People just hate M. Night

Rating: 8/10 (26 June 2009)

This movie is fun, decent, schlock. That's it. M. Night has even admitted it in interviews. It isn't something his ego churned out to save humanity. It's just a fun thrill ride, with an environmental message so ham-handedly forced in I honestly believe it to be an intentional parody.
If anyone else had made this movie it would have been lucky to gross half as much, but would have been praised as an awesome splatter film. Instead, because of M. Night, lots of people paid to see it, and then complain about it. I seem to be the only one who believes that he can bounce back if he swallows his ego.
One thing that can't be denied about this movie, though, is that while you may not like his screen writing, he knows how to direct a scene.