The Village

Not at all. Unlike "Signs" which kept you interested throughout, The Village dragged on. M. Night Shylaman took his sweet time getting to the surprise twist. Waiting for it is what kept me awake.

Got this on DVD yesterday. Love it.

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Pumpkins scream in the DEAD of night!

Is it just me but in M. Night Shylaman movies the sound/music and lighting is what makes me jump in my seat not the creatures themselves.

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"Believe me, the secret of the greatest fruitfulness and the greatest enjoyment of existence is: to live dangerously!"
-Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche, The Joyful Wisdom

this movie sucked

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" I see in your eyes, the same fear that would take the heart of me. A day may come when the courage of men fails, whe we forsake our friends and break all bonds of fellowship, but it is not this day. May and hour of wolves and shattered shields before the age of men comes crashing down, but it is not this day! This day we Fight! For all that you hold dear on this good earth, I bid you stand men of the west!!"
-Aragorn: The Lord of the Rings the Return of the King

No one asked you.

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Seth!!!!!!!!!!!

Jamie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

No it didn't. But thanks for your stimulating input.

I saw it a few weeks ago, I thought it was interesting, also the ending was good.

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I don't know when it's no longer appropriate to wrap things in spoiler tags...

So, to be safe I guess I'll do it here:

I enjoy watching it..

I heard that this movie ranked in box office sales on its opening weekend in the United States...that makes me conclude that the movie have something to be impressed of...

It made $50 million, which is quite good, sure, but it dropped off very quickly after that, and concluded with $114 domestically. Most films finish with roughly three times their opening weekend gross; anything less generally indicates poor word-of-mouth.

It wasn't just front-loaded in general, however; it was front-loaded even on its first weekend, making $20 million of its $50 million on the very first day. That generally indicates a film with a very fervent fan base, which, in turn, generally implies that it doesn't have a terribly broad appeal.

However, given director M. Night Shyamalan's financial success with The Sixth Sense and Signs, it was widely hailed as a disappointment, both financially and (moreso) critically. I myself thought it was solid; certainly an above-average film, but definitely one that would have been better-received with the many preconceptions people brought to it. It probably didn't help that someone on this forum (in this very thread, I think) spoiled the ending for me before I saw it.

I get tired of this film getting ripped apart because 'it wasn't scary ' or 'it didn't have a gud twist'. I think The Village, like the underrated Stigmata, suffered from being marketed as a horror film, then boring all the 'It's Saturday night and I'm too young to get into a pub' crowd by paying more attention to aesthetics than gore.

I actually did find it scary, maybe that's because I don't watch a lot of horror movies.



I liked the 'fairytale' look of the film, especially when she comes to a giant hedge on the other side of the woods. I thought it was well acted. I also liked the way it came together at the end - when you realise why they won't let Lucius go to the outside world, you also realise why Ivy is the only one of the youngsters who could go - because she is blind and will not see what it looks like, and because they will recognise her name and know who she is and where she comes from and not trouble her.

It wasn't perfect, sure, and if you have seen Brotherhood of the Wolf, it casts some doubt on its originality, but still a good film.

I find the movie not scary but creepy though...