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re: Shyamalan's The Village
Posted on 10/18/14 at 9:48 am to HailHailtoMichigan!
Posted on 10/18/14 at 9:48 am to HailHailtoMichigan!
I did not care for this movie
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Posted on 10/18/14 at 10:28 am to Thurber
Agree the movie was better then it's reputation.
Posted on 10/18/14 at 10:48 am to HailHailtoMichigan!
Love this movie
Posted on 10/18/14 at 11:03 am to HailHailtoMichigan!
I loved the Village and own it on DVD. I've watched it 4 or 5 times. The twist is the best part.
I also love Lady in the Water. I don't understand the hate for that one either. I also own it on DVD and have watched a number of times. As a fantasy nerd, I thought it was a great take on misinterpreting prophecy. Plus, Paul Giamatti is always money.
I never saw the one where the plants killed everybody, which everyone says is terrible. The only Shyamalan movies I saw that came out after Lady in the Water were The Last Airbender and that one last year with Will Smith and his kid. It was those two movies that made me see why everyone hates Shyamalan.
I also love Lady in the Water. I don't understand the hate for that one either. I also own it on DVD and have watched a number of times. As a fantasy nerd, I thought it was a great take on misinterpreting prophecy. Plus, Paul Giamatti is always money.
I never saw the one where the plants killed everybody, which everyone says is terrible. The only Shyamalan movies I saw that came out after Lady in the Water were The Last Airbender and that one last year with Will Smith and his kid. It was those two movies that made me see why everyone hates Shyamalan.
Posted on 10/18/14 at 12:41 pm to VOR
quote:What does this even mean?
Suspension of disbelief can only go so far.
Posted on 10/18/14 at 12:54 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
Ug
Posted on 10/18/14 at 1:13 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
Just seems like his films got progressively worse, with each new one being worse than the previous one. The only two I care for are The Sixth Sense and Unbreakable.
This post was edited on 10/18/14 at 1:16 pm
Posted on 10/18/14 at 1:15 pm to Breesus
It's not a terrible film but Shymalan had sort of become a cliche at that point and everyone was basically expecting some sort of Twilight Zone twist ending.
If this had been made earlier in his career it probably would have been better received.
If this had been made earlier in his career it probably would have been better received.
Posted on 10/18/14 at 1:29 pm to xenythx
I don't know if this is more a commentary on the movie or me, but I only watched it once and don't remember a thing about it.
Posted on 10/18/14 at 8:15 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
The Village is an incredibly good and smart movie. Definitely Shyamalan's best movie. A lot of you guys have brain dead taste in movies.
Let's discuss the merits of fricking G.I. Joe!!
ETA- My apologies for being a prick. I'm sensitive when it comes to The Village because I like it a lot and respect it for what it was trying to do (at least what I think it was trying to do). It's basically an allegory about what fear can do to a society (especially when's it's a manipulated fear). Keep in mind it came out only a few years after 9/11.
Let's discuss the merits of fricking G.I. Joe!!
ETA- My apologies for being a prick. I'm sensitive when it comes to The Village because I like it a lot and respect it for what it was trying to do (at least what I think it was trying to do). It's basically an allegory about what fear can do to a society (especially when's it's a manipulated fear). Keep in mind it came out only a few years after 9/11.
This post was edited on 10/18/14 at 8:25 pm
Posted on 10/18/14 at 8:20 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
Obvious troll is obvious
Posted on 10/18/14 at 9:00 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
really enjoyed it. The twist got me.
Posted on 10/18/14 at 9:13 pm to DakForHe15man
Always liked it - and actually for the acting...I thought Phoenix and Ron Howard's daughter were great. She was really great.
And I think their scene on the porch at night is one of the great scenes in movies.
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And I think their scene on the porch at night is one of the great scenes in movies.
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Posted on 10/18/14 at 9:16 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
In my house we refer to this as the movie we do not speak of.
Posted on 10/18/14 at 10:26 pm to bigpetedatiga
For those who figured out the twist... how did you do it?
Posted on 10/18/14 at 10:40 pm to DakForHe15man
For me it was the early over-talk of not being able to go to "the towns."
As if outside society in the 1800's was so bad...that everyone gets murdered. This idea that nobody could leave lead to the question of "what?"
And once the "animals who wore cloaks" showed up...sort of sealed the deal.
As if outside society in the 1800's was so bad...that everyone gets murdered. This idea that nobody could leave lead to the question of "what?"
And once the "animals who wore cloaks" showed up...sort of sealed the deal.
Posted on 10/18/14 at 10:43 pm to DakForHe15man
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For those who figured out the twist... how did you do it?
Honestly, I don't remember specifically. But I remember about halfway through I knew it was something close to what happened. It just seemed obvious that theirs was a phony situation and that the real world was out there somewhere.
Posted on 10/19/14 at 3:22 am to DosManos
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The Village is an incredibly good and smart movie. Definitely Shyamalan's best movie. A lot of you guys have brain dead taste in movies.
More like a blatant rip off of a children's book.
Posted on 10/19/14 at 6:07 am to DakForHe15man
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For those who figured out the twist... how did you do it?
1. I knew who made this movie, so I knew there would probably be a big twist.
2. The accents and phrasings were so bad. I remember thinking they sounded like regular modern people trying to sound like they were from a long time ago.
3. The clincher was how there was a cure in another town. It had to be a kind of antibiotic.
4. I like twilight zone and movies with twists like this: sixth sense, matrix, the others, etc
Posted on 10/19/14 at 9:44 am to HailHailtoMichigan!
That was the first Shyamalan movie I saw.
When I first saw the film and noticed the insulated pane windows on the old cabins early in the movie, I decided it was either a mistake or this was some kind of isolated village.
I didn't dislike the movie at all.
When I first saw the film and noticed the insulated pane windows on the old cabins early in the movie, I decided it was either a mistake or this was some kind of isolated village.
I didn't dislike the movie at all.
This post was edited on 10/19/14 at 9:46 am
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