the audience applauded

Good , But It Is Overrated By Some

A lot of fun.

One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.

Oh my god this movie was boring with bad writting and bad acting. I don't know who to blame to be honest. Was it M. Night or the studio? I don't know which one but I was bored out of my mind and 5.0? It should be in a 4.6 or 4.0 you know what? What about a 3.9? It fits well for this bore-fest. This is a movie where nothing HAPPENS. MESSAGE TO UPCOMING CRITICS, aviod this film as far as you can. I wasted 91 minutes of my time like I could of been doing something better in my life than watching a crappy movie. DON'T WATCH IT!!

This is as good as anything I've seen from MNS, and better than several of his films. I'd compare it to "Signs" in many ways. It has a mysterious atmosphere throughout and presents a subtle yet powerful concept of nature vs. Man.I watched it despite all the drones who panned it (including IMDb's editorializing with the "comedy" category). Some say the first half is good, then claim it deteriorated toward the end, but that makes no sense to me after seeing the whole thing. It has his typical dreamlike quality which somewhat intensifies, but it never seems cheesy, etc.Are the masses unsatisfied unless they absolutely know the enemy? My theory on the negative reviews is the psychology of refusing to be objective once a negative idea is planted, and/or anti-environmental mindsets that pervade America. A number of people will always scoff when human omnipotence is questioned.Be an original thinker, ignore the negative reviews and enjoy it for what it is.

Read a lot of reviews on this so watched it to see how it squared up.The first thing I noticed is that as it appears is EXACTLY how it was conceived. By that I meant it was made and acted to be a 50s or 60s B movie....and they pulled it off brilliantly.has a marvelous Twilight Zone feel to it and hams up the genre superbly.If you think about it , it's ;like playing a piano badly..( Look up Les Dawson on you tube)...you have to be well trained in how to make the notes sound just bad enough for you to recognise. I think all the negative reviewers have missed the point entirely and have had the wool pulled well and truly over their eyes. When they realise this they will feel fools.Imagine The Day Of The Triffids meets Creepshow...this is what you get.To all the amateur reviewers and movie watchers I say this.." Open your eyes "!!

Or, instead of a speech therapist, maybe all Mark Wahlberg films should come with free subtitles.The only good thing about this film is that he doesn't have a lot to say.Actually the film isn't that bad and I liked the ending, but please all you directors, especially the casting directors, can't you make it a clause in Wahlberg's contract that he has to undergo speech therapy? Unless you honestly believe that his script is not worth a dime, then it doesn't matter.But if you remember his performance in The Shooter where he plays Bob Lee Swagger, he was pretty much unintelligible. So if you don't care about his words then, fair enough, hire him.Otherwise, for goodness sake get him to move his lips when he talks.