for his standards. Feels like he was in a rush in completing this film.
Again, I hate I can't go into detail. But I think this one is something you're better off renting at the video store.
Edit: Spoilers start here ********************************
I wasn't going to give anything away but I feel I have to. But please stop reading if you haven't seen this film. The dialog of this movie is very bad. The acting is worse but I think it comes down to the casting. I love Mark Wahlberg but this movie just wasn't made for him, at least his performance was very weird. The screenplay was annoying.. There were awkward moments and even a product placement in the worst movie scene I've seen for years. Red haired lady picks up her phone and says "Hey, look what my sister sent me". Those of you who have seen the movie know what I'm talking about. What a bad actress and a bad scene.
What I liked about this movie was the basic idea. Plants releasing deadly fumes and contacting one another, engaging in an extermination of mankind. That for me was very interesting. But for every moment of suspense (or what was suppose to be suspense) there was bad acting which killed the moment. Words that were coming out of the actors' mouths were just silly and the storytelling, to be blunt, bad.
However, one thing I've not heard many people talk about is the idea that the audience should put the pieces to together themselves. A lot of people (including myself) were disappointed that you're left with no answers but I don't think Shyamalan left everything in mid air for no reason. Throughout the movie there's talk about probability and some math equations and how an experiment is conducted - starting with a hypothesis and putting things together to see the whole picture. I think that was a subtle message to the viewer - he should put the pieces together. But, that being said. I still think there was too much nonsense going on there. Too many unnecessary scenes. Like the red neck army guys, what was that?
And oh, oh, oh... Did I see a boom mic when Wahlberg held his plastic wine?
There was talk about how we as human beings send out energy according to how we feel and that it could be picked up. This might explain why the plants behaved the way they did when our heroes decided they were not going to die without being together (and sacrificing the little girl (oh my, what an awful scene)). There were definitely messages in that movie that the average viewer does not pick up. But still... This movie flopped completely. I feel bad for Shyamalan because I think The Sixth Sense, The Village and Signs were all very good films.
As I said before... Interesting, neat idea but I honestly think George Lucas could have done better, even if all the plants had been CGI.