what was up w/ the boom???

Rating: Null/10 (16 August 2004)

Bad twists aside, what the hell was up w/ the boom operator(s)??? The boom was completely visible and distracting through at least 1/3 of the movie. Here's William Hurt trying to give an emotional speech on his decision to break his pact and there's a big IL' microphone popping into the top 1/4 of the screen. Absolutely ridiculous. And it happened time and time again!!! There was the microphone snaking its way into the screen or just hovering there, throughout various scenes. It became so distracting that people were pointing and laughing. Millions of dollars poured into a movie and they can't take care of that? That alone was horrifying enough, then to add a weak twist and purely comical creatures just completely took advantage of the audience. M. Night - you're no Alfred Hitchcock. Get over yourself, take some time to come up w/ a real concept and script, and come back to the viewers with something worth the hype and our $10. Or better accept that you're well on your way on the road to self ruin.