Good ideas, okay execution

Rating: 6/10 (7 January 2001)

But oh Lordy was the dialogue bad. I mean very, very, very bad. Bad to the point that my cousin my girlfriend and me almost walked out. Also it took quite while for anything to happen. But when it did it was kind of worth it. And being a comic book fan myself I appreciated it more than most.
I think it was a good idea for pretentious director of several undeserving blockbusters.M. Night Shyamalan to film this movie in widescreen. As you probably know from my other reviews, I hate flat photography. The Sixth Sense was made this way and I found it very irritating as the story deserved some scope. Also, this film was way better than Sixth Sense and I found the twist to be more wholesome and pleasing.
The kid who plays Willis' son looked uncannily like Haley Joel Osment and Samuel L. Jackson made a BIG mistake with the afro. But his performance was still good. It's good to see that actors and directors take comic books seriously as authentic literature rather than classifying them as 'geeky' things. For that I like the movie despite the abominable dialogue.