the village

Rating: 9/10 (29 August 2004)

This is my first comment on IMDb, but I think The Village is worth it! At first I thought that it was going to be a complete disaster, because of the huge commercial campaign around the movie. But after seeing it, I must confess that the movie is really great!
Although it isn't a real horror movie, he is at some moments, thanks to the sound and music, really scary. The sound in this movie is brilliant, loud but brilliant, it makes it look and feel so real. Also about the cast, I can say nothing but good. Bryce Dallas Howard who plays the role of the blind Ivy Walker is my favorite actress. She plays here role so good and with so much feeling so that it looks very realistic. And also Phoenix and Brody play there roles with much dedication. I find the other characters a bit flat, we know things about them, but just not enough to really feel with them.
About the storyline then, I find it really great, in the end, all pieces match together, but you have to be very attentive from the beginning not to miss any important details.
My conclusion is that everyone should have seen this movie at least once. I've seen him two days ago and I can't seem to get it out of my mind. I find M. Night Shyamalan a real creative genius, in these times of reality TV and big crappy blockbusters, he dares to make a movie that is so different from all others , that stands against "the values" of the modern film industry , that dares to criticize this society, and in the end is so similar to all of those.