my thoughts, please respond *possible spoiler*

Rating: Null/10 (8 August 2004)

To begin with, I thought that this was a great movie. It might not have had the clarity that some people desire from a movie, but it really left me pondering a few things all day the extreme measures that people go to to protect their families and to cope with adversity it brings to mind an important question  Loch Ness, Bigfoot, etc.- did these myths start out as ways to convince children to stay away from something?...I feel that I was able to peek into a myth at its beginning, when those who created the myth are still alive and trying to perpetuate their creation what if Lucius had made it across the wall? Is it any coincidence that the one person who did make it across the wall was blind, and so could not speak of what she 'saw'?... Ivy was told by her father that the creatures were a farce. Yet, she returned to the village thinking that there really were creatures. How many times have your parents told you that something did not exist, trying to protect you from the dangers of the world? But then you face reality, and realize that danger really does exist and what was it that Ivy told Lucius, that he in turn, told his mother? That when you don't want someone to know how you feel about them, you try to convince them that you couldn't possibly feel that way, or something like thathow many times have I done that? Again, extreme measures to protect yourself from a fear, in this case, rejection this movie had the feel of 'Blair Witch Project' without the home movie look. Everybody is scared of the woods. Especially when the creature is finally seen in daylight for the first timejust standing there, swaying from side to sidegave me the chills I would recommend a book by Stephen King 'The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon', I think the name is. This movie reminded me of the feelings I had when reading this book.