I HATED IT!!!!!

Rating: 2/10 (17 February 2000)

Okay, this movie was crap. Best Picture? Best Director? Best Supporting Actress? This was a gimmicky, non-scary horror flick with a sappy hook ending that paled in comparison to the similar ending of Fight Club. It was cheap entertainment at best that causes me to completely lose respect for the Academy Awards. To totally disregard an innovative, thought-provoking film with some semblance of cultural relevance like Fight Club and then nominate this piece in almost every major category is ridiculous. What does the audience get out of this film besides thinking of ghosts the next time they get goose bumps? The hokey plot was lame, the kid was annoying, Bruce Willis was Bruce Willis, and what was with the classroom scene with the microphone visible at the top of the screen? Granted I went in expecting to hate it, but this film was decent for a horror movie at best and not nearly in the same league as Being John Malkovich, Magnolia, or Fight Club.