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There are a number of Village threads, but not a solid review:
With a couple years time, writer/director M. Night Shyamalan will be to movies what Stephen King is to books. No, not a brilliant suspense gurur, but someone who churns out hit after hit after hit, many of which won't even seem like he's trying. Is he trying with The Village? Of course. But there's a spirit missing from the Village that pretruded his biggest hits, such as The Sixth Sense. But even if you don't consider The Village to be his best work, it still emerges as a haunting silent film that could intrude your dreams if you let it. It's felt more spiritually.
Shyamalan is working with a bevy of talented actors, including William Hurt, Juaquin Pheonix, and Oscar winner Adrien Brody (who puts an interesting, funny, and bizarre twist on his role as the village idiot). Apparently, there be some big bad boogie men up in dem woods, so town's folk arent't aloud to enter the woods without permission (which means your **** outta luck on that). But after a couple of incidents (including a brilliantly scened and shot stabbing that....well, no fair in telling you), that prompt quick haste to rushing to the town's on the other side.
But you know what The Village has going for it that not one flick I've seen this year has? A compelling love story that choked me up. Even the big budget films (Return of The King, the God-awful Last Samurai) have had love stories, but there all filler. There's no fire. The Village's love story is the center of this film. Without it, there is no film. None of the otehr scenes would mean **** without it, which also goes to show that the Village is a great movie to take your significant other to.
And for Oscar to ignore Adrien Brody's performance in this flick would be to just plain not even see the film. There's a passion and fire in Brody that shows you that he doesn't need words (he hardly has any) to act; That his emotional expressions can say more then words. Brody will steal your heart with this flick.
The Village stumbles a bit though. Like most Syamalan films, many ideas are thrown in that end up getting jumbled (will they all die? Is the world outside that horrible? Who cares about their family and there tragedies/ Are there even ****in monsters?). The Village emerges as a tender love story and political slam, with big bad scary monsters supporting the main themes. Still, The Village is a ride worth taking.
Stellar gives it 3 (outta 4} stars
With a couple years time, writer/director M. Night Shyamalan will be to movies what Stephen King is to books. No, not a brilliant suspense gurur, but someone who churns out hit after hit after hit, many of which won't even seem like he's trying. Is he trying with The Village? Of course. But there's a spirit missing from the Village that pretruded his biggest hits, such as The Sixth Sense. But even if you don't consider The Village to be his best work, it still emerges as a haunting silent film that could intrude your dreams if you let it. It's felt more spiritually.
Shyamalan is working with a bevy of talented actors, including William Hurt, Juaquin Pheonix, and Oscar winner Adrien Brody (who puts an interesting, funny, and bizarre twist on his role as the village idiot). Apparently, there be some big bad boogie men up in dem woods, so town's folk arent't aloud to enter the woods without permission (which means your **** outta luck on that). But after a couple of incidents (including a brilliantly scened and shot stabbing that....well, no fair in telling you), that prompt quick haste to rushing to the town's on the other side.
But you know what The Village has going for it that not one flick I've seen this year has? A compelling love story that choked me up. Even the big budget films (Return of The King, the God-awful Last Samurai) have had love stories, but there all filler. There's no fire. The Village's love story is the center of this film. Without it, there is no film. None of the otehr scenes would mean **** without it, which also goes to show that the Village is a great movie to take your significant other to.
And for Oscar to ignore Adrien Brody's performance in this flick would be to just plain not even see the film. There's a passion and fire in Brody that shows you that he doesn't need words (he hardly has any) to act; That his emotional expressions can say more then words. Brody will steal your heart with this flick.
The Village stumbles a bit though. Like most Syamalan films, many ideas are thrown in that end up getting jumbled (will they all die? Is the world outside that horrible? Who cares about their family and there tragedies/ Are there even ****in monsters?). The Village emerges as a tender love story and political slam, with big bad scary monsters supporting the main themes. Still, The Village is a ride worth taking.
Stellar gives it 3 (outta 4} stars
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Sleater-Kinney - One Beat
The Sleepy Jackson - Lovers
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Air - Moon Safari
"I'm the man,"
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Stellar Music......By Stellar:
Sleater-Kinney - One Beat
The Sleepy Jackson - Lovers
Jeff Buckley - Sketches For My Sweetheart The Drunk
At The Drive-In - Acrobatic Tenemant
Air - Moon Safari
"I'm the man,"
~ David Carradine, Kill Bill Vol. 2
I have heard several people complain about this movie because they were dissapointed that it was not a "horror" movie. There was no blood and gore. I find it sad that we live in a society where "horror" is not considered GOOD unless we see chop chop every 5 minutes to keep us interested. 
The village to me is considered a Thriller....he is like the modern day Hitchcock. He takes a story....combines, love, laughter, moral issues and makes you open up your inner fears for you to THINK about what frightens you. 
The wood scenes were excellent and I even jumped a few times, while being greatly entertained by the "love story". The best way to be scared is to lose yourself in your imagination of what your fears truly are...and M. Night does that. I'm going back this weekend to see it again! YEAH! 