Disappointing, boring and predictable

Rating: 1/10 (8 August 2004)

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The previews to this movie had me excited. I was expecting great horror. What I got was a complete borefest of the slowest developing movie I've seen in years. I spent most of the movie wanting to yell at the characters to DO SOMETHING. This is horror? The so-called "monster" is seen twice and does nothing thrilling or scary.
Was ANYONE surprised by the horrible excuse for a twist ending? I think it came as no surprise to anyone who had ever seen a movie before. I saw it coming, my girlfriend saw it coming and my brother saw it coming. I think this Shyamalan guy wants so badly to think of himself as some master of fooling the audience that he forgets to make an interesting story to go with his twist ending. The characters stand around talking and talking and never get anything done.
The talking scenes were too long. We got the picture as to what they were getting at, but yet the scenes continued on for no reason. It was like using a fire extinguisher on a fire that had already burned itself out.
What a lame movie monster as well. It looked like one of the creatures from The Dark Crystal. I was startled twice, more by the screeching music that accompanied the sudden movement than anything -- once when the monster is spotted from the watchtower and once when the blind girl falls into the pit.
Luscious was a boring character who did nothing. Noah was probably the only thing worth watching due to his comical moments. He's the only thing that originally kept me from giving this movie a 1. I changed my mind since then.
This is easily the worst movie I have seen in about three years -- and that includes the borefest that was In The Bedroom and the stupidity of Not Another Teen Movie. Skip this over-hyped piece of trash and go see one of the many other summer movies that are thousands of times more entertaining. I gave this a 3 out of 10, and that was being generous so I eventually lowered it to a 1. If you want to sleep, watch this dog of a movie.