the village

[Anand]

in a lot of ways I see this guy doing something that has never been done before..

his scripts that he write, the way he directs and produces is awesome.

I think he has mad talent and it shows in every movie that he does.

They are all in the same theme but then again, they are all different...very different.

[Sopdadope]

If you really look at the movie and allt he "twists" and step back from it, you will realise soemething.. it plays on this whole human mind game.

And that's exactly the problem, without the surprise ending this film has little going for it. It comes off as a bombastic, half-hearted suspense thriller collapsing under the weight of it's own pretentiousness. No doubt, M. Night was aiming for a diabolically clever twisteroo ending but in the process of delivering his own grandiose, earth-shattering allegory about the human condition and its susceptibility to the manipulations of fear, he forgot to make an interesting movie. Ooops.

Great concept, beautiful score, decent cinematography but the most important aspect of a movie is the story and this one was poorly conceived.

in a lot of ways I see this guy doing something that has never been done before..

his scripts that he write, the way he directs and produces is awesome.

The Village falters because the story fails to connect with it’s characters and subsequently it’s audience. Night’s forte has always been in telling seemingly otherwordly stories grounded in a world of absolute reality. Not here. It’s floating around out there in some weird fantasy land where it’s a good idea to send blind girls groping around helplessly in the forest amongst "those that are not spoken of" because "they're led by love." It's a film that wants to be equal parts Bronte/Stephen King/Baudrillard but ends up as a muddled mess.

The twist matters little if the story is compelling and effectual, The Village is neither.

[Anand]

it was a good idea to send the blind girl to the woods because "those who we do not speak off" were not real..

there was nothing in the woods at all... that's why he said for 2 people to go with her till the path which will lead her to the towns.

she was the perfect candidate to go there because she couldn't see.... all she could do was hear.. so wouldn't see what era they really are in... what is going on in her village and what manipulation is forced down their throats without their knowledge by the elders...

perfect... couldn't ask for a better person to go and get help from "the towns"

[gabossie]

I saw it last night and I'll say a couple things:1. The cinimetography was great, as always with his movies.2. The concept was interesting3. The script was horrible, just way to cheesy for me.

Overall, I was dissapointed. I really liked the ideas, but the script was just lame for the most part. It had it's good moments, but not enough of them apparently.