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Thoughts on The Village
I ended up being disappointed by The Village, the latest M. Night Shaymalan offering. Yes, it's got a twist, they all have to and I wasn't impressed by this one. It was actually the first thing that I guessed, but I dismissed it as impractical. It just didn't make sense and when that turned out to be it, I felt cheated. I also thought that the way it was played when it was revealed made it feel very anti-climactic.
As for the story, there really wasn't much of it. It was all very pretty but for a film which felt like it should be focusing on it's characters there wasn't really much too them. No-one really develops as far as we can see, except perhaps the heroine and we only see the externally driven parts of that, not how she assimilates what she's learned. I spent much of the time waiting for the thing to start; it felt like the introductory sequence went on for nearly the whole film. I can like quiet slow films (I loved Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter and Spring again) but I just found this one a bit boring and soporific.
I think I'm going to try and write up more of our Tuesday films. Next week, Chronicles of Riddick or Motorcycle diaries probably.
As for the story, there really wasn't much of it. It was all very pretty but for a film which felt like it should be focusing on it's characters there wasn't really much too them. No-one really develops as far as we can see, except perhaps the heroine and we only see the externally driven parts of that, not how she assimilates what she's learned. I spent much of the time waiting for the thing to start; it felt like the introductory sequence went on for nearly the whole film. I can like quiet slow films (I loved Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter and Spring again) but I just found this one a bit boring and soporific.
I think I'm going to try and write up more of our Tuesday films. Next week, Chronicles of Riddick or Motorcycle diaries probably.