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The Village

Official Movie Guy Review
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I remember going to see Shyamalan's The Sixth Sense in the theatre and being blown away. Then I remember seeing Unbreakable and thinking wow, this guy is really good. Then I saw Signs and went, that's a good movie. Then, finally, I watched The Village the other day, and four for four, I liked it too.

So, a group of old-time settlers live a peaceful live in the valley, never venturing into the woods for fear of Those They Cannot Speak Of wreaking havoc on the town. One of the settlers, played by Joaquin (?) Phoenix decides he wants to venture through to woods to the nearest town to get medicine after one of his friends dies due to the village's lack of medicines. Along the way, he falls in love with a blind girl and gets stabbed by Adrien Brody. The blind girl decides to go through the woods to get medicine to save her love. Mayhem ensues. No spoilers here though.

Overall, not a bad movie. I liked it and was able to stay awake for all of it considering it was a bedtime watcher. I really like Shyamalan's movies, but am finding with each one released, they arent as good as the one before. There are a lot of really good creepy moments in this one, but not as good creepy scenes as in Signs.

Watch it if you're a fan of Shyamalan. Watch it because its a good, entertaining movie. Hope that Shyamalan's new movie Lady in the Water is as good as it sounds and he returns to Sixth Sense territory in terms of awesomeness.