8/7/04 "The Village"

I was really looking forward to this...a bit disappointing.

8-7-04 "The Village"

Notes From the Red Book

trailers-Exorcist:the Beginning, Ladder 49

not gonna think about anything, just gonna let the movie carry me away....
meat eaters? Are they vegetarians?
hey, that's the sheriff from Signs
Lucius seems kinda slow....
Speech is SO stilted.
Bryce has nice voice
Adrien Brody's kinda weird.
Bryce is BEAUTIFUL.
Can she see? Her eyes move.
I like Sigourney's sweater
I love the simplicity...like the Shakers.
those look like huge porcipines
"You are fearless in a way I shall never know."
"We are grateful for the time we have been given."
time passes? No leaves.
Covington Woods
outstretched hand-beautiful
yup...very Wuthering Heights
damn...I think I figured out the ending
Oh, it's all fake...oh...
The world kneels before love in awe.
Ok, I really didn't see that coming.
DAMN! I DID guess the ending.
ah...no planes.
M. Night!

M. Night Shaymalan, still trying to get back to where he was with "The Sixth Sense", tries again with "The Village", a story about a small town of people who live off by themselves in the woods, and must be on their constant guard against the creatures of the forests that surround them. Bryce Dallas Howard (daughter of Ron) plays the blind daughter of the town's leader, William Hurt. Joaquin Phoenix plays her love interest. When he is mortally wounded, Ivy must trek through the forbidden woods for help...but what will she find on the other side of them?

So, M Night's been getting flak and I can see why. This movie really builds you up to it being scarier than it actually was. There were a couple of times when I got really tense, but when all was revealed I was disappointed. I was all, "THAT was what I was afraid of?" But I liked the love story, M Night said he was trying to evoke Wuthering Heights and that's exactly what I got from it.

I did figure out the ending about half an hour before it happened. I tried to take my mind away and not focus on trying to figure out the movie, I DID....but it just happened. That was kind of annoying.

So, I'll probably get slapped in the mouth for this, but eventually I really did like this movie. Later, after I had time to get used to it. I mean, the love story between Lucius and Ivy is really sweet and angsty, and the cinematography, OMG...you can eat it with a spoon. I just want to gather so many screenshots and use them for my desktop wallpaper.

So, not horrible, anyway.

Until the next time, this is Sarah saying, "Do your very best not to expect too much from this movie."