A good movie marred by a bad twist

Rating: 5/10 (11 June 2005)

I really wanted to like The Village. The trailers made it look scary and the plot look very interesting. I truly could not wait to see what twist M. Night Shyamalan could come up with involving the creatures.
But after seeing the movie I was left severely disappointed. I felt ripped off-for M. Night Shyamalan took the easy way in ending the movie. He didn't ponder up an idea that truly was good, instead, he tacked on an ending that I'm sure many had already thought of before the movie even started.
BUT---I did like the overall style of the movie. I liked the design of the creatures and something does happen about halfway through the movie that is unexpected. It's not really a twist, but I don't think you'll see it coming.
Bryce Dallas Howard was very well as the blind girl Ivy.
The dialogue was very extraneous and wordy and boring.
Perhaps my expectations were too high. The idea and execution of the idea for the first 3/4 of the film was excellent, but due to it's shoddy "twist" and boring dialogue, this film doesn't deliver to its fullest extent