M. Night Shyamalan, what went wrong?

Rating: 4/10 (15 July 2006)

A while ago, i watched "The sixth sense" on TV. It was the first time that i ever watched an m. night shyamalan movie, and, being a pansy, i turned it off after i saw the people hanging in the hallway. And yet, i was still intrigued. I loved the masterful storytelling, intricate plot, and great acting. Then, i watched signs on TV. Once again, i loved it!!! Signs has a great plot with a neat twist ending, and i also loved how everything had a purpose and came together in the end. By then, i had fallen in love with Mr. Shyamalan and rented "Unbreakable". Not as good as the last two, but still Extremeley enjoyable!!
Then i rented the village. From the first scene (which happens to be of a funeral), i could tell that this was not going to be great. Adrean Brody and Joaquin Pheonix's parts are both dull and boring. Hell, i couldn't even tell that the blind girl was blind for about the first 15 minutes Then there was the "monsters" who lived in the woods. When i saw the marks on the doors, i felt that those could be used for something really creepy, but, alas, i was wrong. The monster costumes were so garish i felt like i was watching scooby-doo. I basically had lost all hope for the movie by then.Then, Joaquin Pheonix's character is Horribly injured, for no reason other then to get the plot (or lack there of) moving. Bryce Dallas Howard's character then goes off into the woods, where she is chased around by adrean brody (in a full body monster suit) until she kills him. She also meets with some really weird things (a gaping hole in the ground, a tree with bottles attached), and yet nothing much happens. Bryce Dallas Howard basically walks by them.
Then, we meet the twist ending, and herein lies the spoilers.
So, we return to the village, where they bring back up the concept of the "Forbidden Box" Which they BARELEY mentioned at all before, and we learn the truth. The village is actually just a group of people who suffered trauma who wanted to escape from modern life. Wow. So scary isn't it? And then, We expect the movie the movie to have about 5 more minutes. But noooo, we then watch intently for another 20 minutes as boring people get medicine (boringly) and Bryce Dallas Howard makes her long trip home.
Some stuff i forgot to mention was M. Night's Trademark use of color, but unfortunately, one of the colors was a grotesque yellow. Bleh.
By the end, this movie had CRAPPY acting, A CRAPPY plot, CRAPPY writing and a CRAPPY twist.
I hope that "Lady in the water" will redeem M. Night Shyamalan, and even though it has Bryce Dallas Howard (who i hope is a lot better now), it also has paul giamatti, who is a GREAT actor who i LOVED in American Splendor and Cinderrella man. And there you have it folks, a blow by blow of the worst M. Night Shyamalan so far. But, i always give people second chances, and i still love his other movies, so, i still respect him. Just, make this one up to your legions of adoring fans, please?