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In Reply to: "The Village"...maybe the worst movie I've seen. Ever. posted by Jazz Inmate on August 02, 2004 at 15:14:55:
"But what I really disliked about the movie was its overt political message that our leaders create our enemies (which really don't exist) to control us and keep us living in fear. This "moral of the story" was communicated with the subtlety of a sledgehammer"I saw The Village last night and was midly amused by it. It was good summer entertainment.
I did not see the same film you did. I certainly do not come to the same interpretation. The key to this may be the word "interpretation".
I sugest that the interpretation of the film says more about the interpreter than the film.
In short, your interpretation may be true for you, but it is by no means a definitive interpretation. Not a great film, or even a good film, but I didn't see the same film you did.
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Did you at least get the premise that the village leaders had invented their enemy to control and sow fear in their people?And if so, how can you deny that this has political overtones in an election year in which the incumbent is being criticized for exactly the reasons the village elders should be criticized in the movie?
"And if so, how can you deny that this has political overtones in an election year in which the incumbent is being criticized for exactly the reasons the village elders should be criticized in the movie?"I guess I'm just a simple minded kind of guy. I took the movie on its face. The elders saw themselves as alienated and injured by an impersonal and violent society. To create a differnt life for themselves and their children they were willing to create a giant hoax for their offspring. This "premise" creates a very mildly interesting moral question. However, as a dramatic story it was not particularly plausible. I took the film no further than that.
I read absolutely no political overtones into the movie. It was just summer entertainment. I would be very surprised to learn that the movie had an "intended" allegorical meaning such as you suggest.
I see absolutely no intended parallel between the elders in the movie and the current administration. Again, I suspect that any parallels you see, you brought to the movie.
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