Don't believe the Hype!!!

Rating: 1/10 (23 January 2005)

Mmmm...
To be honest, I am very much my own man...
I don't follow trends... I don't believe the Hype!!! Just because a billion people say a film is good might not necessarily mean that I will follow suit...
So this opinion is VERY much my own...
To start off with, I've NEVER been much of a Shyamalan fan.
Now before you start to curse me... I DID think that the Sixth Sense was one of the BEST movies I have ever seen. Well directed, well acted... A totally beautiful, moving and sometimes frightening film.
But what is happening here... I think... Is some kind of Director's Ego Syndrome...
Shyamalans other films, including this one, have been crap... Let's face it. Perhaps his name pulls in the crowds... A bit like what a Spielberg film or a Woody Allen film would do (notice how Shyamalans' name is portrayed on the film's title). A desperate measure methinks, 'cos this movie is bad... Really bad.
Now... I don't mind being tricked... Shyamalan tricked me with the Sixth Sense... It's cool... It was a damn good movie and I enjoyed the twist at the end.
But now he seems obsessed with tricking us at EVERY opportunity!!! To the point of ridiculousness.
I'm sorry... I don't mind having plots twisted on me but I don't like being tricked just for the sake of being tricked.
I would NOT be complaining if the film was any good... But it ain't. It's bad... Slow... Laborious... AND finally... Ultimately... Ridiculous!!!
This film is for Shyamalan fans only... Perhaps he knows his fans go to his movies NOT to enjoy them as such, but to try and work out the FINAL TWIST at the end... A sick game of director cat and naive film audience mouse!!!
I'm sorry... But next time another Shyamalan film comes out... I for one will not buy into its hype!!!