It aint' what you think it is

Rating: 5/10 (31 August 2004)

I have mixed reviews about this movie. I liked it and I hated it. Let me explain.
I really hated, because it isn't what I thought it was. I expecting it to be like all of the other M. Night movies, but this was in a different category all together. I should have known something was different when they used his other movies to promote this one.
Now with that being said, if you can go to the theatre now and forget everything you know about M. Night's movies then you really enjoy it.
This was an awesome period piece with a whole lot of symobollism. I thought it was well directed and well acted. In retrospect, when you figure out the suprise twist, you realize exactly what makes this movie so powerful.
M. Night has the ability to completly draw you into the worlds in his movies. No one, whether they hated it or liked, can say they were not curious to find out what type of thing resided in those woods and what kept those people alive for all of those years.
It's a really good movie, it just want be if you compare it to his other movies. I think they made a really bad marketing strategy to use his other movies to promote this one. It is going to make it really hard on M. Night fans to beleive any more promotions.
Go and see this movie. It's always good to see movies that get mixed reviews.
I give it 8 if I didn't know M. Night directed it. I give it 5, since I knew he did.