The Green Effect - Effective & Another Step for M. Night towards infamy as a Writer, Director, Producer

Rating: 8/10 (1 September 2008)

I was caught up from the beginning and shocked by what I saw. The behaviors of the people and the 'green effects' were by far one of the more original things I've seen in a long time which is usually the case with M. Night. I like the full blown involvement he shows to his works and it shows in this follow-up to the box office let down but not total disappoint of "The Lady in the Water" which I found cute and a perfect bedtime story. Disney didn't care for it, but what do they know.
The story did end more abruptly than I wished and showed possible sequel elements but since I've not seen a sequel from M. Night, it won't be Happening I am sure.
I see the pans of the film and I see how critical people can be if something isn't spoon fed to them by the pacifier-ridden audiences of the new generation and even older generation.
Take it for what it is, what is shows, enjoy what it offers, let your imagination wander along with the story and forget about what it is SUPPOSED to be and how YOU would direct it, etc. Just enjoy it.
I AM liberal in the sense that if I find worth in a movie, I will rate it accordingly to how it made me feel and how I felt after the movie and by this, I rate it as something you should view or at least rent, if not own.
Depth was not involved, almost like other movies like "Cloverfield", where every single detail isn't defined for you but this doesn't bother me but does apparently bother others. I am a person who likes to view snippets of time, life, and imagination and doesn't need book and Hollywood endings to bring me to climax. I learned how to do that in Junior High by myself.
Perhaps those that pan so vehemently should learn the same. Don't judge a movie by such intricacies but yet an overall feeling that it evokes. If none, then it is fair to raise your opinion, but to use industry jargon and motives just don't do well for most viewers.
By the way, you will see that most of the comments I make are about movies I like. I WILL pan movies I don't like but seldom spend the energy to do so and leave it to the star ratings mostly. Perhaps some should do the same.
Good movie. Great originality. Good presentation. Shocking. Leaves you begging for more and by the covers I've seen of DVD releases, there is an HOUR more of footage possible? Cannot wait to see if true. Perhaps it might fill in some gaps for those that didn't like.
Check the movie out. You will enjoy it. Not the film of the century, but it can be liked.