I don't know that anyone who reads this blog will care, but I need to post this so I will feel better. I need to make a public statement about this. It's not political and not that important... just excuse me while I vent for a minute.

I am a HUGE fan of M. Night Shyamalan. I've seen everything he's done. Multiple times. The Sixth Sense, Unbreakable, and Signs are extremely important parts of our DVD collection. I have been under the impression for the past five or six years that the guy could do no wrong.

For the past year I've tracked the production of his latest film, The Village, on the internet and waited with baited breath to see it. All summer I've found myself literally counting the days until the film came out.

It was released today.

With blind faith we went to see it and labored to suspend disbelief throughout the film, and I have to say that we worked harder watching the movie than Shyamalan did making it.

Do Not Go See The Village, and if you can talk others out of seeing it as well, please do so. This movie is awful. It's terrible. It's an abuse of the audience and amounts to a dirty, dirty trick instead of a legitimate film.

Shyamalan is a powerful director. In the past he's used his powers for good. With The Village, he is using them for evil.

Oh, how the mighty have fallen. I want my ten bucks back!