People as they are

Rating: 10/10 (28 January 2011)

How can this movie be soo good? It's been years since my first watch, and I didn't find this movie was all that good, but now I do.
"The Village" is a beautiful story about a group of people that lived outside the civilization in a small village and only some of the older guys knew there was life out there, just like Plato's "Allegory of the Cave". It's interesting to notice how the love between father and son/daughter is unconditional in this film as it is (or should be) in real life. Edward Walker risked everything in that village to pursuit the real happiness of his daughter, even thought nobody supported his decision.
The fear from the unknown is another thing that this movie portrays like in real life. Put yourselves in the place of them. If you were born there, and everyone told you that there was no life out there, would you not believe? How would you know if you don't have opportunity to leave? And some people here are criticizing the fact that there would be incest. If you watch this movie carefully you'll see that it's THE MOST insignificant detail. This isn't part of the message the movie is trying to show.
The best movie I've watched this year undoubtedly (yes I know we just began, but anyways)