yeah again though, running into a tree would have ruined the tone... as for me i am just imaging it being done in a cheesey way... like i said she made mistakes but nothing to ruin the tone and style the movie was going for

Well obviously it ruined the movie for me.

You realize I'm kidding around, right?  Of course they aren't going to have her run into a tree.

I am absolutely in love with this film. I think the story has a lot of meaning, the characters and their relationships are engrossing, and I found some scenes to be really suspenseful (the "Don't let them in!" moment is great). It's beautifully shot, edited and scored, and on the subject of the score, I think it was robbed of an Oscar. I saw Finding Neverland and I can't remember what the score was like at all. It didn't make an impression. James Newton Howard's score for The Village was a beautiful masterpiece and actually elevated the film to a point where had a different score been used, the film would just not have been that good. A score rarely has that much importance, but it did here. It absolutely made the aforementioned scene where Ivy won't close the door.

Anyway, I think it has an incredible story that no one just lets unfold in front of them because they insist on picking it apart and basing how good it was purely on the twists, and how well they stand alone rather than in the context of the story and the overall meaning Shyamalan is trying to put across. I mean I personally think they were good but it's not like that's all the story has to offer, the romance between Ivy and Lucius is the biggest part of the story anyway. And I would like to have the bad acting pointed out to me because I didn't spot any. I thought the performances were brilliant.

I enjoyed this film but not as much as Unbreakable (It is what Superhero films should strive to be) big budget films always tank because they don't understand how to tell the story without jumping into the pretty CgI. M Night went a step further and made the beginning of something special.

He gets brownie points for Bruce Willis (The guys got IT)

M Night makes good films that may only appeal to certain people but when the lines are drawn more people like his films then hate them.

Doesn't make anybody wrong, it's all just personal opinions.

man this movie pissed me off.  I was so angry at the end, I knew something was up about the halfway point and my heart began to sink, this was dreadful, one of the worst movies I have ever seen.  on a positive note the cinematography was great, and I really like William Hurt, but other than that, UGH, total shit IMO!

Quoted from The boy who could fly man this movie pissed me off.  I was so angry at the end, I knew something was up about the halfway point and my heart began to sink, this was dreadful, one of the worst movies I have ever seen.  on a positive note the cinematography was great, and I really like William Hurt, but other than that, UGH, total shit IMO!

You've got taste! This film, despite the fantastic idea, characters, dialogue, photography, color coding motifs, set-up and everything else which make  for a great movie was lost in the crappy ending! The payoff was appaulingly bad. And I agree, this movie really pissed me off too!

Flush this one down the toilet!

The only decent film M Night has done is Sixth Sense, all the others are diabolical!

I watched The Village. It really, REALLY annoyed me. I meam, for some reason, you watch horror films cuz you want to be scared. There is one slightly scary moment. Well, not scary. Just suprising, and that's when the wolf type thing walks under the bridge. Anyone know what I'm talking about?

Quoted from DOM I watched The Village. It really, REALLY annoyed me. I meam, for some reason, you watch horror films cuz you want to be scared. There is one slightly scary moment. Well, not scary. Just suprising, and that's when the wolf type thing walks under the bridge. Anyone know what I'm talking about?

The Village wasn't a horror movie.  It was more of a mystery/thriller.

Watch Jack Frost and you wil lfind the real menaing of "shit".

I've been able to figure out all the twists in MNS's movies before they happen.  In 'The Village,' it figured it out real early in the movie.


Phil