Trick or Treat

Rating: Null/10 (5 August 2004)

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I agree with those who did not like this film. When "those we do not talk about" first appeared -- the one whom we saw briefly --he looked like someone dressed in a Halloween costume. I was very eager to see this film because of "The Sixth Sense" and all the hype. Looking back on M. Night Shymalan's film, I note that they are becoming dumber and dumber. The only way for him to redeem himself is to give us a film without any surprises and twists.
Adrian Brody's character was offensive and annoying, and the girl who played Ivy (---- Dallas Howard) was too confident to play a blind girl running through the unknown woods. Joaquin Phoenix played a very dull Lucius -- what was there to love?
All the plot holes could fill an entire website. A few that bothered me are -- how did Noah sneak out that gigantic "monster" costume with those silly things sticking out? Who grew the cotton for the clothing? Who tended the mulberry trees for the silkworms for the ties? In addition to those neat rows of perfect cabbages, where was the rest of the food supply? What if a window broke? Who supplied this place? And will everyone intermarry eventually? The colony began with only seven or eight adults! Wouldn't you forever hold it against your parents that you had to use an outhouse -- wear crummy, heavy clothes, lose your teeth, frolic with the same group of people day after day, and not have access to modern medicine and hygiene products?
What -- no airplanes, helicopters, even birds -- flying above this Village!
The film was entertaining so I do not regret paying to see it.