The only surprise is that there is no surprise

Rating: 4/10 (21 June 2005)

After the first time I watched this movie I was thinking that it was an okay movie. However, after I thought about this a bit, I realized the movie plot had too many flaws and illogical/improbable story lines. I liked the twists in the movies sixth sense and unbreakable, but this was neither interesting nor surprising. So I guess, the twist is that you keep waiting for something surprising in the end and there is none. Anyway, many people pointed out the flaws and wrote many lines of comments on these. I'll just raise some questions here: *) So these are people who are fed up with the corruption and crimes of the 20'th century. Why the hell did they choose to dress like Amish when they went to seclusion? *) Obviously, they have lost other people and kids due to illnesses and diseases before. They came to this place because they all lost loved ones in the modern world, yet they seem to be okay for a long time when they lost people to curable diseases. Does not make sense. *) What is the deal between Sigourney Weaver's character and William Hurt's character? They seemed to have some suppressed feelings for each other, but we do not know what that is? I guess adultery was frowned upon in the village although platonic love is okay! *) What is the deal with Adrian Brody's character? Such a poor performance of the village idiot! *) I would be happier if the creatures turned out to be non-humanoid aliens using the village as a petri dish and the village people finally figured this out and decided to rise up and fight them. In that case, I would know it is Hollywood bs and would not watch it. I got fooled this way with all the hype of suspense and surprising twists.