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What Truly Haunts the Village, a review *spoilers*
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I have seen the Village and my verdict is... It is an amazingly brilliant, literate, masterpiece that indelably places Night as today's master of suspense, a la Rod Serling style.
What I hope to give you in my review may answer some of the 'holes' people have seen as well as bring to light some of the things I have read other comments on. But beware spoilers abound.
First off I will say that I was a bit upset when I realized that all of the script leak rumours were truly, though I did keep guesing up until the very last minute, which is why I know Night knew what he was doing with this script. The one twist I did not see coming was the fact that the whole thing was an 'experiment.' And this my friends and nightphiles is what truly haunts The Village.
After seeing the film I literally couldn't sleep for hours. The film ran through my mind over and over. i was heart broken for these characters, their lives, their love, their innocence lost and ultimately the bold faced lie they lived their lives in. The sheer innocenc in Ivy voice when she talks to the guard and says "Kevin, you have kindness in your voice... I did not expect that." It broke my heart. This movie is so ripe with emotion it should be a product at the local produce market. I would be laughing one secnd as Lucius throws back at Ivy when questioned about his not speaking his mind, "why do you always speak what's on yours?" And a bit misty eyed as he later says, And yes I will dance with you on our wedding night." Noah had my gripped for words more than once. Truly amazing characters superbly acted out by amazing actors.
Now down to the interesting tidbits.
Hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil...
This monkey proverb is in the movie and illuminates the innocence of its main branch of characters. Noah is the 'hear no evil' character, who laughs at the evil sounds that come from the creatures. He knows there is no evil... Its all a game to him. How do I know, because he had the suit, he's the one who skinned the animals. He's the missing puzzle piece, which maybe some people got the first time, but for me (yes I saw it twice already, and it gets better the second viewing) I didnt get that piece. The 'speak no evil' character is Lucius who barely speaks and obviously the 'see no evil' character is Ivy who is blind. Interesting innocence subtext revealed.
Noah's being the one who skinned the animals answers several questions. Like how did the elders not know who skinned them, when duh they're the creatures. He was the one who was missing the night of the weddng when all of the elders were there. It also explains how Noah found Ivy in the woods. because he picked the berrys in the woods and thats where Noah and her have their conflict.
The heart break of the ending still haunts me. I'm not exactly sure why really. I just know that it still does and does even more after the second viewing. Night's cameo at the end was absolutely classic. It's his little nudge saying, "i had you all going for an hour and a half." He manipulated the mess out of us, but thats what the whole movie is about, manipulation and how it is used for the good or the bad. I guess what is so haunting about the movie is that this is the human condition and that there is no escape from our plite, but as Gleeson's character says, "if we can move towards hope, its whats beautiful about this place." Brilliant I say Mr. Shyamalan, BRILLIANT!!
***1/2 out of 4 
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Re: What Truly Haunts the Village, a review *spoil
« Reply #1 on: Aug 1st, 2004, 09:21am » |
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The kind of details you described are what sets Night apart from most other film makers. He goes into so many different layers of depth and texture to his films when most films barely make it past the first or second.
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Re: What Truly Haunts the Village, a review *spoil
« Reply #2 on: Aug 1st, 2004, 1:15pm » |
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Indeed, the more I think about the film, the more I am haunted and intrigued by its genius. If I can ever achieve his depth of characterization and suspense in my own writing I will feel truly blessed. My mind is still reeling from it... *sigh* I guess I will have to see it again... DARN, lol. Great film great film.
With regards to all of the bad reviews, I think this will become Night's "Vertigo." Hitchcock's Vertigo is now considered quite possibly his best film, but at the time was not overly well recieved (though I have not come across any Night fans who were completely disapointed... its a film that is better in retrospect and repeated viewings) However, Vertigo became a classic when people truly analyzed it later and realized just how much depth is there.
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Re: What Truly Haunts the Village, a review *spoil
« Reply #3 on: Aug 1st, 2004, 8:56pm » |
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*SPOILERS*
That movie was so good. I couldn't belive everything that happened . Though I did catch alot of hints to what the end would be. I thought they were just mess ups but I didn't think they would have put out the the movie without searching for the backround of the clothes and dates and the places they talked about. but when Ivy jumped over the fence it all made sence. Every single detail was covered like when the guy said they paid off the airlines to not fly over that spot. this movie was a brilliant masterpiece! You can't question anything about this movie because everything that happened could have really happened in real life thats what makes the movie so great! and a little scary to thik if that was true and there really is a village out there somewhere with people that don't know about the out side world that would kind of creepy.
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Re: What Truly Haunts the Village, a review *spoil
« Reply #4 on: Dec 6th, 2004, 9:44pm » |
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Back to the point about not being able to find an M. Night fan that was disappointed by the village. All I have time to say is, "To me, M. Night Shyamalan was a genius, who could do no wrong... until The Village."
When I found out what the movie was going to be about (Period film with Elders trying to protect the villagers from the outside world) I fearfully thought to myself, "what if it isn't really a period film." Then I thought about it a little more and said, "No. Night's too smart to do something that... Cheesy, and unrealistic.
I loved every minute of the movie until Ivy climbed over that wall. After that I just kept repeating, "he's got to be kidding me. The entire feel and tone of the movie was lost in that moment. I guess I might be missing the bigger picture of the movie, and all of you are making some interseting points. I even tried to convince myself that I like it. I said, "Well, if I look past the ending I really did like the movie." But I shouldn't have to look past any part of the movie, to realize I like it. I didn't have to in all his other movies.
Plot was never an issue for Shyamalan. I could watch his movies through and through the very first time and love them. I'd be blown away. Then I'd go back to the DVD and watch it again and catch other parts of the movie that would blow me away. I never had to try to like his movies. in my eyes he's a great director and the best writer I've seen. He showed me what kind of movie maker I wanted to be. But now he's shown me that I don't want to be M. Night Shyamalan. I want to be myself, and I think that's the greatest thing I've learned from him yet. I'm still an M. Night fan, (we have a lot of similarities) But I was disappointed by The Village. Sorry, I've thought it over and I can't help it.
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Re: What Truly Haunts the Village, a review *spoil
« Reply #5 on: Mar 1st, 2005, 02:23am » |
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on Aug 1st, 2004, 12:18am, thirdeyeh wrote:I have seen the Village and my verdict is... It is an amazingly brilliant, literate, masterpiece that indelably places Night as today's master of suspense, a la Rod Serling style.
What I hope to give you in my review may answer some of the 'holes' people have seen as well as bring to light some of the things I have read other comments on. But beware spoilers abound.
Hello,
I totally agree with your view on the movie and I too believe Night to me ever so clever with his details except for the skinning of the animals.....as you stated.....all of the elders were there.....
First off I will say that I was a bit upset when I realized that all of the script leak rumours were truly, though I did keep guesing up until the very last minute, which is why I know Night knew what he was doing with this script. The one twist I did not see coming was the fact that the whole thing was an 'experiment.' And this my friends and nightphiles is what truly haunts The Village.
After seeing the film I literally couldn't sleep for hours. The film ran through my mind over and over. i was heart broken for these characters, their lives, their love, their innocence lost and ultimately the bold faced lie they lived their lives in. The sheer innocenc in Ivy voice when she talks to the guard and says "Kevin, you have kindness in your voice... I did not expect that." It broke my heart. This movie is so ripe with emotion it should be a product at the local produce market. I would be laughing one secnd as Lucius throws back at Ivy when questioned about his not speaking his mind, "why do you always speak what's on yours?" And a bit misty eyed as he later says, And yes I will dance with you on our wedding night." Noah had my gripped for words more than once. Truly amazing characters superbly acted out by amazing actors.
Now down to the interesting tidbits.
Hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil...
This monkey proverb is in the movie and illuminates the innocence of its main branch of characters. Noah is the 'hear no evil' character, who laughs at the evil sounds that come from the creatures. He knows there is no evil... Its all a game to him. How do I know, because he had the suit, he's the one who skinned the animals. He's the missing puzzle piece, which maybe some people got the first time, but for me (yes I saw it twice already, and it gets better the second viewing) I didnt get that piece. The 'speak no evil' character is Lucius who barely speaks and obviously the 'see no evil' character is Ivy who is blind. Interesting innocence subtext revealed.
Noah's being the one who skinned the animals answers several questions. Like how did the elders not know who skinned them, when duh they're the creatures. He was the one who was missing the night of the weddng when all of the elders were there. It also explains how Noah found Ivy in the woods. because he picked the berrys in the woods and thats where Noah and her have their conflict.
The heart break of the ending still haunts me. I'm not exactly sure why really. I just know that it still does and does even more after the second viewing. Night's cameo at the end was absolutely classic. It's his little nudge saying, "i had you all going for an hour and a half." He manipulated the mess out of us, but thats what the whole movie is about, manipulation and how it is used for the good or the bad. I guess what is so haunting about the movie is that this is the human condition and that there is no escape from our plite, but as Gleeson's character says, "if we can move towards hope, its whats beautiful about this place." Brilliant I say Mr. Shyamalan, BRILLIANT!!
***1/2 out of 4
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Hello,
I totally agree with your view on the movie and I too believe Night to me ever so clever with his details except for the skinning of the animals.....as you stated.....all of the elders were there.....so that should have alarmed the elders a little earlier on.....also.....Noah had a knife early on in the movie.
I agree that Night did give us a lot of clues leading to Noah....but still sad at the end when he died......I did feel so sorry for him.
Noah was a danger to their way of life from the time he became old enough to run around the Village.....given his state of mind.
I really admire M. Night Shyamalan's movie making talent and the way he draws you into the film and leaves a very lasting impression...I look forward to his next project.
Thank you for listening.
Max1
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