The MOST unique and diverse film I've ever seen. I love it!

Rating: 10/10 (20 July 2008)

This was the MOST unique movie I've ever seen. Seriously.
I loved this movie (though I may be a little biased as I love Mark Wahlberg as an actor). But I do honestly think it was a fantastic movie. For me my heart was pounding, I was a little tense and I definitely was eye caught and concerned for the characters on-screen.
And the movie is not just HORROR, we're involved in all different genres in one film. Which makes it a diverse movie with not an overload of screaming and blood. It was such an odd atmosphere to be part of really. The movie gets pushed down so much yet I think the movie deserves more credit than what it receives - people just seem to not like DIFFERENT and NEW things (due to the fact it's not an adaption or remake).
I think anyone who really delves into it will enjoy it more and EVERYONE will have different points on it. It's just full of things that are there for the individual mind to figure. When I got to the end I found myself questions/wondering about certain things and I began to realise that there are so many deep things written inside this story.
Acting: I thought the acting was really good as opposed to those saying it was worst they've ever seen. Best acting especially done by Mark due to the fact he is in about 90% of the movie (near the end was a very strong bit) PLUS just because they are not hysterical or witty doesn't mean they are bad or because it doesn't have all these catchy lines, sex scenes, extreme visual effects, blood gore blood gore!
Scene with Elliott talking to the plant: Elliott talking to a plant is not stupid or crazy... You know plants/trees/ all of nature are living things. Therefore talking to it is not stupid. You do talk to your dog sometimes don't you? you can not understand the dog but you still do it because it's alive and you care about it. Even I would do it - If I felt that it was the trees making these things happen and I was alone for a moment seeing the plant.. I possibly may feel the need to at least try to communicate with it. We only know two ways to communicate.. through speech and action (movements). He did both.
Now to the SCARY: Visually, it's disturbing when you see the suicides. They are just...teeth gritting and stomach wrenching - the quickest way out is not the least ugliest.
The movie made an excellent performance in making an audience (me) feel scared or feel at least worried. And yet there is no zombies or certain evil creature running around killing everyone. In fact it's only trees, breeze and rustling noises. And that seems difficult to pull off but M.Night (I'm not a fan of M.Night but I do love this movie!) and his cast/crew did it perfectly!. So we can not literally see our killer because it's in fact ourselves physically. And to top it off it's even more scary to think WE WILL NEVER UNDERSTAND THE FORCE behind it. QUOTE in movie by Elliott (Mark Wahlberg) "We'll fail to acknowledge that there's forces that work beyond our understanding" < for me this is what the movie revolves around. The realism of the event may be a scare factor too.
So.. Obviously I love the movie. I'd recommend it for mature and open minded people who are not expecting too much. Though, I did expect it to be really good considering Mark Wahlberg and the idea of him widening his range (he's become so diverse) but I didn't let myself run away with it before I saw the movie - because high-expectations can be the death of most movies.
10/10 from me. Next up - MAX PAYNE!