A MAJOR Letdown.....

Rating: 1/10 (1 August 2004)

The worst movie I have seen of the summer. THE WORST! And don't send me some e-mail saying I'm hateful to M. Night Shyamalan, because I'm not. I LOVE his movies(except this one) and was looking forward to this movie for a long time. I'm also one of the ones who knew about the leaked script and read it. I was also disappointed by this script.
The Village is about a small village in Pennsylvania, around the late 1800s. The villagers with in live in the knowledge of strange creatures that are just outside their border. Lucius Hunt(Phoenix) wishes to leave the village and journey into the woods. Edward Walker(Hurt) and the other elders(Weaver, Gleeson, etc...) are not so enthusiastic about this idea. A love story follows between Lucius and Ivy Walker(Howard).
One thing that ruins this film: BORING! This film was completely false advertised as a thriller and scary. If you want to see all the scary parts, watch the trailers again, because that's all of 'em. Scary, eh?
And the twist. (Groan) Oooooooohhhhh, the twist. I ain't going to say anything, but when I read the script, I could have guessed it a mile away. And seeing this movie, it was like reading the script all over again. Lemme tell ya, if you've read the script, don't bother. I mean, yeah, there are so major changes, but basically it's the same. You will still be disappointed. No, I take it back, it's not the boringness that ruins this film, it's the twist. This film is so caught up in its twist, that it fails to answer its own question and kinda leaves you there hanging. Well, Night, that may have worked in Total Recall, but you obviously couldn't pull it off here, because it left me feeling totally cheated, and wondering "What did I just see? Did that have a point to it, or was Night just stringing me along to go BOOM! here's a twist. Answer the questions yourself." I'm sorry, Night, but I don't wanna guess at stuff and guess what just happened. I wanna know. FOR SURE. Not leave 500000000000 open questions that leave you so confused you just say, "Forget it. Not wasting my time pondering about a stupid movie."
As Jordann Pundik sang in 2's and 3's:
"Stupid games are for stupid people and they end just like a song A song with no beginning A song that has no meaning"
Night was definitely playing a stupid game, and I'm not sure if it really had a meaning worth looking for.