Again NOT what I have expected

Rating: 5/10 (8 October 2004)

Well I admit that I am a fan of horror movies and thrillers and that I really like scary movies that are intelligent. As I saw the trailer to THE VILLAGE I thought that this is going to be a horror movie. The only reason why I do not say that this movie is bad, is the acting of Bryce Dallas Howard - she is awesome.
After I watched THE VILLAGE, I just felt like after watching SIGNS. I got this CAN I GET MY MONEY BACK (OR AT LEAST SOME OF THE MONEY) BECAUSE THIS WAS NOT WHAT I WANTED TO SEE? feeling. I felt like WHY?
THE VILLAGE is undoubtedly an excellent peace of work about sociology. Is shows how people want to protect their child from what they think is not good for them and what they are willing to do to reach for love. But it is NOT a GOOD movie. It is TOO LIMP!
But what should Night do? He can't tell you in the trailer, that the monsters do not exist. How many people would have watched it than? I guess less than they did now?
I don't know how to describe it, but this movie felt like NOTHING and I do not want to see it another time, even if you would pay for it.
Night you will have to write a better story and script to impress me!! And for all you who think that a story needs a U turn to be impressive, it does not. Earlier movies did not have such things and future movies will later drop it too. This is just a habit of our generation as writers seem to enjoy this and always try to build such stories and fail to focus on the more important things.
And now to the actors and actresses. I already told you that Bryce Dallas Howard was great. But Joaquin Phoenix failed to attract my attention. This was not one of his best performances. Sigourney Weaver had so little screen time that she did not even have the chance to impress me. I felt sorry for her. She is a great actress I think.
MY RATING for THE VILLAGE is: 5.8 / 10