The Village

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Judah S. @Judah3963 Jun 6 This movie got much more hat than deserved. Its twist was underwhelming and predictable but its atmosphere was appropriately spooky along with its surprisingly enjoyable love story and an overall enjoyable watch (at least for the first time through). The Village may not be the most shocking M Night Shyamalan movie but it suffices as a spooky thriller. See more Cycle C @Begun236 May 27 Not Bad, but Not My Favorite See more Pedro A @PedroAlao May 24 A very interesting concept on paper. Unfortunately, it isn't fully well realized onto the screen. It starts in a very interesting and suspenful fashion, but as the story develops, you begin to realize the failings of the script. The final revelation is not well executed and ultimately misses the mark. See more Cera F @RT54249950 May 7 I saw this when I was in seventh grade and I loved the idea of the monsters in the woods. I thought it was spooky. Then when the big reveal came and she saw the cop car, I was probably the only seventh grader that thought that was really brilliant at the time because I had no idea. I thought it took place in the olden times with monsters and super sharp things on their backs. So since I never saw a scary movie end like that, I thought that was really cool. I get older audiences not appreciating it but I appreciate it for what it did to my little seventh grade brain See more gerald D @RT46512237 Apr 16 Spoiler alert. I totally get the premise of this movie, that is a group of grieving citizens set up their own isolated community away from the big bad modern world. So in order to keep everyone in line and to deter the younger people from wandering out of this created splendid isolation they create the boogieman to strike fear in to the community. In a way this is exactly how the world has always been. Leaders, village elders create and install fear in order to control us. But in the end the film falls flat especially towards the end. Poorly thought out and executed. Shame. See more Bret M. @BretM-3 Mar 20 SPOILER ALERT!! I had high expectations for this movie, given the cast and director, but when compared to other movies by M. Night Shyamalan, this one falls a little short for me. It's still a good movie though. The best part of this movie is the feeling that something is off, something is wrong. This is helped mainly because of the score. The score for this movie is tense, heartbreaking, and helps set the somber tone that the movie carries. But the best part of this movie is the twists, particularly the last one. First, when we learn the monsters are fake costumes, and then again when we learn that these are modern times, not the 1600s like the movie makes us believe. That is the best part of this movie, learning it's all fake. Overall, this is definitely a good movie, but it's just not as good as I expected, knowing M. Night's filmography. Still worth watching if you're an M. Night Shyamalan fan and really enjoy a couple good twists in your movies. See more Read all reviews

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