1. Spoiler Right Here: Ben Stiller is in the woods.
2. what will moviegoers think when they realize they've actually bought a ticket to an atmospheric but mostly mellow romance that delivers only a few jolts?
3. A frustrating, self-indulgent exercise in Twilight Zone trickery that leaves the audience holding the bag, wondering what happened to the picture they paid money to see.
4. The Village shows that [M. Night Shymalan] has matured both as a storyteller and a filmmaker.
5. The Village is a colossal miscalculation, a movie based on a premise that cannot support it, a premise so transparent it would be laughable were the movie not so deadly solemn.
6. More trick than treat.
7. Let not the bad movie be seen. It encourages them.
8. All this craftsmanship and a very fine performance by Howard, however, is in the service of a story that unlike Shyamalan's previous films contains no underlying themes or ideas.
9. While The Village might not blow the door off its hinges in terms of frightening you, it does something more significant: It leaves the door ajar, beckoning us to enter a different realm.
10. Might have made a good 20-minute short or Twilight Zone episode.
What is the consensus?
The Village is appropriately creepy, but Shyamalan's signature twist ending disappoints.
1. Spoiler här: Ben Stiller är i skogen. 2. Vad kommer biobesökare att tycka när de inser att de faktiskt har köpt en biljett till en atmosfärisk men mestadels fyllig romans som bara levererar några stötar? 3. En frustrerande, självupptagen övning i Twilight Zone trick som lämnar publiken hålla i väskan, undrar vad som hände med bilden de betalade pengar för att se. 4. Byn visar att [M. Night Shymalan] har mognat både som berättare och filmskapare. 5. Byn är en kolossal felberäkning, en film baserad på en premiss som inte kan stödja den, en premiss som är så transparent att den skulle vara skrattretande om filmen inte var så dödlig högtidlig. 6. Mer trick än godis. 7. Låt inte filmen bli sedd. Det uppmuntrar dem. 8. Allt detta hantverk och ett mycket fint framförande av Howard är dock i tjänsten av en berättelse som till skillnad från Shyamalans tidigare filmer inte innehåller några underliggande teman eller idéer. 9. Även om The Village kanske inte blåser dörren från sina gångjärn i termer av att skrämma dig, gör det något mer betydelsefullt: Det lämnar dörren på glänt, lockar oss att gå in i en annan värld. 10. Det kan ha varit ett 20 minuter långt kort avsnitt eller Twilight Zone. Vad är samförståndet?
1. Spoiler here: Ben Stiller is in the woods. 2. What will moviegoers think when they realize that they have actually bought a ticket for an atmospheric but mostly full-bodied romance that only delivers a few shocks? 3. A frustrating, self-absorbed exercise in the Twilight Zone trick that leaves the audience holding the bag, wondering what happened to the picture they paid money to see. 4. The village shows that [M. Night Shymalan] has matured both as a narrator and filmmaker. 5. The village is a colossal miscalculation, a film based on a premise that cannot support it, a premise that is so transparent that it would be laughable if the film were not so deadly solemn. 6. More tricks than candy. 7. Don't let the movie be seen. It encourages them. 8. However, all this craft and a very fine performance by Howard are in the service of a story that unlike Shyamalan's previous films does not contain any underlying themes or ideas. 9. Although The Village may not blow the door from its hinges in terms of scaring you, it does something more significant: It leaves the door ajar, attracting us to enter another world. 10. It may have been a 20-minute short episode or Twilight Zone. What is the consensus?
Byn är ganska läskig, men Shyamalans signatur twist-slut gör honom besviken.
The village is pretty scary, but Shyamalan's signature twist ending disappoints him.