And I thought MNS movies couldn't get any worse...

Rating: 1/10 (16 June 2008)

MNS has had such a declining quality in his movies. "The Sixth Sense" was surprisingly really good. But after that, there was "Signs" that had more plot loopholes than swiss cheese. And "The Village" was partially ripped from a 5th grade book written in 1997 (check it out, it's called "Running Out of Time" by Margaret Peterson Haddix). After that, I swore off his movies. And now, a few years later, I decide to give the guy the benefit of the doubt. Maybe he's done better. Maybe not. I'll be honest the previews looked like it was going to be a good film.
The whole time I was watching that movie I wanted to rip my shoe off and throw it at the screen. The acting was so incredibly insincere. The dialog was obscenely bland and unrealistic. Even if Jack Nicholson was in the movie (God help him if he was) it would still be sub-par. Mark Wahlberg and Zooey Deschanel probably were trying to make that movie better, but it's just not possible when there's not much to work with when the characters themselves are as deep as an ashtray.
As for the plot, well, I must admit watching people kill themselves was fascinating, but the way it was presented was just really for shock-value. And I really REALLY didn't think M. Night would stoop that low. And, as I'm trying not to make too much of a spoiler, while something "happened," it seemed like NOTHING REALLY HAPPENED. Nada. Zip. The plot literally hits a brick wall like, halfway through. And then everything starts turning into a joke midway through the movie. It's impossible to take the movie seriously. And then at the end it tries to use the "stuff that can't be explained" and "global warming" excuse. That film made ME want to kill myself.