The Village, Idiot!

Rating: Null/10 (14 December 2004)

I rarely write reviews or have extremely negative opinions of movies, but here's both rolled into one neat little package. This would have to be one of the most unstructured movies I've ever seen. While M. Night has a good eye and directs it quite well, it's obvious from the start that there is little or no plot here. The brilliant cast is wasted (Adrien Brody, what WERE you thinking???), staggering through this mess of 'events' and 'dialogue' (I shall not use the 'story' here) to get to THE SURPRISE ENDING!!! Who would've expected that on an M. Night Shyamalan movie? This guy's gimmick has worn out it's welcome with me. After Signs I hoped he wouldn't do this to audiences anymore but it seems the man just can't help himself. I can't believe the movie-going public is still forking out $$ for this predictable garbage. I can't wait for the day that they catch on and this guy vanishes as quickly as he appeared.
In his defense (so you don't think I'm just here to bash him) The Sixth Sense was brilliant. First time using the gimmick works. After that you're just waiting for it and it loses it's charm. The Village is a waste of a good cast, a decent director and what could've potentially been a great script.