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re: M. Night Shyamalan's "The Village" is actually a solid movie
Posted on 4/13/15 at 2:25 pm to mizzoukills
Posted on 4/13/15 at 2:25 pm to mizzoukills
I liked all 4 of his first films a lot and haven't liked anything since. 6th sense is actually my least favorite of those 4.
Village was probably my favorite.
Village was probably my favorite.
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Posted on 4/13/15 at 2:26 pm to mizzoukills
I liked the movie but was disappointed by the twist. I was really not in tune with MNS work and didn't really know much about the movie at all, so I went into it with no preconceived notions. I thought it was a great thriller. The reason I didn't like the twist was that I thought the movie and it's puritanical setting was good enough to stand on it's own. The ending twist actually ruined the world the movie created. I felt like the rug had pulled from under me.
Posted on 4/13/15 at 2:28 pm to Captain Fantasy
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There's a difference between liking a movie and saying it would be the GOAT if Nolan's name replaced Shyamalan's.
Well that was clearly tongue-n-cheek. You have no sarcasm meter, do you?
Posted on 4/13/15 at 2:28 pm to CocomoLSU
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There are also people who say that the ending was given away early on in the movie, but I've never heard a good explanation that I can remember (even went back and forth with lsu9193969700 in my thread but he never answered the question...he says that halfway through the movie, they tell us the exact year).
I enjoyed it as well. I know what lsu91384u12937 was referring to. You see photographs and a few other things (I forget since I haven't seen it in probably 7-8 years). The photographs seemed to resemble a time period that was ahead of what you initially thought the year was, based on the village and the way they lived. It wasn't given away, but I do remember watching it and thinking "wait a minute, they might be further ahead time-wise than I think." But it was definitely not given away. I actually thought it was a good hint at the "twist" while not actually giving it away too early.
Posted on 4/13/15 at 2:29 pm to CocomoLSU
Cocomo,
I completely agree with your old thread. I didn't realize someone had argued this before.
frick it...I'm just going to admit that I LOVE THIS MOVIE and I think that it's my favorite M. Night movie besides Signs.
I completely agree with your old thread. I didn't realize someone had argued this before.
frick it...I'm just going to admit that I LOVE THIS MOVIE and I think that it's my favorite M. Night movie besides Signs.
Posted on 4/13/15 at 2:29 pm to mizzoukills
All the trolling has destroyed my sarcasm meter 
Posted on 4/13/15 at 2:32 pm to mizzoukills
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I didn't realize someone had argued this before.
FTR, I didn't post that as a "Germans" type thing, more just to show you that I agree with you (with proof
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I think that it's my favorite M. Night movie besides Signs.
Signs is his GOAT for sure for me. I think it's legit awesome.
Posted on 4/13/15 at 2:32 pm to Captain Fantasy
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All the trolling has destroyed my sarcasm meter
Posted on 4/13/15 at 2:33 pm to CocomoLSU
B/c it a bullshite lazy arse move that did nothing but play on unfounded fears.
There are monsters in the forest! The retarded guy (basically "the other" of society in the film) is emotionally unstable and dangerous... like a monster! The retarded guy is actually the monster in the forest!
If you want to say I have a problem with it being un-PC fine but it was a weak move that was little more than extremely poor writing.
It went from being a legitimately freaky supranational horror film to a shitty morality tale about rejecting modern times to avoid horrors being ultimately pointless.
There are monsters in the forest! The retarded guy (basically "the other" of society in the film) is emotionally unstable and dangerous... like a monster! The retarded guy is actually the monster in the forest!
If you want to say I have a problem with it being un-PC fine but it was a weak move that was little more than extremely poor writing.
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How did it do that exactly? What does the movie being set in present time have to do with anything, or how does that take away from it?
It went from being a legitimately freaky supranational horror film to a shitty morality tale about rejecting modern times to avoid horrors being ultimately pointless.
This post was edited on 4/13/15 at 2:35 pm
Posted on 4/13/15 at 2:33 pm to goatmilker
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Its sad when people go to see a M. Night Shyamalan film and hate it because its a M. Night Shyyamalan film.
I was in the audience at Comic Con San Diego when they premiered the trailer for Devil. The audience was way into it, and then Shyamalan's name appeared on the screen and the entire room groaned/giggled.
Posted on 4/13/15 at 2:35 pm to Fewer Kilometers
I enjoyed The Village, and didn't get the twist until it was revealed. I thought it was great.
Shyamalan's appearance was a HUGE distraction though. As with his alien movie, he inserted himself as Captain Exposition, rattling off the explanations needed to forward the film, instead of telling it with actual character dialogue.
Shyamalan's appearance was a HUGE distraction though. As with his alien movie, he inserted himself as Captain Exposition, rattling off the explanations needed to forward the film, instead of telling it with actual character dialogue.
Posted on 4/13/15 at 2:41 pm to Fewer Kilometers
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The audience was way into it, and then Shyamalan's name appeared on the screen and the entire room groaned/giggled.
thats what happens when you burn an audience multiple times in short succession.
I even liked Signs which is where it seems most people started to tune out on him.
After that though? Its been one big disappointment after another. The Village, Lady in the Water, The Happening, Last Airbender, After Earth?
His films have just gotten progressively worse over time and people no longer trust him as a filmmaker.
In some ways he kind of reminds me of George Lucas in that he can build an interesting world and is fairly decent at creating an interesting overall idea but he just plain sucks at executing it and needs somebody else to rewrite his scripts so they don't veer too far off course.
Posted on 4/13/15 at 2:49 pm to Dr RC
Never understood the hate for this movie either. How early did they reveal the twist? I thought it was 5/6ths of the way through or so. Wasn’t there only about 20 minutes after they reach the guard shack that the movie ends?
Also, was it a no fly zone? I can’t remember that. All I remember is being genuinely frightened in parts and thinking the twist really surprised me and I usually figure out twists pretty damn quickly in movies
Also, was it a no fly zone? I can’t remember that. All I remember is being genuinely frightened in parts and thinking the twist really surprised me and I usually figure out twists pretty damn quickly in movies
Posted on 4/13/15 at 2:51 pm to DeathValley85
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The "twist" was revealed way too early in the movie and then it sputtered to the end.
This, I loved it up until the twist, then it spiraled downward. I still enjoy it though.
Posted on 4/13/15 at 3:33 pm to Dr RC
Dr RC
The Village is great
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After that though? Its been one big disappointment after another. The Village...
The Village is great
Posted on 4/13/15 at 3:35 pm to mizzoukills
I always enjoyed it as well. I was kinda young when it came out and I thought the creatures we're scary as frick
This post was edited on 4/13/15 at 3:38 pm
Posted on 4/13/15 at 3:42 pm to Rebel Land Shark
IIRC, the mentally challenged kid was not the "monster" in the forest, the parents took turns playing the roll of the monster in the forest. The mentally challenged kid escaped from where he was being held, found the costume, and then went out into the forest where he was chasing the girl, maybe "playing"???
Agreed, the monster costume was freaky.
Agreed, the monster costume was freaky.
Posted on 4/13/15 at 3:48 pm to SoDakHawk
the stupid arse girl I took to see this... OMFG.... half way through the fricking movie she goes.... " omg shes blind?"
Posted on 4/13/15 at 4:01 pm to Gusoline
The Sixth Sense is his best.
And much like Stairway to Heaven in that the twist is so well known, overplayed, etc...like the song overplayed, people like to rag on it.
But it doesn't detract from them both being incredible and classic pieces of art.
And much like Stairway to Heaven in that the twist is so well known, overplayed, etc...like the song overplayed, people like to rag on it.
But it doesn't detract from them both being incredible and classic pieces of art.
Posted on 4/13/15 at 4:24 pm to mizzoukills
I remember catching this movie in theaters as a kid with my dad right before we left to go camping. The first half of the movie legit spooked me and the second half left me feeling kind of relieved
All said, I haven't watched it sense but enjoyed the time I did spend seeing it.
All said, I haven't watched it sense but enjoyed the time I did spend seeing it.
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