Original Ending

Rating: Null/10 (2 August 2004)

Spoiler Anyone who thought that this movie was a brilliant piece of work has clearly been a victim of the hype surrounding this movie and the faltering reputation of M. Night Shyamylan. There are so many factors that contribute to the disappointment of this movie, but the greatest fault was re-shooting the ending. If anyone noticed, only couple of scenes made the difference in the existence of the creatures. Take out the Adrian Brody death scene and maybe the scene when Mr. Walker shows Ivy the costume, and the creatures exist. The existence of the creatures definitely added the extra suspense and eerie feeling that was missing from this film. It seems obvious that M. Night Shyamylan has become obsessed with his reputation to surprise the audience and add that extra twist that no one is expecting; so obsessed that with each new movie his story loses something. The Village is little more than a mess of twists intended to shock the audiences, but even this is not accomplished. In his previous movies, M. Night Shyamylan managed to leave his audience with a feeling of satisfaction and surprise with the clever way that everything fit together in the end. The Village left the audience feeling cheated and disappointed. Shyamylan's obsessive desire to surprise wrongly overruled his desire to create something brilliant; something spooky, thought provoking, and fulfilling to his audience. I would really like to see the original ending. At least this would remove some this movie's "secret-over-plot" fault.