Boom Mics [SPOILER]

Rating: Null/10 (4 August 2004)

I did not think it was the best of his films, but I enjoyed myself more than seeing one of the bubblegum movies that are flooding the screens this summer. Just a couple things I noticed and so did the entire theatre full of people. We must have gotten a bum film copy or the theatre did not set the film right, because the boom microphone kept popping into the screen. This happened over 30 times throughout the movie and it was very distracting. My husband thought it was meant to be that way to give you as hint of this town being stuck in modern times. It turned into such a joke by the middle of the film when a microphone would pop into the top of the screen. Everyone in the theatre laughed and pointed. It got very annoying.
So I want to see if anyone else out there had the same problem. Another thing, I felt like there was a bit of Harry Potter in the movie with the "those we do not speak of" reference. I immediately thought of Lord Voldemort. And why would all the elders hold onto articles of their past in black boxes if they wanted to get away from it all. If I were an elder I would have suggested everyone to have a burning ceremony of the articles. So many questions about this film that do not make sense. I wasn't expecting it from M. Night. I loved "The Sixth Sense" I liked "Unbreakable" and "Signs" was okay. I'm starting to see a little downward spiral from M. Night. But I still give him a lot of credit. I'm curious to see what comes next from M. Night's mind. Hopefully he gets back on track.