Now that I have Netflix -- I'm catching up on many movies that I missed the first time around.

I'm really rather surprised that this one had not had a topic for it yet. Not quite sure that it should go under the Sci-Fi/Fantasy heading, but...

I thought it was, at times, interminably slow, way too much buildup for the "payoff". One genuinely creepy moment -- when Bruce Willis is laying on the pool covering as he slowly sinks, and it wraps itself around him.

There were a lot of one-take scenes in this movie, something you don't see too much of any more. But the sheer number tended to call attention to itself rather than enhance the movie.

Within the first 20 minutes, I noticed that in just about every conversation, someone was framed by a door or some other item. Later on, when it got into the comic theme, I realized it was an affectation to resemble they layout of a comic panel.

I think there was supposed to be some significance to the color orange (much like red was used in The Sixth Sense), but it beats me as to what it was.

Not much in the way of nits -- but I'd say this is a movie you don't really have to pay close attention to, because nothing much really happens.

I've only seen the last half hour or so, but my question is; Is Bruce Willis somekinda superhero with amnesia, and that's why he survived the plane crash?

Train crash. And the reason he survived it is because invulnerability is one of his powers. (How exactly would having amnesia help you survive such a thing?)

So he was a superhero with amnesia?

No he had superpowers and didn't know it.

Thanks, guys.

This may be my favorite of Shyamalan's movies, though most of my impressions of it were formed when ABC showed it during the hype for The Village. They put a lot of deleted scenes back into the movie, which I think made it a lot more satisfying.

I think there was supposed to be some significance to the color orange (much like red was used in The Sixth Sense), but it beats me as to what it was. ~LUIGI NOVI

I believe it was a play on the idea of super heroes wearing costumes with signature color schemes. I know that's why Elijah always has purple associated with him.

This is one of those films that worked better for me on TV. I first saw it when we screened it in Ridgefield Park, NJ two months before it came out, and then again at the official premiere, and both times, I had trouble staying awake. The murky color scheme might've been part of it, and I didn't by into the "you're a superhero" explanation on the part of Elijah. When I saw it again on TV years later, it held up better, in part because for some odd reason, some movies that I don't like when I see them in theaters are not so bad on TV, perhaps because there's no expectation from which I'll be let down, because I already know what I'm in for.

BTW, if you are going use a quote, Blitz, please attribute it correctly. You know how Luigi hates being mistaken for someone else...