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The Village
I looked for another thread on this and didn't find it, so here it is (profuse apologies if there's already a thread- and thanks to whoever points it out to me).
Well, M. Night's latest is... interesting. No spoilers allowed just yet, I suppose, but I will say that I did guess his signature surprise before it was acutally revealed, which was a little dissapointing to me. Bad news first. I really only have three problems with The Village. I thought the movie had some problems with the story- like, where did they get metal for hinges and knives and shovels and any other thing that needed metal? How did they keep warm in winter if they were not allowed in the woods? Additionally, the way the story was presented is a little muddled. I was left with a feeling of "Why was I there?"- were we there to see a love story? a story of survival? a story of betrayal? Like I said, a little muddled. Second, the characters were rather shallow. This may be because some people thought that Shyamalan's characters in 'Signs' were a little over-developed (a belief which I do not share). It was har to understand who exactly the characters were because we had to take them on face value- no insight was really given in regard to their lives except for the 'present'. Thirdly, the language was a little tedious. A lot of times it seemed ill-fitting- like the characters had a hard time getting their thoughts across with them. However, I definatly think the movie is worth seeing. The acting is gripping and superb, the directing is wonderful- creative, loving and bold- as usual with Shyamalan. The score is beautiful. Despite the problems with the story, the emotions in the scenes are portrayed well. A 'must-see' (as those cheesy liner-noters say) for anyone fond of great acting and directing. What do you think?
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It's New Years Day, just like the day before; Same old skies of grey, same empty bottles on the floor. Another year's gone by, and I was thinking once again, How can I take this losing hand and somehow win? Just give me One Good Year To get my feet back on the ground. I've been chasing grace; Grace ain't so easily found One bad hand can devil a man, chase him and carry him down. I've got to get out of here, just give me One Good Year! |
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Would someone tell me why only half my post is up there?^
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I loved this movie! Joaquin Pheonix is now my favorite actor. M. Night Shyamalan always has such beautiful characters in his stories. And he somehow manages to make it exciting and interesting while, at the same time, make you think. Some people I talked to were disappointed just because it didn't have enough "scary parts" in it. Not disappointing to me...I'm very glad it wasn't a typical teenagers-running-from-mindless-killing-machine horror type. Can we say...boring?!
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Well, my girlfriend didn't like it too much, but I did. I do have a few unanswered questions though.
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Unanswered questions?
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I went to see it last night. I heard from people that it wasn't very good, so I went in with low expectations. I was pleasantly surprised. It was far from a perfect film, the language in it was awkward and some parts of the story didn't seem to fit, but it was still pretty good. I guessed the twist in it though.
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Yay! I can read this!
I wonder how many others guessed the twist...? I was saying before how the story of The Village got kind of lost- kind of "what is this about?"- in there for a while, but I think it's rather artful getting lost, on contemplating it. If you think about it, Shyamalan tells the story in a meandering, ghost-story-by-camp-firelight kind of way. Artful indeed. I thought it was going to be scarier than it was. The creatures ceased to freak me out the first time you see them. However, that part in the woods did freak me out a little. That whole part was well done. I love the music in this movie!!! I bought the soundtrack and have been listening to it incessantly. Did anybody else think that the violin solos were quite original- well, maybe that's not the right word. The score isn't as jumpy as, say, Signs; it reminded me a lot of the violin pieces right before the battle of Helm's Deep in TTT (the movie, obviously), and all those shots of the little kids looking up as if the roof is going to cave in. Shyamalan has this amazing way of making these cool, freaky movies, but at the same time making real characters who we come to know and love (as opposed to the cheesy, sarcastic, unbelievable, characters in most thriller/horror flicks), and I think the score in The Village really reflects that. One thing the music really brings to light is Lucius and Ivy's love for each other pervading everything they do. Their little love-theme is kind of woven into every moment, which is really neat, and binds the story, even when it strays.
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It's New Years Day, just like the day before; Same old skies of grey, same empty bottles on the floor. Another year's gone by, and I was thinking once again, How can I take this losing hand and somehow win? Just give me One Good Year To get my feet back on the ground. I've been chasing grace; Grace ain't so easily found One bad hand can devil a man, chase him and carry him down. I've got to get out of here, just give me One Good Year! |
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I'm sure I have more questions, but I can't think of them right now.
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I would guess that she knew her way well because she had raced with him so many times (and, not to be picky
![]() I only saw the movie last night and I loved it, myself. I don't know. I'm quite obviously biased because I'm such a fan of M. Night, but I loved it. I think that part of it was the fact that I didn't guess the twist, but I had an understanding of it... I knew that it was there, but wouldn't let myself believe it until it was stated. My father thought that I would be disappointed because of the lack of 'monsters' or 'scary parts'. But I wasn't. As I tried to explain to my sister, there are monsters. The |counts| seven Elders are the monsters. The fact that seven people can manipulate the lives of so many others' lives completely enthrals me. But, maybe that's because I have an obsession with cults. The language did seem a bit awkward. But, think about it, the language was only created by a history teacher. I don't know. It wasn't really a problem for me. I didn't see it as hindering the story in any way. That entire post was really muddled. But screw it.
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Okay, I see that there are some replies in this thread, but for some reason....
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It's New Years Day, just like the day before; Same old skies of grey, same empty bottles on the floor. Another year's gone by, and I was thinking once again, How can I take this losing hand and somehow win? Just give me One Good Year To get my feet back on the ground. I've been chasing grace; Grace ain't so easily found One bad hand can devil a man, chase him and carry him down. I've got to get out of here, just give me One Good Year! |
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