The village was great!

Rating: 10/10 (16 August 2004)

I really liked how these people lived in the woods happy and peaceful. And these Woods are populated by mythical creatures who fear the color red and who will attack, and presumably kill, anyone who crosses the border from the village into them. They have an accord with the Village- you leave us alone, and we'll leave you alone. And even though the villagers live in a society ruled by fear, they live happy simple lives away from MONEY, but it was a lie. Give them a choice don't rule a society with FEAR!
People get the wrong idea with this movie.
I think it is because of the director's history with making a certain kind of movie, and that's what the audience expects to see when they watch a "M. Night Shyamalan" film. They expect to be sitting on the edge of their seats, waiting for those big TWISTS so they can scream out loud when they are taken by surprise (hey, I did just that in "The Sixth Sense.")
And that's exactly what Touchstone Pictures tried to sell "The Village" as- another thriller just like "The Sixth Sense," "Unbreakable," and "Signs." Heck, they even used clips from those 3 in "The Village"'s trailer! That is likely to frustrate moviegoers who will undoubtedly be disappointed if a thriller is what they expect to see. I should know- I'm one of those viewers. It's like Touchstone didn't know how to market this movie, and so they thought, "Hey, we'll just sell it through Shyamalan's other hits and that will bring in the box office bucks." And they're probably right, even though they have upset a lot of viewers in the process.
That is what gives this movie such a bad rap!
I think that "The Village" fell victim to the circumstances of marketing. If you go in thinking it's another "The Sixth Sense" or "Signs," then you'll undoubtedly be disappointed. But if you can shut out those thoughts and just watch it as a movie, then you might see something else.