I liked it, so you don't have to

Rating: 8/10 (22 August 2004)

I saw The Village and really liked it. Sure, M. Night Shayamalan is really indulgent when it comes to zooming out or slowly panning this way and that way. But everything in the movie was so atmospheric. Bryce Dallas Howard was pretty good but most of the time she didn't act like she was blind. I think I liked her for that. The last thing we need is for someone to swing their head from side to side and make it ridiculous. Nothing was really boring about it. I was in it the whole way through. Overall, a decent movie. And for all you Shayamalan haters out there, not so much as a surprise ending as there's just something revealed (WHICH MADE EVERYTHING ELSE BETTER!!) 8/10