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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Shadowdancer" data-source="post: 1687872" data-attributes="member: 515">I really enjoyed the movie, even though I had figured out part of the twist in the first five minutes of the movie (honestly). However, I didn't figure out [spoiler]it was really set in our modern day, mainly because I believed the tombstone dates[/spoiler] until right as it was being revealed to the audience. [spoiler]But the fact that the elders were behind it all, and the monsters were just made-up -- yeah, I figured it out real fast[/spoiler] I think many of you are getting too hung up on the twist element, and not paying enough attention to the story. It was a well-done little morality play, and raised some serious questions about the steps people are willing to go in order to feel safe or to protect their children. But sometimes in going to those extremes, you can do as much harm as good, if not more. Also, the woods are used as wonderful metaphor for the sexual awakening of the children raised in the village. The acting was terrific. And the cinematography and the score were very good. Some other spoiler-related comments to things posted above: [spoiler]Someone said the suspense was false. Yes, for the audience it ultimately was. But not for the characters -- at least the young people. The suspense was real, especially for the blind girl when she was in the woods. Just imagine if you were one of those children, raised in that environment, with fear of the woods and those creatures instilled into you every day. The fear exhibited by the young people was genuine, because it was genuine for them. Some others posted that it seemed the village was needlessly 19th century. I don't think so. The elders were running away from the dangers of 20th century life. They believed the "good old days" of the 19th century offered less danger to them and their children. But they forgot that basic human emotions and instincts remain no matter what the technology level of the surrounding culture. Less complicated technology doesn't equal a less complicated lifestyle, nor less complicated emotions and feelings. These problems are as old as Adam and Eve, and Cain and Abel. As for how they kept the airplanes from flying over the preserve -- yes, the Walker fortune funds a Walker Wildlife Preserve, and there are probably lawyers and directors and lobbyists and advocates on the outside -- all of whom have no idea what is going on inside the preserve -- fighting to keep the real world out. Setting it up as a wildlife preserve is pretty smart, because there are lots of laws, protections and guidelines set up IRL to protect such preserves.[/spoiler] One complaint I do have about the trailer: [spoiler]I remember in the trailer, either in a voiceover by a narrator or as dialogue spoken by William Hurt's character, that the pact between the village and the creatures had existed for centuries, or at least a century. When some of the characters started mentioning about living in the towns beyond the woods, before coming to the village, I was confused because from the trailer I had come to believe that several generations had lived in the village. So that was misleading.[/spoiler]</blockquote>

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