a very disappointed fan **Spoiler**

Rating: 2/10 (12 June 2008)

I *really* wanted to like this film; I was so excited to go. I loved The Village and enjoyed Signs. I had read the couple of early bad reviews and just figured they were haters. Alas they were right; I'm so sorry I doubted you Gregor Wossilus!
Everyone who commented on the terrible acting was right; Zooey Deschanel was MUCH worse than Wahlberg though. John Leguizamo was vastly disappointing. However Ashlyn Sanchez was pretty good.
I hated the score. It was so obtrusive in a bad 50s B grade way; dum dum dum duuuummmmm.
The foreshadowing was so overdone; ugh, that classroom scene.
The scene where the zoo keeper taunted the lions to rip off his arm was promising. I thought for one gorgeous second that Shyamalan was going to turn the film into a Return of the Living Dead-style gorefest. I laughed out loud and settled in for the ride...but no, this ridiculous scene was completely straight!
I agree with the other reviewers that the second half was eventless.
At least we had fun on the way home ripping into the film.
Bleh.