Comments on: The Village http://www.ficml.org/jemimap/wordpress/2004/08/02/the-village/ Cheating on the Kobayashi Maru since 2001 Tue, 09 Jun 2026 10:03:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.11 by: Jemima http://www.ficml.org/jemimap/wordpress/2004/08/02/the-village/#comment-623 Mon, 02 Aug 2004 23:21:30 +0000 http://www.ficml.org/jemimap/wordpress/2004/08/02/the-village/#comment-623 They're gorgeous, for one thing. You know the ending to most movies before you walk in---the boy will get the girl, the superhero will save the planet, the odd-numbered Trek movie will be horrid---yet you still watch them. The point is entertainment. I've watched "The Sixth Sense" and "Signs" more than once just because they're good stories, twist or no twist. They’re gorgeous, for one thing. You know the ending to most movies before you walk in—the boy will get the girl, the superhero will save the planet, the odd-numbered Trek movie will be horrid—yet you still watch them. The point is entertainment. I’ve watched “The Sixth Sense” and “Signs” more than once just because they’re good stories, twist or no twist.

]]> by: mike hollihan http://www.ficml.org/jemimap/wordpress/2004/08/02/the-village/#comment-622 Mon, 02 Aug 2004 22:48:07 +0000 http://www.ficml.org/jemimap/wordpress/2004/08/02/the-village/#comment-622 I've never seen one of his movies, just because they are one-trick ponies. Once you see the twist, what's the point? Some might say "Crying Game" is similar, but the movie doesn't end with the twist. It becomes a different movie, sort of. The twist changes things for Steven Rea, who becomes a different man because of it. Shymalan's movies are just rug-pulling. I’ve never seen one of his movies, just because they are one-trick ponies. Once you see the twist, what’s the point?

Some might say “Crying Game” is similar, but the movie doesn’t end with the twist. It becomes a different movie, sort of. The twist changes things for Steven Rea, who becomes a different man because of it.

Shymalan’s movies are just rug-pulling.

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