Not inspiring

Rating: Null/10 (29 December 2000)

I have just seen the film and thought what is all the fuss about. It begins well with an interestingly filmed conversation on a train. I sat there waiting and expecting more. The suspense was there but the conclusion of the suspense was mediocre. One keeps thinking something big will happen but the film plods to its expected/unexpected conclusion, I felt short-changed, I was practically watching the sixth sense again. Willis after all has a "sixth sense", and can in effect see dead people. I feel that Shyamalan is, as the expression goes in London "laughing all the way to the bank". The twist to the story does not shed new light on the film but simply changes your perspective on a character. The twist is that you fell for the advertising and went to see the film. I can only reccomend it for it's polished framing and editing, which is interesting and well done. Shyamalan's films have depth which is what I admire about them. The framing of a shot will have it's own meaning, everything looks good. Howard delivers another forgettable score of which I am sure he will be able to sell many sound track albums, even though there is not one melody which remains, it sounds similar to Ben Hur mixed with the Sixth sense (there it is again). Shyamalan retold the sixth sense put a quality actor in it (S.L Jackson) and told us we would be knocked off our feet by the twist, the sad thing is we all believed him. 5/10