As the final scene darkened to a close, a guy in the back yelled "who else here wants their ten bucks back?". The crowd response would lead me to believe that AMC's no-refunds-after-you've-already-watched-the-whole-film policy is probably a keeper. As we were walking out, this same insightful gentleman said, "We all saw 'Signs', we saw 'The Village', we are a bunch of not-smart people." But here's the thing- I LOVED this movie.
Don't get me wrong, I make no apology for this film. M. Night Shyamalan consistently makes really exciting trailers for films that don't exist, instead choosing to put his overacted, oddly shot, super-expensive B movies into the theaters. So yes, if you go to see pretty much any movie this guy makes because the previews looked really scary, then I agree with the foppish dandy in the back row that you are a not-smart person.
But if you go to this movie to see what kind of bizzaro, Ingmar Bergman meets Bollywood concoction Shyamalan will pack people into theaters to hate, then you will definitely not be disappointed.
Basically, all the people who tell you this movie sucks aren't wrong so much as not-smart. The smarties, like me, knew exactly what they were going to see and loved every inexplicably weird minute of it.
Also, heads-up Jenn Ginn- the unexplained killer wind/virus/plants are apparently headed for the Jardin du Luxembourg. Don't say I didn't warn you.
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OK, seeing as I don't watch scary movies (or even movies that claim to be scary but no one (but me) thinks are actually scary), I remain blissfully unaware of whatever thing you claim is headed my way. Still, to be safe, I will begin carrying my movie-creature-repellent w/ me on my runs.
thanks for the shout-out on the blog. I feel super special.
Wow, they sell movie-creature-repellent in France? C'est incroyable!
The "shout-out" was just an attempt to save your life but as the (likely) sole reader here, you can pretty safely assume that its all directed at you anyway.
Oh my God, you just convinced me to see this movie despite all the bad reviews! And this is the best review of a movie I've read in a while! Hopefully I won't be among the "not smart people". Seriously I embarrassed myself at work by laughing at this. :)
Also, I appreciate your comment on my blog. You're the only one who deemed to do so. Thx!
Stop, stop, you're making me blush. And seriously- look around- you and the delightful JEG make up my "readership".
(Not that I'm complaining, mind you- if the goal is quality over quantity, I'm set for life.)
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