The biggest clue? (Spoilers)

Rating: Null/10 (17 August 2004)

I am not one of those people who could see the gimmick a mile away - although I did, of course, go in knowing that there would be one. however... do you think its possible that the script is not poorly written, but is rather a "creative anachronism patois" that the elders thought up? Throughout the entire movie, I was thinking "Jesus, who wrote this shite, Emily Bronte?" I kept thinking how odd they sounded because they never used contractions - something I might not have perceived if they had not had modern American accents.
I want to know what you think.
Furthermore, there is a marked difference in their speech (and we are suddenly in hand-held cinema) when the head guy tells them that he has sent her for help which leads me to believe that it could not actually be as stilted as I felt it was. If so, Shyamalan is more clever than I give him credit for, but is still as self-indulgent.
Also, the movie cross-reference link (if you liked this, you will like this other one) leads to "A Walk to Remember." Is that supposed to be a burn? what the heck?!