Shyamalan....One "Flick" Wonder

Rating: 1/10 (28 August 2008)

The time was 19:25. I sat down with my dinner in the living room and pressed play. What then followed was the slowest and most painful 108 minutes of my life. The film was a disaster in every aspect. I was eagerly anticipating watching it, as it came highly regarded from every person I know that has seen it. However, when it suddenly finished and the credits rolled, I was left gob-smacked as to what I had missed. It never got going. There was no substance to it whatsoever. The one thing that kept me watching was the famous so-called 'twist' at the end. (Which, by the way, I am still trying to work out what it was!) As far as I'm concerned, there was no 'twist'. The film started, dragged on....and on, and then abruptly finished. Immediately after watching I phoned my sister,(one of the culprits that recommended this to me)and I asked her a simple question, "What have I missed?" She gave me a wishy-washy answer and said "Do you not think it was a fantastic film? The way in which we were led to believe that the film was set a long time before it actually was? And how there wasn't actually anything in the forest??","No" was the short reply I gave. That was the end of that conversation.
I feel conned, tricked and lied to from my friends and family. Maybe them telling me that this was such a great film and talking me into watching it was just a practical joke. A sick practical joke at that. It will take me a while to get over what has happened today. I strongly urge all you fellow film lovers to not make the same mistake I have made, and do not watch this film...ever.