M. Night's "The Village"

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  • faster100
    faster100 Posts: 6,124
    edited January 2005
    This had a totally different ending then we thought.. Just before the end it becomes clear what the deal was... pretty good movie. alittle suspense, not bad.. just don't go into it thinking its some sort of horror film..
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  • Airplay355
    Airplay355 Posts: 4,298
    edited January 2005
    that the problem right there. the movie was advertised as a horror movie, all the trailers showed people running and hiding. if you do decide to see the movie then make sure you have low expectations and dont forget that the movie isnt about what u think its about. maybe then you wont be disappointed.


    and man, did u see sigourney in galaxy quest? paper bag that and ur good.
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  • reeltrouble1
    reeltrouble1 Posts: 9,312
    edited January 2005
    Excellent use of a story line to describe aspects of the human condition. Strong parallels to chaos theory.

    Good use of color and shadow.

    RT1
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  • Airplay355
    Airplay355 Posts: 4,298
    edited January 2005
    how does it parallel to the chaos theory? i don't have the movie so i can't watch it again but i remember nothing to do with chaos, and i don't remember chaos being part of the message, atleast for me. what did you think had something to do with chaos theory?
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  • reeltrouble1
    reeltrouble1 Posts: 9,312
    edited January 2005
    PLOT SPOILER
    CAREFUL IF YOU HAVE NOT SEEN YET



    Despite the elders best attempts to control the environment and isolate their world from things they have determined as unwanted, natural forces within each individual caused this world to crumble, bringing their controlled order to an end.

    If controlled order is an unnatural state
    And the village was experiencing controlled order
    Then the village was in an unnatural state

    The town was destined to fail, chaos would ensue until a more natural order predominated. Things which we try to control will continually try to spin out of that very control as you move forward along a time continueum. A sort of state of eternal flux.

    Whether one agrees or not is unimportant, however, I believe the crux of the film's message is to think about it.

    RT1

    PS--Yes the marketing department used our desire to feel "fear" in an environment where we know we are safe to get you and me to go see, rent, or buy the movie. But that was the marketing scheme not the writer's. I could have been perfectly happy to have the monsters be real, but the message would have been lost and that would of been a shame.
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  • Airplay355
    Airplay355 Posts: 4,298
    edited January 2005
    ok i see what you are saying now, except did the town fail? i don't remember the ending. did they stay in the village? that want the first message i got when i saw the movie. M. night's movies always seem to have this "everything happens for a reason" kind of message in them. it sticks out the most in Signs but you can easily see it in this movie with the blind girl.
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  • reeltrouble1
    reeltrouble1 Posts: 9,312
    edited January 2005
    I suppose the village failed in the sense that the "evil" the elders thought they could isolate themselves from still found them.

    You have the plot line for the sequel, go for it!!!!

    RT1
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  • MSkeezer
    MSkeezer Posts: 1,183
    edited January 2005
    I bought this one last week and finally got around to watching it today with the wife. We both enjoyed the hell out of it. Another great film from M. Night...A+
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  • usathyan
    usathyan Posts: 12
    edited January 2005
    Very Mr. 6th sense!

    Signs was crappy.
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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited January 2005
    Signs was better IMHO than the Village.
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  • Airplay355
    Airplay355 Posts: 4,298
    edited January 2005
    agreed....i didnt even like sixth sense, atleast signs was scarier
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  • halo
    halo Posts: 5,618
    edited January 2005
    I went to see this in the theater and it was a good movie but the ending pissed me off. Glad I went to the $5 show.
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  • Toxis
    Toxis Posts: 5,116
    edited January 2005
    Finally watched it for the first time tonight... gotta admit, it's better than most of his flicks. The ending that pissed so many people off was the only part I liked about the movie. Everything else (as always!) was so damned boring, bland and non-emotional, I almost went to sleep. The end tied up a lot of loose ends and gave the movie a twist that it so badly needed. Other than that, "Magic rocks!!!" hahahahaahah God I hate M. Night Shittymovie.
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  • TheReaper
    TheReaper Posts: 636
    edited January 2005
    Well after reading this post and finding out:

    A) it is not a horror movie
    B) it has Sigourney Weaver in it

    I just had to get it today. The movie was okay, the story was really intriguing.
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  • beardog03
    beardog03 Posts: 5,550
    edited January 2005
    I`m still LMAO over what L&C said...:D

    Haven`t seen it yet..
    bought it blind along with forgotten...
    we shall see tonight..!
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  • Shell
    Shell Posts: 134
    edited February 2005
    I know I am late to the game. I got the movie off of EBAY and it was a superbit DVD. My first. Although it was not advertised as such.

    I thought the movie was quite good. I did not end up as a horror movie but was scary a place or two. It was more about the relationship of the Village. I can see why those who like blood an gore and a need for a cheap thrill would not like it.;)
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  • Willow
    Willow Posts: 11,246
    edited February 2005
    Originally posted by reeltrouble1
    The town was destined to fail,.


    It sure was some developer would have bought up that land and built condo's
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  • Ron-P
    Ron-P Posts: 8,520
    edited February 2005
    I got the movie off of EBAY and it was a superbit DVD.
    As far as I know no known superbit of this title exists, at least, not an R1 version.
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  • Shell
    Shell Posts: 134
    edited February 2005
    As far as I know no known superbit of this title exists, at least, not an R1 version.
    That is why I was surprised. The DVD also did not come with an insert and the other languages on the DVD were French and Asian languages Thai, Malaysian.... Very strange. It was a DVD9 and had a superbit sticker on it. Also right below the Title "The Village" was Das Dorf. So I am thinking it came from overseas.

    Here is the DVD on ebay I won. However, the picture is different then the actuall DVD they sent. The title is in the lower half of the DVD and the Words Das Dorf was written below the title. Just curious if there is some way of checking the DVD to see if it really is superbit or if it is just a sticker.
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  • landry_p2000
    landry_p2000 Posts: 1,313
    edited March 2005
    IMO It SUCKED!!! Just my two cents.;)
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