slightly disappointed

Rating: Null/10 (4 August 2004)

Other M. Night Shyamalan film I've seen such as "The sixth Sense" and "Signs" I found very suspenseful, and to say the least very well done. Those movies held me in for the whole running time, and I felt like there was never a dull moment. The twists and turns at the end of those films made me leave the movies very satisfied. Each of those films received 4.2 stars (6th sense) and 4.6 stars (signs) out of 5 from me.
However, when I saw "The Village" last Sunday evening, I was very disappointed. It was sort of predictable in parts. A few scenes had me on the edge of my chair, and the cinematography was beautiful, but... I was thrilled in an over all aspect of the film. The story was great, interesting plot and was told very well. But it's ending was sort of abrupt. You don't find out certain things by the end of the film, so you have to draw out what happens in your mind. Basically one of those "you decide" endings. there's nothing wrong with that sort of ending, but I feel that it didn't exactly suit this particular film.
It probably didn't help that I was sitting with a rude audience who was laughing at times when people were scared, or when people got hurt. and there were these preteens laughing and giggling through the whole film. I do plan on seeing it again. Maybe I missed something because of the distractions. but until then, I'm going to give it 3 out of 5 stars. Pathfinder liked it, it was good, but it could have been better. M. Night is way more talented then that.