I'm going by some other recent sci-fi films I've seen...most of which have been SOOOOOOOO unutterably bad that, believe me, this one was a real treat. Damn good for Hollywood.

I mean, when I think of crap like "Armageddon" and "Independence Day"...and "Signs"...my GAWD! Thank heaven for small mercies. (I did rather like "Deep Impact", though.)

I swore after "Signs" that I would never again...

1. Go to a Mel Gibson movie.
2. Go to anything that M.Night Shyamalan had anything whatsoever to do with.