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I just watched The Village on dvd last night for the first time. I am completely confused at the ending . Just wondering if someone could explain it to me. I am not sure what the Walker Wildlife Reserve had to do with The Village. Hope someone can help explain it to me. Thanks.
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He sent the blind girl so she wouldn't fully understand what was going on and realise they were living in an fake environment.
boooooo to the director, SHIT film!!! :mad: :mad: :mad:
did you actually watch it?? it was quite clear..
the person who created 'the village' (thus the "Walker Reserve" on the patrol jeep) in order to escape the brutal/violent/paranoid reality of modern day life.
There was a line where he explains to his daughter that her grandfather was exceptionally rich. Pictures in the box show that the elders are from & met in some sort of trauma group for those who have lost relations or loved ones
The elders thus decided to create an alternative life in the reserve with the help of Walkers money but the second/third generations get curious and the elders have difficulty living with the knowledge that there is a modern day life out there that could make life better in the village (eg medicines to cure the sick)
I've also watched films when my brain has not been engaged and thus thought it was rubbish
It was marketted badly too to make people think it was a horror film.
Poor, poor, poor.
Yes, I did watch it. But my sister-in-law kept talking through it and then ended up talking to her 3 year old on her mobile. So I guess I must have missed those clues while she was talking. :eek: Thanks to those who have explained the bits I missed.
You have to actually WATCH films or your bound to miss plot points
As I said, I did WATCH it, but I couldn't hear as my sister-in-law kept talking!! I am sorry I asked what happened now. I didn't think people would mind telling me. I had figured that Walker had created this fake village etc... I just wanted to be sure that I was right.
It was a horror film? I felt many moments of horror throughout, as well as tension. First time you see what those things that live in the village look like, sh*t me up.
I guessed the twist halfway through. and I have no idea how- i just knew.
The guys a crook (Shyamalan, or whatever ), as he's defrauded so many people into thinking he's a good director, when he just uses lots of twists to cover for his inability to come up with a good script, direction, or even idea.
Unbreakable is the only film approaching a decent level (I see dead people? F**k off!), and his reputation is based solely on twists that on occassion make no sense, and on more occassions are so see thorugh, it makes the last 'act' of his films irrelevant.
Don't worry about it, you get some people on here that think they are better than you just because they 'got' the film and you didn't so they proceed to put you down. It makes the forums a worse place.
I personally thought it was a good film but didn't understand why the park rangers knew about the village, glad it's been cleared up now.
Did anyone else get the impression the film was going to be led by Joaquin Phoenix? Though he was ruled out half way through and you never saw him again!
Shade.
you're right to say phoenix was going to lead then ducked out towards the end. i thought that made it great.
The tension substituted for the horror and there were bits in the forest that made the hairs stand up on the back of your neck.
If his next one is anything like as much suspense then i'm 1st in line to see it
Although The Village has a twist in it's tale, I felt that (unlike his other work) this movie was not about being led to that dramatic realisation. It was more about the relationships between the characters, and thier story. The twist was of less importance.
The main problem was that they shouldn't have billed it as a thriller, they should have called it a mystery/drama instead (or a comedy - tell me I wasn't the only one who laughed during the stabbing scene? Come on, it was ridiculous!).
The acting was appalling, the plot pathetic, the twists predictable. There were no edge-of-your-seat fingernail biting moments, no shocks, no suspense.
It was, in short, mind-numbingly dull. The director, cast and crew all need shooting.
I also liked Sixth Sense, but I hated Signs.
There is some good direction in this, nevertheless - there's a scene which runs without cuts for a good few minutes.
The whole point of `The Village`I read in some interview somewhere with the director , Shyamalan, is it is all to do with America and 9/11 and the aftermath of those events. The situation is that the `Elders`of the village create a sense of terror in the village by creating `things` that don`t exist i.e the creatures in the woods. This is supposed to reflect the `coloured alerts` in the USA. The `Village idiot` the Adrien Brody role is the one who laughts at the sounds of the creatures during the funeral meal at the beginning yet the `creatures` cause his downfall.(I won`t say how in case it spoils it for anyone)
The blind girl makes her way to the `towns`against all odds and yet when she makes the contact with the guard and he goes to get the medication the other guard warms him about having `conversations`
Now, to be honest the film bored me senseless, however I have a friend in th US who loves Shyamalans films. They raved about `Signs` saying it wasn`t an alien invasion film but a film about a man who`d lost his faith and how he rediscoveres it!!!!!!
In the same light `The Village` is not a film about a village but a film about a blind girl.
Again I`m sorry for bringing this up and maybe boring you all.
Take care and Happy Easter