Well we arrived just in the nick of time and got pretty good seats in a sold out theater for the village sunday night. Let me begin to tell you there were about 10-12 people get up and leave about 45min into it!! Then about 1 1/2hr into it 5 more people left. I would be lying if i said the thought of leaving didnt cross my mind more than once also..Lets just say in 2hr movie there were about 2-4min of action/suspence involving the mysterious creatures, the other 118min was full of bullshit scenes with some bullshit actors. Set in a really dull landscape. Ok the twist in the end was unexpected and made me add a few points back. But i wouldnt even call this movie a must rent. It gets a 4. Everything you seen in the trailors that looks spooky and worth watching, well the trailors pretty much show all the action in the whole movie.......Ps i want my $7.00 back
shyamalan has milked his sorry sense of anticipation dry. we know shyamalan better than he knows himself. we are so far onto him that we have disappeared into the distance ahead of him. the guy needs to learn some new tricks. i still like his name though . .. m.night . . . yeah . . .
Yes, the village was not scary. Yes, the foundation in which it ran on was not real. But you have to realize that the acting was not horrible and that it wasnt all bad. I mean, it was somewhat of a interesting idea of making the creatures up and all. I understand your judgement on it. But it wasnt neccesarily a horrible movie, it is just that you didnt think it was going to be a romance and didnt expect the movie to turn out as it did and probably had higher expectations than you shouldve. But it is not nearly even close to the 6th sense.
Posts: 637 | Location: California | Registered: 24 August 2004
I understand, I was shocked too at the end... but as I thought more and more about it I realised something: The Village is brilliant!!!
I get why you were disappointed, but the film itself was done with great great precision and looks wonderful. The acting I don't see anything wrong with, the main actress especially was excellent.
For me, definitely one of the best films of 2004 and I desperately want Shyamalan to win the Best Director oscar next year.
quote:Originally posted by Edward Nygma: I understand, I was shocked too at the end... but as I thought more and more about it I realised something: The Village is brilliant!!!
I get why you were disappointed, but the film itself was done with great great precision and looks wonderful. The acting I don't see anything wrong with, the main actress especially was excellent.
For me, definitely one of the best films of 2004 and I desperately want Shyamalan to win the Best Director oscar next year.
Doesn't he have to make a good movie first? Perhaps not.
Posts: 406 | Location: The fifth level | Registered: 05 December 2004
quote:Originally posted by Edward Nygma: I understand, I was shocked too at the end... but as I thought more and more about it I realised something: The Village is brilliant!!!
I get why you were disappointed, but the film itself was done with great great precision and looks wonderful. The acting I don't see anything wrong with, the main actress especially was excellent.
For me, definitely one of the best films of 2004 and I desperately want Shyamalan to win the Best Director oscar next year.
Thankyou! I was beginning to think I was the only person in this world who liked the movie. You're even more enthusiatic about it than I am.
Posts: 637 | Location: California | Registered: 24 August 2004
I haven't seen it yet, but I was sorely disappointed with Signs. The Sixth Sense - great, Unbreakable- great, but from what I can tell from the reviews, The Village continues the downward spiral...
I was in the mood for either The Forgotten OR the Village at the video store. I've read that both movies blew chunks this year, but was in the mood for a thriller. My mind was settling towards The Forgotten. The two female clerks suggested The Village, saying it was Shyamalan's best. The one thing I gained from this is not to ask those two clerks their opinion about any film for ever. The movie is not only the worst this year...it is the worst period. I'm afraid to check out the Forgotten or any 'thriller' for awhile and hope never to be swayed into a movie I swore I wouldn't check out.
"the sun gets passed from sea to sea, silently, and back to me"
Posts: 778 | Location: middle of bf nowhere | Registered: 25 January 2005
quote: I was in the mood for either The Forgotten OR the Village at the video store. I've read that both movies blew chunks this year, but was in the mood for a thriller. My mind was settling towards The Forgotten. The two female clerks suggested The Village, saying it was Shyamalan's best. The one thing I gained from this is not to ask those two clerks their opinion about any film for ever. The movie is not only the worst this year...it is the worst period. I'm afraid to check out the Forgotten or any 'thriller' for awhile and hope never to be swayed into a movie I swore I wouldn't check out.
"Worst of the year" is a little harsh. "Average" would be a better term for "The Village." It is funny that you mention "The Forgotten" I watched it less than an hour ago and liked it. It is a very strange movie, and for some reason addictive, I couldn't keep my eyes off of the computer screen. The acting was good, the plot wasn't bad, and they didn't try to over-do it by filling it with special effects. "The Forgotten" was much better than "The Village," but neither of them should be considered "Worst of the Year." Watch "White Chicks" then tell me what is the worst movie of the year.
Posts: 3808 | Location: ZZ9 Plural Z Alpha | Registered: 18 October 2004
Thanks Mike...but I'm not going near White Chicks. So, I'll stick with what I've seen to determine the worst. I know there is worse out there...I just don't want to fall victim to the "known" turkeys out there. Shyamalan tricked his viewers in the worst way...from the beginning with the "fake" 1800's years on the tombstone. Why create a fake time, when the children (supposedly) would have no clue what decade it would be anyway?? It was just plain bad.
I will see The Forgotten though...I was always interested in the story and shouldn't have swayed to The Village that day. Oh well...
"the sun gets passed from sea to sea, silently, and back to me"
Posts: 778 | Location: middle of bf nowhere | Registered: 25 January 2005
quote:from the beginning with the "fake" 1800's years on the tombstone. Why create a fake time, when the children (supposedly) would have no clue what decade it would be anyway??
True, but the guy who set it up was a professor, and I was reminded of the book "The Scarlet Letter" while I thought it was during the 1800s, it was supposedly a "Pure" time and that is what they wanted to recreate, more "Innocent" times, so instead of creating something that they haven't seen before, they recreated something that they have studied or heard of before based upon what they thought the time period might be like. I think that the plot twists are enough to keep this sink from sinking.
"The Forgotten" is worth a watch, just for the unusual way the the movie flows.
BTW, stay as far away from "White Chicks" as you can, seriously it might lower your I.Q.
Posts: 3808 | Location: ZZ9 Plural Z Alpha | Registered: 18 October 2004
"The Forgotten" is worth a watch, just for the unusual way the the movie flows.
BTW, stay as far away from "White Chicks" as you can, seriously it might lower your I.Q.[/QUOTE] LOL. Yeah I hope it is better than The Butterfly Effect. It looks like The Forgotten is one of those. Butterfly was 'ok' to see once! I forgot to list AVP. That was the most disappoiting film of the year (Underworld last year). *sniff* The once sacred Alien franchise is falling apart...
"the sun gets passed from sea to sea, silently, and back to me"
Posts: 778 | Location: middle of bf nowhere | Registered: 25 January 2005
Yuck dude, even mentioning these movies is a Hellworthy sin. Maybe The Butterfly Effect wasn't the WORSTE, but its definitely only going to be remembered for approximately another 5 minutes and we will all move on to bigger and better movies.
I finally saw the Village recently and I can't understand why so many people hated it. It was no Sixth Sense, but it was a perfectly enjoyable thriller with a few rediculous plot twists. I thought Shyamalan made a mistake in showing the "creatures" in broad daylight, and it was all a bit silly towards the end once you had figured out what was going on. But the movie had some interesting ideas, which weren't executed as well as they could have been.
Posts: 49 | Location: Australia | Registered: 10 January 2005
My personal take on the film is that it's really a sociological mystery which doesn't answer most of my questions. It seems to be about a group of people with principles (up to a point) who have exiled themselves to a remote mental institution. The young blind woman (Ms. Howard, in a strong performance) seems to be the one person who doesn't belong in the asylum, so she is their best hope for the future survival of the group. None of this was really addressed. It's very interesting to look at the film in that way rather than the "plot", which was more of an idea than a real plot. I fall in the middle on this film. I wish they had gone more into their past lives and how they're protecting their children now, but instead it's a suspense film which isn't too scary. Unusual, sure, but too odd to be scary.
"Naked Woman, Naked Man Where did you get that nice sun tan?"
Posts: 12918 | Location: Behind the Orange Curtain | Registered: 14 May 2004
quote:Originally posted by storm_chaser: You got bigger and better thins to move onto, then be my guest St. Nick.
Got any suggestions?
You seem to know what yer doin' 'round these parts.
You one big man with big opinions , alright.
A little bitter, storm_chaser... you seem a little new to be getting snippy with me. As a matter of fact, the only reason I will even reply to that is because I enjoy pissing on people. If you found the Butterfly to be good, more power to ya. Unfortunately, others were not captivated by its wonder. If you were here earlier you would have seen that I said it had a little TOO harsh of responses, but just a little. I think its a load of high budget garbage put out with Ashton as the lead to make $$$ off of Kutchers success. It was not a flawed plot by any means, I mean how could it be? IT WAS SO SIMPLE IT WOULD TAKE AN IDIOT TO MESS IT UP!!! Of course, I wouldn't put it past a director these days to do that.
Watching the Village I was reminded of the end of Signs where Joaquin Pheonix was beating a guy in a rubber suit to death with a baseball bat. Not Shyamalan's finest moment, and I would have thought such a talented director would realise that the best scary moments are when the Monster/Alien/Serial Killer can't be seen and is mostly left to the viewer's imagination.
Posts: 49 | Location: Australia | Registered: 10 January 2005
I'm sorry storm, I really am. It was uncalled for to insinuate that you have low brow tastes, it just seemed that you were intentionally going for a response of that sort. Alright, I'll say this, there are crappier movies out there than the Butterfly Effect, maybe I was waiting for the thing to end and Kutcher to say "AHAHAHAH YOU'VE JUST BEEN PUNKD!" I need to take it more seriously next viewing.
I mostly shook my head and sighed at the end, saying I get it and I was looking for me having been set up by the previews. However, I realized about half-way through the movie what was likely going to happen. This wasn't a occult/horror/thriller but a mystery thriller with a message - a bit manipulative at that. But I applaud the director for his attempt, a good one at that.
I understand that with the plot twist at the end and the way it came out that there was only so much the director and script could do to make this movie what it was. It was scary as much as it was bewildering in the beginning.
It wasn't the worst movie and it was performed well considering the material and how it had to be directed.
Posts: 961 | Location: Utah, United States | Registered: 22 July 2005
. . . yeah . . .
