Lets just get a few things straight.

Rating: Null/10 (31 July 2004)

OK, M. Night made a movie called the Village. I went to see that movie tonight. But let me start before the movie...
Let us first think back to the trailers, teasers, and promo for this movie. If I am not mistaken, this was put off to be some kind of thrilling movie with strange creatures and freaky things happening. We hear that these people moved to this place and are surrounded by some beings that won't let them leave. Well yee haw. Sounds like this movie has some great potential eh? I can only imagine what will be in store for me when I sit down!
I think that the promotions of this film were blatant lies and probably could be sued for false advertisement. If I were to say that I thought this movie was a waste of time it would be because it was not shown to be anything near what was it actually was. In other words, I wasn't expecting what I got. Some people may argue that this is what M. Night does, however, it just isn't right to toy with peoples wallets when you toy with their minds.
I don't really feel like talking about the movie. If you want to go see it, what i say is :
1. IT IS NOT SCARY, DON"T EXPECT IT TO BE....unless you're VERY VERY easily frightened. By this I mean "frightened by children running in the grass"
2. IT IS NOT THRILLING. Subtle psychological and very anticlimactic plot changes are used FREQUENTLY, so don't be surprised if you are wondering what happened to the story line every few minutes. Also anything that might seem interesting is promptly made not interesting by some event in the movie that immediately follows the interesting part.
3. IF YOU ARE A M. NIGHT FANATIC, I doubt you will have too much trouble enjoying this movie. Just don't expect The 6th Sense and you'll be fine.
BIG SPOILER BELOW
4. THIS IS ACTUALLY A LOVE STORY; IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH ALIENS, STRANGE CREATURES, OR ANYTHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY...WELL EXCEPT FOR THE FACT THAT THERE IS A VERY SMALL VILLAGE IN THE MIDDLE OF A FOREST. It is a movie about dealing with pain and loss. It is about how love drives you to do crazy and courageous things. At least thats what I think it is, I'm not really sure.
5. I ENCOURAGE YOU TO THINK UP DIFFERENT PLOTS WHILE THE MOVIE IS PLAYING. When I was watching it, I got this idea. What if the Village really was surrounded by some horrible creatures Then this guy wanted to leave the village but he couldn't... He throws on some awesome red clothes (red is the forbidden color) whips out some big swords and goes to town on the freaky aliens, only to discover that they are protecting the village from some greater evil...bla bla bla...well yea that would be a bit over the top but you get the point. The fact of the matter is the plot changes so often in such absurd ways that anything is in fact plausible.
6. STOP READING THIS REVIEW, you have no choice...it is over.