It's eeeeeevil!

Finally got around to seeing Signs . . . I still can't help but shake the impression that the real "evil" in that film wasn't the "aliens," but that creepy little girl who can't seem to finish a glass of water, and the howler of a script.

Right now, I think I that Shyamalan is merely a competent director, and by no means a great one. [Unfortunately, most of public opinion seems to be against me--unlike just about anyone else I know, I felt thoroughly manipulated by The Sixth Sense; fortunately, I didn't feel quite the same about this one--there wasn't quite the same "trick ending" issue that causes so many problems nowadays.]