The_LenMan I've only written a couple of reviews in the 8 or so years I've been using IMDb. So, to me it means something. It also shows that it takes quite an event to make me want to write a review.One of my biggest pet peeves is lying. I don't like it when people do it to me; and it's even worse for some reason, when a filmmaker uses an event or book title to get me to see a movie. That's what happened here. The director thought it was a good idea to take events that happened in the 60's, and make them happen in the 2000's. Why? Who knows? Personally, I think it's laziness. But I can overlook that. The time period in which things happen means next to nothing to me. The changing of facts, including the text at the very end of the film "no definitive cause was ever found for..." - seriously? - like it somehow adds any weight to your movie to lie about an event that anyone can easily look up? Check out the article "silver bridge collapse" on Wikipedia. It's right there in the first couple of sentences. Think about that lie, for a moment. It's a flat-out lie about something that you can easily fact-check. The Mothman Prophesies was a book written by someone who was there, as it was happening in 1968-9. Regardless if the author's words were 100% gospel, there weren't people alive at the time raising a ruckus about how he misquoted them or misrepresented events. Which means for the most part, he was telling it like it was. The movie is almost the complete opposite. Other than the names of people and locations, there is almost nothing brought over from the book to the movie.So, is it a good movie? Kind of. But not really. Maybe if you're a 12 year old who will think everything is true when the movie says "based on actual events". But for me, just as a suspense-thriller or whatever you want to call it, this one was just OK. The plot was formulaic, the action scenes were flash-chaos-shakycam, and there were some stupid continuity errors like a modern phone with bell ringer, or characters wearing gloves and not wearing gloves in the same scene. Just sloppy. Which in the end makes one think - were there lawyers figuring out how much from the book they would have to include, to be able to give the movie the same name? Just meh. Glad I didn't pay to go see it.

plargreg THIS MOVIE IS AWESOME! for once it's not just an angry human soul or some demon or some alien or some damn zombie ITS A UNIQUE ORIGINAL AWESOME FREAKY TAKE ON HORROR. It's still super good and maybe its not afraid to go to bed scary but its a wonderful view into mental health doubts, power of belief, the fact that we can't understand everything and loss. Subtlety is a powerful weapon, with many unnatural things taking place in the background, like the mirror part when it makes his movements split seconds BEfore he does and the movie doesn't draw attention to it, its either pay attention OR MISS ALL THE BEST AND KEY ELEMENTS.This movie should'ave been acult classic by now dammnit

Moviesarefun Well, this sure was an interesting movie. First of all, if you are a someone who really hates a horror movie (even if i would not use that term for this movie) where the monster is never or rarely shows, you probably will not enjoy this movie.If you are however a fan of the older movies where the monster is rarely shows (like Cat People from 1942) you will enjoy it. Sometimes it's better to concentrate on the story rather than the monster, and in this movie i think they made the right choice to have the monster take a backseat to the rest of the cast.The story is at first center on a reporter named John Klein and his adventures with the supernatural in the west point area. Things take a turn to the supernatural when people start to hear voices, see strange things and get a glimpse of what may happen. During the time he spends in town we start to feel badly for him because the supernatural is starting to target him, driving him close to the brink of madness at some point.Richard Gere does a good job as John Klein with the exception of a few scenes where he hams it up and the rest of the cast all do a pretty good job. The movie has its ups and downs, but in the end it's a pretty good story. The atmosphere of the movie is not scary at all, but the story managed to stay well to the end, except for the very end.

David L. There is only one movie I can honestly give a 10 out of 10 for the simple reason there will never be any other movie like it, no matter how they try to; and that movie is 2001 - A Space Odissey.There are however some well deserved 9's, and "The Mothman Prophecies" is one of them (IMHO).Here are my reasons for my score:The acting is top notch. - The Sound Track is as eerie as the movie it self (Kudos to Tomandandy) - The story {though loosely based on a book covering "real events") is gripping and well developed. - The photography is quite excellent and makes full use of darkness and "half-light". - The dialogs are meaningful and some of them will stick in your head. - Nothing in this movie happens without a reason and everything is interconnected either through the main characters and/or surroundings; which makes the whole movie a tight universe of moving parts. - The actors are perfect for their roles. - It's a rather interesting mix of Film-Noir, Suspense and Thriller (and this is achieved masterfully). But I would not consider it as a horror movie. Not per se at least. I must have watched this Gem of a movie at least some 20 times. I took quite a joy renting it over and over again in order to revisit it's eeriness and have a go at the Sound Track, until I bought a copy. The only other movie I ever did that with was "Jacob's Ladder", also a Masterpiece. They are two different "beasts", but so worth it.My most sincere congratulations to all the people involved in the making of this movie.