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We saw The Village yesterday. I liked it. It was creepy, not terribly scary, intriguing, and had a cool plot twist. It’s probably not my favorite Shyamalan film (that would have to be The Sixth Sense, which was creepy, intriguing, and had a cool plot twist that snookered everyone in the entire theatre, including Doc, who usually knows how the movie will end by 30 minutes into it). Joel mentioned, however, and he’s right, that knowing there is going to be a big plot twist kind of makes the plot twist itself less exciting.
I thought it was interesting that the woman who played the character “Kitty” in the movie is the same woman who plays the character “Kitty” on Arrested Development on FOX.
The cinematography was awesome. I loooooooved the creature costumes. Totally creepy. And I know that the mustard yellow they wore as “protection” has some sort of historical significance, although I can’t think of what it is at the moment.
I also loved how Shyamalan used the color red again to signify something, much like he did in The Sixth Sense. Adrian Brody did a fabulous job, too, playing a character so different from his previous roles.
Overall I thought it was a really good film. Not nearly as scary as all the previews would have you believe. Brett, I think you can safely convince Kathryn to go see it — my review this time is glowing. 🙂
LOL the problem is I tend to skip scary movies. So maybe Kat can convince me based on your glowing review. The Alanis Morrissette irony is killing me.
Well… hehe, it actually wasn’t very scary or very suspenseful. It was, however, quite intriguing. I knew there was going to be a plot twist so I spent much of my time trying to figure out what that might be. There are little clues all along the way… You should definitely go see it!