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Post by Bartwald on Aug 20, 2004 14:52:09 GMT -5
I'd rather just stick to watching flicks about it. Honestly.  |
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Post by Prophet Tenebrae on Aug 27, 2004 11:21:50 GMT -5
For me, this film just goes to show how Hollywood isn't afraid to tell lies to get you into the cinema. Calling this a horror film is just the biggest lie I've heard about a film since the Wachoski brother's said "Yeah, the Matrix was written as part of a trilogy". The only horror here was the time I wasted watching this film.
I agree that M. Night has a generally gradual method of story telling but here I feel that there really was no story to tell. I honestly think you must be mentally defective if you didn't get the twist from a mile-off.
More damning that though was (for me) the lack of any real point to the film. As the characters were all so two dimensional, I didn't really care what happened to any of the characters and quite why they should make an excuse just because the blind girl's boyfriend got stabbed by the village idiot is still beyond me.
But if you want to waste 2 hours of your life on something that will probably make you feel angry at the world for it's stupidity, misadvertising, generally generic "the modern world sucks" and remind you of the Amish, I heartily advise you to see this film.
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Post by Heineken Skywalker on Aug 27, 2004 12:19:50 GMT -5
I honestly think you must be mentally defective if you didn't get the twist from a mile-off.SPOILERS!I figured the creatures were going to turn out to be fake, but the whole "we're really living on a preserve in the modern world", got by me. Guess I'm not that bright.  Thanks for enlightening me though.
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Post by LivingDeadGirl on Aug 27, 2004 18:24:30 GMT -5
I guess I'm not either... but hey, we all can't be geniuses.
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Post by ZapRowsdower on Aug 28, 2004 12:59:13 GMT -5
Actually, my friend and I both got the year 2004 twist halfway into the movie... and my friend slept through most of it.
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Post by Heineken Skywalker on Aug 28, 2004 19:00:36 GMT -5
Ooh, check out the big brain on Smitty. |
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Post by LivingDeadGirl on Aug 28, 2004 20:35:42 GMT -5
LOL....geez, let me go get on the short bus now...
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Post by Heineken Skywalker on Aug 28, 2004 23:36:55 GMT -5
Hey LDG, save me a seat, okay?? ;D
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Post by ZapRowsdower on Sept 2, 2004 0:13:37 GMT -5
Funny story... my friend and I both walked out disappointed. After a week of thinking about it, I started thinking about how good of a drama it was, and not how weak of a thriller it was. That's when I started to accept its quality.
My friend, having slept through the portion of the movie that actually made it good, ended up seeing it again, and enjoying it much more the second time.
Keep in mind, the first time we saw this, it was at a midnight screening. We tend to get tired at these things; that doesn't say anything about the quality of the movie.
The Village is proof that M. Night Shyamalan is more than just "the master of surprise endings", but he's also a very good storyteller. Then I think back to movies like the Sixth Sense, and why people love it so much. Of course, the first thing that comes to mind is the surprise ending. But that's not all the Sixth Sense had going for it. M. Night Shyamalan... the next Hitchcock? You better believe it.
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Post by Bartwald on Sept 2, 2004 10:43:25 GMT -5
M. Night Shyamalan... the next Hitchcock? You better believe it. For some people this is probably a blasphemy but I agree - I started thinking about this "next Hitchcock" thing just after The Sixth Sense, and the comparison still works fine for me. |
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Post by Heineken Skywalker on Sept 2, 2004 11:40:14 GMT -5
I think the Hitchcock comparison is okay, but I prefer to think of him more as the new Rod Serling. His movies have all been like extended TWILIGHT ZONE episodes. I mean that as a compliment. I love the original TWILIGHT ZONE. And I agree that Shyamalan is doing a lot more with his films than trying to provide a "twist" ending. I'm totally about the entire story, not just trying to figure out the ending. Some people get too caught up in the "twist" and can't enjoy the rest of the movie. At least that's how it appears to me.  |
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Post by Bartwald on Sept 2, 2004 14:56:25 GMT -5
Agree 100%, Heineken! It must be depressing for Shyamalan to know that some people just care about his twists.
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Post by LivingDeadGirl on Sept 2, 2004 16:26:09 GMT -5
Hey LDG, save me a seat, okay?? ;D LOL..you got it bro... |
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Post by LivingDeadGirl on Sept 2, 2004 16:29:15 GMT -5
Agree 100%, Heineken! It must be depressing for Shyamalan to know that some people just care about his twists. To me the twists are just the icing on the cake. I'm more for the drama & suspense in movies, that's what makes them great, IMO. |
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Post by Termination on Jan 13, 2005 14:55:19 GMT -5
Had the chance to see this late last night & was very, very, very, impressed. I didn't have too much hope for M. Night to succeed the way he has with his later films, but this one, I have to admit, I liked even more than The Sixth Sense, yep you heard it here, & I bet I'm the only cat here that thinks this is M Night Shyamalan's best picture.  My Shyamalan-o-meter; ;D The Village
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