Dumbest Movie Ever?

Rating: 3/10 (15 June 2008)

The good news is that this movie is short.
Of course, this makes you wonder what they left out. Were there scenes even more inane than the ones in the movie?
You've probably already seen the "spoiler" that the plant kingdom apparently gets ticked off at human beings for global warming or nuclear power or too many people choosing plastic instead of paper. So, the trees, shrubbery, etc. begin to emit a neuro-toxin that causes people to become dopey and then kill themselves.
Sad to say, but the most "entertaining" part of the movie is the variety of creative methods used to commit suicide. Sure, there are several pedestrian self-inflicted gunshot wounds to the head, but at least some people have enough imagination to hurl themselves off a construction site, climb trees so they can hang themselves over a country road, play Roy vs. Montecore at the Philadelphia Zoo, run a Jeep into a tree (did the driver think to disable the airbag before hitting the gas?), test the safety features of a commercial lawn mower (I see a lawsuit coming), and face-plant into a glass window.
You also have to hand it to the plant kingdom: they may be green and immobile, but the trees sure know how to rub it. They could have just produced a toxin that would kill us; but, noooooo, they have to emit something to make us want to kill ourselves. Now that's sending a message.
Technically, the movie is fine. The problem is that Shyamalan had an interesting idea and then decided to try to stretch it into a movie. It would have been great as a 20 minute student film, but no more.
Any claim this guy may have had to being the next Hitchcock (or even the next John Carpenter) is gone with the wind.