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But the terrifying glimpses of what was happening in the world outside also lent it a cosmic urgency.
Movies adapted from books have absolutely zero obligation to remain faithful to their source material.
Unfortunately, the film doesnt demonstrate any kind of interest in, or affection for, its characters.
Theyre cardboard cutouts, there to represent postures rather than evoke our sympathy or humanity or even curiosity.
Maybe the point is that every person suffers their own Armageddon.
Its too little, too late, and not very good to begin with.
(There are, after all, plenty ofgood disaster movieswith lousy characters and even worse dialogue.)
He half-asses it, in other words.
Maybe its just me.
Esmail is a smart, creative guy.
Even his camera, with its precise compositions and ominous moves, feels divorced from the actual drama onscreen.
Through an intense focus on the particular, Shyamalan found the universal.
Again, movie, book, different creatures, different creators.
Who are these people?
