It's a love story, people!!!

Rating: 10/10 (10 September 2008)

I get so annoyed hearing people bash "The Village"--when I ask WHY, precisely, they deem it a terrible film, they answer, "It was not at all scary." Well... The Sixth Sense, Unbreakable, Signs... they should know by now that M. Night Shyamalan, this generation's Hitchcock, is not necessarily a "scary movie man." It's all about suspense, and story-telling, and the story he tells here is a love story.
I am always mesmerized by that powerful speech that William Hurt (who plays Ivy Walker's father) delivers about love, near the middle of the film. To me, that signifies the theme of the movie. It's the motivation for the characters' actions.
And brilliant music!! James Newton Howard deserved more attention for that mystical, gorgeous score. Hilary Hahn is amazing; her haunting violin solos make the soundtrack a must as well as the DVD. One does not necessarily even have to watch the DVD to understand the emotions of the film when listening to her play.
Go rent it again, if you were disappointed on its "lack of scariness." See it as a love story with a few "Shyamalanian" twists, and become enraptured.