One of my friends is a real fan of the director of "Sixth Sense" which I never saw. He talked me into seeing "The Village" last night. The movie had no redeeming qualities whatsoever. Horrible plot. Horrible acting. Horrible writing. Shocking imagery that I would prefer to have avoided, including a blind woman running terrified through the forest by herself, being chased by a monster...and Adrien Brody playing "The Village Idiot", and overacting something aweful. The whole cast did.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.
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Topic - "The Village"...maybe the worst movie I've seen. Ever. - Jazz Inmate 15:14:55 08/02/04 (36)
- Re: "The Village"...maybe the worst movie I've seen. Ever. - John K 19:44:35 08/04/04 (2)
- Re: "The Village"...maybe the worst movie I've seen. Ever. - Jazz Inmate 13:39:23 08/05/04 (1)
- Re: "The Village"...maybe the worst movie I've seen. Ever. - John K 16:36:59 08/05/04 (0)
- The Village idiocy, someone around here said. nt - clarkjohnsen 09:53:39 08/04/04 (2)
- It takes an idiot to see the Village. - Elmo 13:28:48 08/08/04 (1)
- Well that's a mighty strong non-recommendation. nt - clarkjohnsen 08:09:06 08/09/04 (0)
- I dunno...you must not get out much... - Harmonia 09:34:03 08/04/04 (5)
- Have you seen it? (nt) - Jazz Inmate 11:04:29 08/04/04 (4)
- Yes, I saw. it - Harmonia 12:08:54 08/06/04 (3)
- Aaahhhhhchooooooooo! - dennzio 06:35:13 08/07/04 (2)
- Poor you.! - Harmonia 10:43:31 08/07/04 (1)
- Good one. (nt - dennzio 11:19:27 08/08/04 (0)
- Re: "The Village"...maybe the worst movie I've seen. Ever. - Rich S. 08:20:03 08/04/04 (0)
- Re: "our leaders create our enemies (which really don't exist)" - geoffkait 10:25:16 08/03/04 (6)
- Haven't seen anyone controlled or fearful today...hmmm must be my immediate vacinity (nt) - Jazz Inmate 13:45:53 08/03/04 (5)
- Better not see the remake of "Manchurian Candidate"... - mkuller 21:11:18 08/03/04 (1)
- so let me ask you this - Jazz Inmate 22:26:32 08/03/04 (0)
- Terror alert raised to orange yesterday based on 4 year old info...(nt) - mkuller 15:01:20 08/03/04 (2)
- More safeguards in place for high value targets. Working folks encouraged to go about their business - Jazz Inmate 16:05:38 08/03/04 (1)
- The problem . . . - Troy 08:08:01 08/06/04 (0)
- Re: "The Village"...maybe the worst movie I've seen. Ever. - rico 06:47:30 08/03/04 (6)
- Ebert and Roeper - Alex S 18:29:37 08/04/04 (3)
- Despite his obvious love of film... - Harmonia 13:37:24 08/06/04 (2)
- Re: Despite his obvious love of film... - Alex S 17:46:29 08/06/04 (1)
- You might check out... - Harmonia 21:53:55 08/08/04 (0)
- Yeah, he trashed it - Jazz Inmate 16:06:56 08/03/04 (0)
- Roeper loved it...(nt) - mkuller 10:28:16 08/03/04 (0)
- Nah, it wasn't nearly that bad... - mkuller 21:25:47 08/02/04 (4)
- It was worse than bad - Jazz Inmate 09:46:05 08/03/04 (1)
- Sounds like what used to be called "Pulp SF" -- badly-written trash. nt - clarkjohnsen 14:45:02 08/04/04 (0)
- They do???? - JefferyK 08:38:47 08/03/04 (1)
- LOL! - Harmonia 09:27:29 08/04/04 (0)
- Hmmm, based on the supposed "message" I may have to bite the bullet and see this flick after all. - Audiophilander 16:06:43 08/02/04 (3)
- "contemporary polarized political society " - dennzio 06:36:49 08/07/04 (0)
- go for it, Auph. It's your $10 - Jazz Inmate 17:12:47 08/02/04 (0)
- Messages... - JefferyK 16:24:57 08/02/04 (0)