on 'the village'

well. since so many people have bugged me about it, i've finally decided to write a review once and for all.. geez. just watch it lah.. haha.. its not so bad.

basically, the village isn't a horror flick at all, contrary to popular belief. that's just a facade. basically, there's this village governed by 'the elders', a group of people who were supposedly the founding members of the community. and they mde this village, right in the middle of this forest (duh). and basically, everyone is made to believe that there are strange creatures lurking in the woods ('those we do not speak of'). and there's supposed to be a truce between the villagers and the monsters, neither is to cross into each others' realms. but then there's this guy Lucius, who's like brave and fearless and all, and he's in love with this blind girl Ivy. and she has this mentally unstable brother Noah, and so Lucius requests to cross the forest, and to go to the town, to get medicine that might possibly cure Noah. but of course, the elders deny his request. so life goes on, and one day, Lucius and Ivy announce that they want to get married. and for some reason, Noah got mad, perhaps coz he could not understand the bond shared by Ivy and Lucius, and he goes and stabs Lucius repeatedly.. and Lucius slips into this fever. and so Ivy is devastated that the love of her life is dying, and she insists that she has cross the forest and get medicine for him. so her father, one of the elders, has to make a difficult decision to let her do it, defying all the laws of the village. and so he brings her to the 'shed that is not to be used'. and then hanging in there, is what at first glance seems as a specimen of 'those we do not speak of' that had been slayed. but of course, thats just the facade. then the twist comes. Ivy's father reveals to her the darkest secret of the village. 'those we don't speak of' do not actually exist. its just a hoax.. elaborately planned by the elders so as to preserve innocence in the village. they wanted to preserve a simple way of life, with no television, no mass media, no money .. basically no evils of modern day. turns out the elders themselves were folk from a town in present-day america (what a twist). and so, to prevent people from straying out of the village, into the towns, they created 'those we do not speak of'.

interesting isn't it? the concept of parental responsibility and the ethics of going against something in order to achieve greater good. and m. night has managed to weave it into this elaborately designed hoax of a horror flick.

its not bad really. just have an open mind.. when you watch it..heh