My Sixth Sense and All Signs tell me to wait for the next M Night's film on the Unbreakable DVD somewhere in The Village

Rating: 6/10 (1 February 2005)

My husband and I have seen M Night Shyamalan's most famous four films together, and our opinions were very much the same until we saw "The Village" about a week ago. We both loved "The Sixth Sense" so much than when "Unbreakable" was released, we rushed to see it on the opening weekend. We liked it but not as much as TSS. After we saw "Signs", we both decided that we were not going to see Shyamalan's movies in the theater. We waited for "The Village" DVD and managed not to know anything about the big twist in the end. To make the long story short, he did not like "The Village" and would watch the next Shyamalan's movie when it comes on the network. As for me, I went from dismissal - "where on earth did he hear people talk like that?" to "is this guy as retarded as Brody's character?" to "he sure knows how to make a nice looking film" to "hey, it is not a horror movie at all", to "the idea is really interesting and goes way beyond this movie" to "if he only had a sense of humor and did not take his films so seriously" to "if only the final result would match the original idea" - and here where I finally stay. I keep thinking about the film and I find it intriguing, interesting but flawed and often laughable where it did not mean to be. That's what Shyamalan misses, IMO - all his heroes are the pale lifeless shadows, life seems to be drawn out of them. In some of his films, it works, but most of the time, I could care less what happens to them. Besides, even his avid fans mention holes in the plot, and huge ones, I assure you. The whole concept of "The Village" is holding on the girl's blindness. Take it away and what do you have? The nice cinematography and music, the good actors who had not much to play, the Brody's character who made me laugh hysterically every time he was on the screen and I don't believe that was the writer/director's intentions, the moody atmosphere (again, I've been in his atmosphere, all his films have it), and sometimes, ridiculous dialogs.
I think, I will wait for the next Shyamalan's film's DVD and I believe "The Village" is better than "Signs" but inferior to "The Sixth Sense". I also believe that he was on the top of his game when he told the story of one little boy's struggle with his gift/curse and not when he tries to embrace the global problems.
The Village 6.5/10 The Signs 4/10 The Sixth Sense 9/10 Unbreakable 7/10