I actually walked out

Rating: 2/10 (14 June 2008)

I can't even begin to tell you what a disappointment this latest from M Night was to me. I had started looking forward to it months back when I saw the first trailer, as I have been a follower of his stuff since the Sixth Sense. I actually DID like The Village, and was OK with Lady in the Water- though I have to admit, it seems that each movie was less than the other as they were progressively made. But this- this was a really bad nightmare that I kept expecting to wake up from. In fact, at one point I had even hoped part of the scenario of the movie was that it WAS a bad nightmare- but alas, this nose-dive never pulled back up again. It was as though this was some spoof- not at all like Shyamalan's style to me- no intrigue, no twists or turns, and some of the WORST acting I've ever seen. Course, I felt a few misgivings when I saw the other Wahlberg being the star of this one- but I guess I felt like Shyamalan could work wonders or something. NOT. There were maybe two scenes that actually held any of the trademark Shyamalan humor - and the "suicidal" stuff you see in the trailers that looks like it will be scary, just ends up being as anti-climatic as the rest of the movie. What happened? is all I kept asking. I was ready to walk out within 30 mins or so, but kept hanging on to see if SOMETHING anything would happen to make it get better. It didn't. I just keep thinking- WOW. What a waste from a guy that could bring something like 6th sense and Signs, to get to this. And this my friends, was a joke. Don't waste your money at the movie theater- and really, don't waste your time with the DVD either.