Can someone please explain "The Village" to me? (Possible spoilers)

[Bouncy Ball]

I swear I don't get this movie. It makes no sense. If you don't want to ruin it here for anyone, would someone please PM me? I'm at the part where the blind girl is running through the woods from the thing in the red cloak.

[sundog]

1. Yeah, it's pretty good till the idiotic last 1/2 hour

:7

on edit - keep watching, it'll get really stupid in a few minutes

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

2. You haven't watched it the whole way through and you're asking questions?

You're worse than my mom!!

Finish the movie, then ask!

[dr.strangelove]

3. You have to watch the whole thing

The "big surprise" was very predictable. My wife and I figured it out halfway through the film. It was not a good movie. Just the typical M. Night Shyamalan film. His films are usually great ideas, but his desire for the surprise ending interferes with good film making. This movie would have been better without the surprise.

[Beetwasher]

4. Don't Worry, It Will Make Sense At The End

Or it should anyway...

[skypilot]

5. You haven't seen the entire thing yet?

It will all be explained soon.

Oh, and it sucks.

[Midlodemocrat]

6. You will get the whole thing at the end of the movie

Typical M. Night Shaymalan stuff. I thought the love story between the blind girl and the other guy was pretty sweet, though.

[MsAnthropy]

7. http://www.themoviespoiler.com/ for people who can't wait for the end

[Bouncy Ball]

10. Thanks good link!

:toast:

Sometimes I can't stand it and I want to know!

Now I know. It's a let down to me.

[MsAnthropy]

14. Me, too, I peek at the last page of books, too.

Someone told me the ending of this movie was stupid so I used this website and saved myself the money!

[Bouncy Ball]

8. Well DAMN that was a let down.

I was trying to understand all the monster stuff. I didn't guess this, but about ten minutes ago, my husband did.

He was right on.

[barb162]

12. yeah, it's not a very good movie and I figured out it was a "ruse"

by the elders somewhere along the line. Sending the one girl out of the 'village" though was truly dumb, don't you think? Why didn't one of the elders go? I thought it was really contrived in an unpleasant way

[Beware the Beast Man]

19. I had a hunch from the first 5 minutes (I was right).

The thing that tipped me off was the sound effects that played when the "monsters" were afoot during the feast. They sounded like modern/industrial noises miked through echo and reverse tape effects. It was a dead giveaway.

[tridim]

9. It's directed by M. Night Shyamalan

That's all you need to know, it's guaranteed that it's going to suck. I can't figure out why people keep giving him money to make movies.

[Bouncy Ball]

11. It's like a fundie's wet dream.

Except they needed more religious stuff in it to be so.

[SiouxJ]

16. I thought it was a pretty good example

of just how easily you can control people with fear. I saw so much that related to our current situation (since 911). They were protecting themselves from the outside world, and then one of their own ends up being the "terrorist" so to speak. Hmmm. He was the mentally disturbed one too (sorta like Shrub).

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

18. Yes I thought the whole biz about the monsters was very much a political

statement in part, except the elders had good intentions in the movie, not so much with shrubco.

[Beware the Beast Man]

20. That's the only aspect of the film I truly liked: the underlying message.

The rest was just Shymalan trying to one-up himself.

[SiouxJ]

23. Yeah, I liked his message here better than

the one in "Signs," that's for sure.

[AllegroRondo]

28. There was a Sci-Fi novel based on this idea

wish I could remember the name


The premise is a spaceship on an interstellar trip that would take hundreds of years. It was originally launched by fundies. It dealt with what it would be like to live in a society completly dominated by a christian theology. scary stuff.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

29. There have been a bunch of stories/TV shows, etc. with this premise

One of my faves was an old Twilight Zone involving astronauts on their way to Mars.

[fit4life]

13. It's a trick.

To make you waste your money & time watching it.

[spinbaby]

15. Someone want to tell me?

I haven't seen the movie and don't plan to but I'm dying to know what the big secret is.

[Beware the Beast Man]

22. I'll PM you.

[Bouncy Ball]

17. It's over. My husband's comment:

"That movie was dumber than all shit."

I rented "Open Water" and this. I am 0 for 0 now.

[redqueen]

21. Hahahaha

Get The Grudge!

[dubyaD40web]

25. Yeah, both of those sux'd.

I've got The Grudge and Ray to watch tonight.

Oh, and get the movie SAW when it comes out. I loved it.

[Texasgal]

26. Open Water?

Even worse.....

Poor thing, it must be bad movie day for you! :)

[fit4life]

27. Try Dawn of the Dead.

Then watch "Shaun of the Dead" right after. I was entertained by both of them.

[Borgnine]

24. I guessed the ending to the movie a few weeks before it came out.

It was just so predictable, especially since it was hyped to have a surprise ending. If you tell people it's going to be there, they're going to figure it out on their own eventually.