The Village
Posted on September 20, 2004
The Sixth Sense made an actor out of Bruce Willis and if it wasn't for that punk Haley Joel Osment would have been solid gold. I rather enjoyed Signs and Unbreakable despite the bad reviews, watching them in the theater and renting the latter a few times afterward. So it wasn't difficult deciding what to see yesterday.
In my opinion The Village is M. Night Shyamalan’s best film to date and as an added bonus no snot-nosed Haley Joel Osment. By all means read what the critics have to say but don't let that stop you from watching and judging the film on your own. Because heaven forbid you may actually enjoy a few plot twists. There's no doubt M. Night Shyamalan uses trademark gimmicks in his work like plot twists, Hitchcock like horror scenes and so forth. And to be honest there's not a whole lot to those twists in the story, but it's the suspenseful mood he creates out of basically nothing which I think makes him a great filmmaker. Long live the franchise I say. Well as long as that prissy Haley Joel says away. I hate that kid.
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Twists? *sigh* I wasn't surprised by a doggoned thing past the 5-minute mark. Plus, how does a blind girl recognize a hidden road when she's grown up in a tiny village with no roads at all? And where do those nice clean silks come from? Oy, what a stinker. Sorry.
::posted by: KB at September 22, 2004 08:43 AM
Something tells me that somewhere along the line she might have learned what a road is. If you remember she notices the change in terrain and leans over to inspect pebbles that make up the abandon road. How is this hard to believe? I guess you can pick apart many a movie and find minor things like this, and these are minor items to pick upon.
::posted by: mark at September 22, 2004 10:23 PM
