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My Rating: 2 1/2 Moyas.
Well, he couldn't keep it going forever.
Shyamalan's newest movie is great -- suspenseful, tension-building, and wonderful, right until the end, where it falls apart into a maudlin and unoriginal message that will go over really well with the religious-minded, but didn't really sit well with me.
The aliens in the movie are little more than set dressing; they exist merely to create tension and atmosphere and are rarely seen and never explained. They could have been replaced by foreign soldiers with little difference. In my opinion, this is not a science-fiction movie, it's a suspense thriller. It has, as the director himself said, more in common with "The Birds" than with "Close Encounters".
One thing bothered me: In the movie, Mel Gibson's character says that those who don't have faith in anything outside themselves, when faced with a bad situation, believe they're on their own and so are afraid; while those who believe in something else believe that someone is watching over them, and so are not afraid.
Rubbish. That generalisation really irritated me. I take *strength* from relying on myself and not some supernatural force that may or may not exist and may or may not give a damn if I live or die. But then, I also don't fear death like most religious people seem to. Anyway. Tangent over.
Well, he couldn't keep it going forever.
Shyamalan's newest movie is great -- suspenseful, tension-building, and wonderful, right until the end, where it falls apart into a maudlin and unoriginal message that will go over really well with the religious-minded, but didn't really sit well with me.
The aliens in the movie are little more than set dressing; they exist merely to create tension and atmosphere and are rarely seen and never explained. They could have been replaced by foreign soldiers with little difference. In my opinion, this is not a science-fiction movie, it's a suspense thriller. It has, as the director himself said, more in common with "The Birds" than with "Close Encounters".
One thing bothered me: In the movie, Mel Gibson's character says that those who don't have faith in anything outside themselves, when faced with a bad situation, believe they're on their own and so are afraid; while those who believe in something else believe that someone is watching over them, and so are not afraid.
Rubbish. That generalisation really irritated me. I take *strength* from relying on myself and not some supernatural force that may or may not exist and may or may not give a damn if I live or die. But then, I also don't fear death like most religious people seem to. Anyway. Tangent over.