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Message: <blockquote data-quote="The Serge" data-source="post: 1688154" data-attributes="member: 4049">I must confess that I'm astounded by the reaction The Village is suffering from some of the more intelligent people out there.  Astounded and disappointed.It's a mistake for people to go to a movie with an expectation of anything other than to see a good movie.  When this occurs, potential gems -- like The Villgage or Fight Club -- end up doing poorly because movie viewers want to be lead around by the nose.  It's to the point now that most trailers tell you everything you need to know about a movie without needing to see it.This movie was excellent in that it covered so many issues relevant not just to our time, but to any.  Sure, it's obvious that Shyamalan is influenced by other "time-out-of-time" stories and such, but to the general movie going population, this is something new.  The problem is, so many went into this expecting something in particular at ended up with something far deeper than they expected.The major problem Shyamalan faces in his films is people going to see it with the intent of uncovering the twist rather than doing the unthinkable:  WATCHING THE MOVIE!  It doesn't help that, since all of his films to date have a supernatural/fantastic element to it, that everyone expects the same in all of his films.There are many gems in this story that, if people put aside their expectations and concentrated on the film, they'd appreciate it.</blockquote>

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