The village : Best movie of 2004

Rating: 10/10 (27 December 2004)

I spent much time reading reviews of this movie (after having seen it), and I'm very surprised that most of them see it as an awful picture. When I saw the movie, there were 4 people with me, 2 of them hated it, 1 said it was so-so, and only one of them loved it. I was not surprised at all by their reaction 'cause those two who hated it love full-action movies (Alien Vs Predator, gone in 60 secs, etc.) and the other is a romantic-comedy lover. Maybe it's got nothing to do with it, but these 3 persons aren't/weren't good students at all. I understand that the movie has lots of details to be considered, but I don't find the plot "hard to get", not at all! When I saw it, I didn't even know what I was going for, I hadn't seen the trailer, or red anything about it (didn't even know it was a Shyamalan's movie.. :) ), so I was expecting nothing of it. Maybe if I had seen a trailer, or read that it would be a suspense/horror movie, maybe then I would get disappointed, 'cause the movie isn't nothing of that at all... I see it as a touching love story, with a complex, but valid plot (yes, I have now seen the movie more than 4/5 times, no real mistakes on it), with outstanding acting (specialy from Bryce Howard and quite remarkable performances also from William Hurt, Adrien Brody and Joaquin Phoenix), a movie that, opposing from the other M. Night films, the more you see it, the more you love it. I think that if you see this movie without expecting a "woah"-twisting-ending, or a suspense/horror thing, you might just like it as well as I did. IMHO, by far, the best picture in 2004! (Sorry if my English sucks big time)