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The Village

T minus 6 days.....

Me and Em saw the Village as well as I Robot over the weekend. Both films I really enjoyed but the Village had me thinking long after it was finished. If you have not seen it, go see it and then read on.....

Jason finds the plot a little hard to accept, I loved it. A real....wow....not as thunder striking as Sixth sense but under the covers just like Unbreakable, when the movie plays it out you suddenly put all of the film in focus and thats M Night at his very best. I rate M Night as one of the best directors in recent years and his abilities create suspense and fear is unmeasured, every single one of his films has been very chilling with out the need to resort to horror (some examples include the kidnapper in unbreakable, the monster at the bedroom window and home film piece from Signs). For this film M Night wanted a peroid piece and the film has many different levels, lots more actor interaction and a lesser degree of suspense and that snaps at you through out the film. I loved his other films and this one is another classic from the master.

Posted: Aug 23 2004, 09:09 PM by astopford | with 2 comment(s)
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Jay said:

I was dissapointed in the Village. For me the plot was obvious after 15 minutes.
# August 23, 2004 5:02 PM

Jason Bock said:

Which is exactly the problem with Night's movies. You KNOW there's a twist somewhere, so you loose the joy of watching the film to revel in the story. Instead, you're analyzing everything to find clues as to what's going on. If this was Night's first picture, I'm sure my reaction would've been different, but since I was expecting a twist I started reading into the characters and the setting (hmmm, the houses look rather modern and sturdy, and...hmmm, the plates look really nice, and...hmmm, the elders all seem like they're hiding something...hmmmm....)

Night needs to stop making the "twist" movie for his next five movies - show that he's diverse enough to do something else. Otherwise, he's gonna fade big-time.
# August 24, 2004 12:21 AM

Andrew Stopford said:

I have to agree with you Jason. The twist expection is what spoiled Unbreakable (I am hoping the trilogy gets made at some point) and Night manged to really submerge it for Signs.

Much of what Night does can be done with the out need for a twist, once he says look no twist but this will scare the bejesus out of you, the audience will stop looking and just be scared witless. Personally I would love to see one of Steven Kings books be adapted (I _rate_ his writing skills and would have confidence he could write the screen play with Steven) and directed by Night. No twist but scary and suspenseful...
# August 24, 2004 4:13 AM