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**Jeritron** · 07-03-2010, 01:39 AM

Then The Village had a lot of people who hated it, and some who liked it. I was really disappointed in The Village. It wasn't an awful movie like Lady in the Water or The Happening. It was interesting, well made and creepy for about 3/4 of the film. Then the obligatory twist undercut the whole thing and killed the movie. That's why it's really disappointing, because there was a good movie in there that was lost.

Normally I don't pine about how the story should have gone, as long as it's a good story and well executed. The twist was so assinine and damaging though. It changed what the entire enjoyment of the film was about. That's part of the deal with twist endings. If you're going to do them, you have to be prepared for people to have an opinion on the story because you're changing it on them once they're invested, rather than just telling it your way.
In that respect, I think it's more warranted for audiences to speak out on "what they would have done"
If you pull a bait and switch you have to make sure the switch is better than the bait.

I always wished that movie continued to shine all the way through.
For those who remember the plot, I always sort of felt that having the creatures in the woods end up being real and even scarier than the ones the elders posed as would have been incredible. It could have turned out that the elders were posing as them just to keep the people from actually going into the woods.
Someone should have told him that he had a good story there and didn't need to force an awful twist.

Perhaps he felt that's what he had to do everytime he made a movie? Or perhaps he became addicted to the idea of working the audience? Either way it was a mistake. He took the suprise ending thing one movie too far, and he became kind of a joke at that moment.
I think that's probably what led him to try to get away from his style, and slowly get worse and worse. That and supposedly being batshit crazy.

07-03-2010, 01:39 AM	#16
Jeritron Get a poke on Posts: 35,234	Then The Village had a lot of people who hated it, and some who liked it. I was really disappointed in The Village. It wasn't an awful movie like Lady in the Water or The Happening. It was interesting, well made and creepy for about 3/4 of the film. Then the obligatory twist undercut the whole thing and killed the movie. That's why it's really disappointing, because there was a good movie in there that was lost. Normally I don't pine about how the story should have gone, as long as it's a good story and well executed. The twist was so assinine and damaging though. It changed what the entire enjoyment of the film was about. That's part of the deal with twist endings. If you're going to do them, you have to be prepared for people to have an opinion on the story because you're changing it on them once they're invested, rather than just telling it your way. In that respect, I think it's more warranted for audiences to speak out on "what they would have done" If you pull a bait and switch you have to make sure the switch is better than the bait. I always wished that movie continued to shine all the way through. For those who remember the plot, I always sort of felt that having the creatures in the woods end up being real and even scarier than the ones the elders posed as would have been incredible. It could have turned out that the elders were posing as them just to keep the people from actually going into the woods. Someone should have told him that he had a good story there and didn't need to force an awful twist. Perhaps he felt that's what he had to do everytime he made a movie? Or perhaps he became addicted to the idea of working the audience? Either way it was a mistake. He took the suprise ending thing one movie too far, and he became kind of a joke at that moment. I think that's probably what led him to try to get away from his style, and slowly get worse and worse. That and supposedly being batshit crazy.