once and again

Rating: Null/10 (3 October 2004)

Do you really think we didn't like last Shyamalan's disaster for lack of mental resources? Shyamalan is the human representation of ultra commercial, shitty cinema. In the first place I can't understand how can this guy repeat the same argument every time he makes a movie, and some people still don't argue about it. Watching his movies makes me remember Disney films... those that started always exactly the same way (someone dying/losing his parents/any other type of tragedy), with the exact same character profiles (one that's the main character, another following him all the time who is kind of stupid, and many 'nice' characters which are founded on the main character's journey) and of course, the exact same end (besides the antagonist's defeat, the film comes back to the beginning but now the characters have all learned different lessons, which lets you know the story couldn't repeat itself... there is always a sign of hope at the end of Disney movies). Well I think this kind of scripts are acceptable if the public is a 7 year old, which is Disney's target, but I'm afraid not Shyamalan's. Besides the final surprise, the movie has horrible performances, a pathetic script and horrible aesthetic. It seems like his only objective is saying "jaja, got you!" at the end of the movie. However I must admit it's a great business strategic. As many of you know, the end of a movie is what gives you the final (and most important) impression of it, and this is shyamalan's only archievement. It's very easy writing a script based only on its end, and it proves the movie's intention: selling. Cinema is art, and this definitively isn't.