Brilliant and Twist

Rating: 10/10 (16 June 2008)

I believe a lot of the audience missed the twist which made this film brilliant. In the movie the media said the events were caused by terrorist then from nuclear power plants and the people in the movie believe it. Shyamalan showed how the opinion of people is influenced by external resources instead of thinking for themselves. Most of the audience picked up on that but that's only part of the twist. The other twist wasn't in the movie but in the audience and no one notice it thats what made it brilliant. In the movie the teacher (Mark) believed it was toxins released by plants that was killing everybody and that these plants were feeding of human emotions. Throughout the movie they were running away from wind, staying inside buildings, and blocking all the vents. Now how did Mark come up with the conclusion that the toxins were released by trees, did he think of that by himself or did someone (external resource) tell him that. If the man never told Mark he thought it was the plants that released the toxins, would Mark make the same conclusion, would the audience also make the same conclusion, probably not. As you were watching this movie did the idea occur to you that toxins was being released by trees because every time people died when the screen showed wind was blowing (a natural thing) through the trees or was it because the movie kept pushing the idea that plants were killing people. This movie showed how people always what to know whats "happening" or how that "happen" so people come up with ideas and theories to satisfy their curiosity and whatever theory makes sense true or not becomes accepted.