As you all undoubtedly know, M.Night Shyamalan busted in onto the scene with his epic blockbuster The Sixth Sense, starring Bruce Willis and Haley Joel Osmont. I think we can all agree that that movie was really good. He followed that up with a very well written script in Unbreakable. Again starring Bruce Willis, but this time opposite Samuel Jackson. Unbreakable had a very good premise to it. The only complaint I have with it is it’s lengthy and sometimes almost boring scenes. To me, it was still positive all around.
Next up was Signs, which to me a big letdown. It starts out very well and has a great build up. Unfortunately, it tries to wrap things up in an effort that just doesn’t make sense. Spoiler Alert for those who haven’t seen Signs. Stop reading or know how it ends.
You’ve been warned. In the end, Signs revealed the alien. A stupid one at that. The weakness? Water. Ooh.. how cool that it ties into the glasses of water that Mel Gibson’s daughter in the movie has been laying out around the house!?!? What kind of alien, that can travel across space, terrorize inhabitants of a planet that is 75 percent water? You’d think it’d be a lot harder to get rid of them or at least perhaps they’d have thought of something to protect themselves from the water.
I gave up at that point and swore off Shyamalan movies. Yep, I skipped The Village and Lady in the Water. Now, I plan on skipping The Happening. If anyone has The Happening Spoilers, kindly post ‘em below. I’m just curious what the mystery will be this time around.
