most people don't have a clue or just plain ignorant...

Rating: 8/10 (23 June 2008)

i feel like the world is deteriorating and people are becoming much more simple minded these days rather than the opposite of becoming more intelligent and aware of the BIG picture of our world today. this is true. today's society has become worst than ever. people don't care about anything or anybody anymore. all they think about now is what's good for themselves. we're more divided than ever, distancing ourselves from one another and this is not only happening here in the US. it's everywhere. now think about this for a minute: do we always have to rely on some kind of disasters either natural or man-made (e.g. terrorists, etc.) to bring us closer together? think about it!
after you think about that question then you have to be in the right mind to go and see this movie. this is not about any airborne epidemic, natural disasters, missing honey bees, plant's natural defense against people, etc. think deeper when you see this movie. there is a meaning or message to this movie. i think M. Night Shyamalan has delivered the message quite good but not perfect; as people these days are so simple minded and ignorant that you just have to spell everything out for them like a 2 year old. i was very disappointed about the bad reviews that this movie has received and more upsetting that people are talking and laughing throughout the whole movie when i went to see it. sure it has a bit of a horror kick and surprising jolt out-of-your-seat moment as my girlfriend got surprised a couple of times, even some funny scenes.
so i'm not going to spoil the movie for anyone nor ruin it. but as you watch the movie, think about these things...location where these events are happening, time when these events occur (there's a reason M. Night Shyamalan noted the time and location throughout the movie), people's reaction to these events, how they react to such event, how they feel about these occurrences, how they deal with these events, take a closer look at the scenes toward the end because there's a meaning to them...it's almost subliminal. so think a moment after you see this movie...think about humans, people, us, and our connection, our instinct, our reaction, our perception, our way of thinking, and so on...
it's not a sci-fi horror movie or stupid meaningless movie. this is M. Night Shyamalan's style of telling a story and sure it's not as obvious and direct when he communicates his message like his other movies but it delivers. i'm not defending him as the best writer/director or anything of sorts because not all of his movies are great. but he does have a stylistic way of communicating his messages to his audience.