Oh Deary Me...

Rating: Null/10 (23 August 2004)

Well well, I think I am falling into the trap of the "slick trailer/crap film abyss". Studios put together such a slick campaign, great actors, great director and great... BLAH BLAH BLAH....
The Village is the biggest load of tosh I have seen in a long time. The Poster looked cool, the trailer looked appealing enough, the suspense for me was there in my mind long before i even sat down in the theatre... a marketing mans dream surely?
The casting of Mr Pheonix was more than justified he and Ron Howards daughter were the only redeeming feature. I hope she becomes a huge star she had me gripped to her character throughout. Even though the "I am blind " look got a bit straining..
Adrien Brody should be looked in a cupboard for good, in the " i can ham it up, pull a stupid face/ laugh for no apparent reason" role. Christ shoot the casting director for god sake.
Dump William Hurt, get Donald Sutherland ( I thought it was his voice on the trailer anyway and his son Kiefer would blow Mr Pheonix right of the screen.
Sigourney , dear beautiful talented Sigourney get a decent agent your far too talented for this. Think Mike Nicols, think decent story get your self back on the A list. And if your gonna hire Brendan Gleeson use him, he looked so god damn bored.
And as the for the reveal of the creature...yawn I got more of a scare in Scrooged when the ghost of Christmas future revealed himself in the elevator.
Then it went into B Movie territory and I like the story lost the plot. and I think that M Night can stop referencing Philadelphia in his movies its been done to death and even stop appearing in them. Are we that hard up that we have the "look at me refelected in the medicine cabinet" shot...
and the twist or the surprise... its so obvious...
I tend to get the outcome of Shymalans films within the first 10 minutes. I'm not being arrogant but where did this guy receive so much acclaim?
I'm sorry Night, you had a good thing with The Sixth Sense but give me the director of The Hours anyday.