The Village

[winters500]

If anyone doesn't know yet, I will soon be moving to Philadelphia.

In related news, I've just discovered that Philly is the home of M. Night Shyamalan. I discovered this while reading about The Village at RottenTomatoes.com. If you haven't seen this film yet, you might not want to read the rest of this post.

Does anyone else think The Village

Comments

[storyofthealamo]

"You are brave in a way that I will never know."
I think that is quoted correctly anyway. I agree one hundred percent with your response--I think The Village is probably Shyamalan's best. Visually it was absolutely the most beautiful movie I have seen in theatres in years--the opening camera shot of the silhouetted trees overhead, and the film as a whole, was more reminiscent of Hitchcock than any of his other films so far, which for me is a good thing. I actually mentioned to someone earlier today that I think M Night Shyamalan may be the best director around today. Of course there are "greater" directors around like Scorcese, but along with Wes Anderson's films, I will take a film by M Night Shyamalan for depth, subtlety and visual look over any other director today. And of course I love the Coen Brothers too, but I feel like they have slacked off on the originality end of things in their past couple efforts.
Have I mentioned how happy I am to have a Netflix account now?