The Village

miriel got the point.

I felt it was a good alternative to the recent comedy/action movies I've seen lately. The ending mad me a little mad, but all of his do that to me. Like in Signs, I wanted to know what happened after the credits. But I still enjoy all of his films as of date.

I felt that it was a good idea, but executed very, very poorly. Being a big Shyamalan fan, I was really disappointed in this film because a lot of the things that made me love his previous films were missing from this one... especially the tension that he's so good at building. In both 6th Sense and especially Signs (Unbreakable wasn't really a horror/thriller movie, but was awesome anyway), he really built up the suspense, leaving you at the edge of your seat. In Village, he built up nothing, resorting to cheap pop n' scare tactics to make the audience jump, and even then, they were so predictable. The story seemed to lack any type of horror or suspense and seemed to end up like a melodrama with a monster thrown in. And as a drama, it was pretty dull. I'll also agree that the dialogue is extremely stilted, but I figured that since (SPOILER)they were actually forcing it in since they weren't from that actual time period, it kinda made sense, but still... it was bit painful.

BatChao hit the nail on the head. Exactly how I felt about it.

I jus saw it last night, and I loved it. I actually didn't see anything wrong with it. I never got bored once, I thought the dialogue was good....but I guess that's just me.

I think the movie wsa more about the charactres this time around. Or more human nature, maybe? It's different than his other works, and in a good way, I think. Don't get me wrong, I'm a big fan of his, and I love all of his movies, but I don't think he made any mistakes here.

As for the ending, (SPOILER)I loved it. I loved how he kept it so ambiguous. So many of these horrible american movies have these lame, fairy-tale endings, leave nothing to be imagined, and are far too predictable. Normally you wouldn't be scared that anyone was going to die, but this one, you weren't too sure, even at the end. I like that. It added more suspense, and you cared more for the characters. I'm tired of these cookie-cutter plots.

Also, I thought the music was beautiful. Just thought I had to add that in there. :)


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