Wonderful movie-making!

Rating: 9/10 (25 October 2006)

I just saw this film yesterday and regret not seeing it in the theater. Unfortunately I paid attention to the mostly negative reviews originally and decided not to see it then. This is a wonderful film. I was totally engrossed with the characters from the beginning until the end. Beautiful acting all around from the great cast. Although two different genres of films, his wonderful use of color here can easily compared to Mario Bava. Beautiful cinematography and music. Who cares about the twists. Alas, all of Shyamalan's films will be forever compared the wonderful Sixth Sense because of the darn twists, but twists do not make a film. Here there is great acting, cinematography, music, and directing. I didn't see LITW either in the theaters because of mostly negative reviews but will catch it on DVD and I will buy The Village. I plan on seeing his next film in the cinema and stop going by critic's reviews. M. Night is a wonderful storyteller which is what a good director/writer should be. I hope he continues doing films his way.