Happy Disappointment

Well, I caught a showing of The Village today and was somewhat disappointed. Not too terribly so, though, but that had more to do with the company I had than the movie itself. I probably could have sat through another showing of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (a movie which was so incredibly overrated it's not even funny--ugh, that flick was pathetic) and still come away happy, simply because I was with an incredibly beautifull young woman. Hopefully, there'll be more (and positive) blogging on that topic later . . . we'll see.

Anyway, The Village definitely had its moments, but it just wasn't like Shyamalan's previous works. In his prior three movies, the ending opened up several philosophical and/or intelectual questions. They made you stop and think, wondering about what you had just witnessed. No such ending (or even events) existed in The Village . . . it was, quite frankly, a rather mundane story, with absolutely nothing supernatural or paranormal or even all that deeply philosophical about it. Solid performances by the cast, and excellent camera direction (without which the movie would have been a complete failure, IMO), but nothing spectacular . . . definitely fell far short of my expectations based on Shyamalan's other movies.