On Mon, 30 Aug 2004 01:25:45 -0400, Gary Nunn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Has anyone seen M. Night Shyamalan's "The Village"? > > We watched it last night and I was pleasantly surprised. > > It doesn't have the terror / horror impact that his other movies had, > but there are several plot twists that I didn't see coming. In > retrospect, he gave plenty of clues throughout the movie. This is one > that you need to watch on the big screen to catch all of the subtle > clues and symbolism, and then again on DVD to see the clues that you > missed the first time around. > > Ron Howard's daughter, Bryce Dallas Howard, played the female lead, and > she did a phenomenal job in the movie. > > Out of all of the people that I have spoken to that watched the movie, > consistently, the 20 something and below crowd were bored and didn't > grasp the symbolism. And consistently the 30 something's and above > seemed to like the movie and understood what was going on. > > So my recommendation is to watch it. It is certainly not his best movie, > but it isn't bad either and is worth watching none the less. > > By the way, this makes a GREAT date movie. :-)
I saw it with my wife and we both enjoyed it. (Though I would rate it somewhat below Sixth Sense and Unbreakable, both of which I especially liked). Unlike those two movies, the main twist of The Village occurred to me as a possibility quite early, and I was pretty certain of it a fair bit before it was revealed. (That didn't diminish my enjoyment of it, though.) It did come as a surprise to my wife, though. I agree about Bryce Dallas Howard - she did a great job. Overall, I'd recommend it as well. -bryon _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
