A pity

Rating: Null/10 (26 August 2004)

So the movie just premiered here in Sweden and when writing this i saw the movie yesterday.
I saw the trailer and knew that i would probably love it, since i actually enjoyed The Sixth Sense, Unbreakable and actually Signs too. Because i am an escapist at heart, and i love fiction and stories from other worlds.
But i knew Shyamalans compulsive usage of astounding twists and plots, and being a fairly intelligent man, i could see that at least something surprising would occur.
So i went to the movies, hoping to get a wonderful story of outerwordly creatures and simple farm folk during the early 20th century. Thats what i was hoping for.
So further and further into the movie i started figuring it out, and by the time Lucius got stabbed i had it all figured out. And i was quite frankly heartbroken. Because the movie IS exceptionally beautiful, has a superb soundtrack and great actors.
But nothing more. In the end, it is false advertising and really a sad, depressing and infuriating twist.
M. Night Shyamalan is too smart for his own good, and should try making something honest and pure sometime. Because if the movie had been what we were led to believe from the adverts... I would have absolutely loved it.
Now... i just respect the esthetically craftmanship of it. Otherwise. I f-ing hate it.