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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Pielorinho" data-source="post: 1974785" data-attributes="member: 259">I thought the move was wildly uneven.Great acting.  Beautiful cinematography.  Fascinating moral dilemma at its core.  A couple of stunning sequences.A metagame (er, metamovie) error at the beginning, what with the false date on the gravestone that could fool nobody but the viewer.  A totally predictable twist.  Completely incoherent preparation for the experiment by the village elders--viz. lack of replacement metal, lack of antibiotics, etc.  Totally unbelievable responses to the animal killings by the elders ("Oh, we think one of us was SLAUGHTERING ALL OUR LIVESTOCK, but they've probably stopped and we're not too worried.")   And the worst possible choice for where to store your monster costumes--surely you can think of a better place to keep monster costumes than IN THE INSANE ASYLUM?Like an evil tyrant, Shyamalan needs to hire an average 5-year-old child to watch his movies, and he needs to fix any flaws that the kid sees before releasing it.  The movie had so much going for it, but ultimately it was the flaws that stuck with me.Daniel</blockquote>