I saw it on Friday. I'm on the love it end. Not as shocking as The Sixth Sense, but I liked how the story got wrapped up at the end.

Loved it. Of course I was expecting a twist, but it was earlier than I anticipated (although I figured it out even earlier on). It was a great suspense movie, and delivered in spades there ( I didn't jump, but I never do). Well written, well acted (blind girl stole the show), and well shot.

Mostly though I loved the central theme:

***SPOILER***
Evil is in the heart of man, not in the world. How true. You can't run away, you must face it and overcome it. Even those who appear innocent are not, they hide evil in their hearts too. Their evil is perhaps even more dangerous, as it is hidden in dark places, not brought into the light. Talk about a perfect set-up for the Gospel...
***/SPOILER***

The Village was a little forced at times (some goofy dialogue and a pointless scene or two), but overall it was a very satisfying use of $8.50. I really miss that student rate.

i liked it. the twists and turns were pretty solid and fit the logic of the plot (for the most part). sometimes i thought it was going to zig when it did verily zag.

my big complaint was the dialogue, especially at first. very clunky. if folks from the 1800's talked like that, i guarantee it didn't sound like there were cue cards eight feet away. seemed as if they were speaking in calligraphy.

great point about the faith application, nick. methinks you are indeed a clever cookie.

I think the clunky "bad" dialogue that people are talking about was intentional. I don't want to say too much but if you think about it, heck, they had no idea what they were doing. They were just trying really hard (the characters, that is. It's hard to tell the difference with William Hurt, I'll admit that.)

I have a theory that with this movie, he knew everybody would be looking for the "clever twist at the end" so he threw in some decoys and then right away "revealed" them, almost as if to say, "Agh, I'm just kidding. That's not the twist. But there's one coming, sucker."

I thought it was pretty good. I stewed about it for a few days. In fact, when I saw this post, I didn't feel like I was ready to say whether I liked it or not. But I did. I liked it. Loved it? Mm. Nah. But I really liked it.

I think that Blaine is an oatmeal scotchie cookie.

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