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The people in the village are wee elves or Borowers.  The creatures on the outside are humans, who are like giants to them.

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I relaly hope you're kidding.

Me to.

I've heard a few things that I'm afraid are true on other sites. Someone asked M. Night if a leaked ending on the internet was true and he replied that there is no twist ending to this movie. Then again, the theory I heard about the "creatures" seems highly likely to be in the movie. It's iffy, but it could be good.

I think its more like Children of the Corn

So what theory did you hear about the creatures?

**!!MAJOR SPOLIER!!**



The theory I heard involves says that there are no creatures. The reason is that the village elders don't want people leaving and becoming corrupted by the outside world (oh yeah, and it's not really in the 1800's) so they nuture this story about creatures hiding in the village to prevent people from wanting to leave. The red slashes are just a gimmick to scare the people further.

Another theory is that the red marks are made by constructions crews and they're marking the houses for destruction. This would work considering everyone is hiding in their basements. It doesn't all add up, and there are some plot holes, but that's just what I heard. Personally, I think M. Night is gonna steer clear of a surprise ending, seeing as everyone expects him to do another one. The surprise is that there is no surprise.

I think the creatures in the woods are going to turn out to be Oompa-Loompas. :)

I like your approach... people are tricking the villagers (and the audience) into expecting something supernatural when truthfully there is a conspiracy going on.  Here's my take on it though:
Shyamalan recently said that this movie is applicable to the current condition of the world, especially involving fear.  I thought that this might mean that we are afraid of what we don't understand.
So, I think that the mysterious creatures are Native Americans.  The villagers are afraid of them because they don't understand them.  The Natives are p**sed that people are in their territory, and they start trying to spook them off.  Does this sound plausible?
I think that the mythology about the forest dwarfs will be a (very creepy) smokescreen.  It's possible that we might see a dwarf and it turns out to be a Native American child.

I have a picture from the trailer that captures part of one of the creatures...e-mail me if you want it...mschrems@comcast.net

I have heard sooooo many "spoilers" from what Token said (Modern Day theory/Construction), that the villagers themselves are actually the creatures and only elders know the truth, a zoo theory where they are an experiment on another planet, and many others.

If you go to imdb.com, you will find the full cast list which includes a radio announcer and security gaurd at a desk...so modern day might just be plausible...then there are religious undertones from passover (blood on the door), and what there are three main important characters who must venture into the woods for reasons different...and one is blind (except sees auras), one is deaf but can hear the screams of the creatures, and one can't speak...yup, see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil...

Some even think that it is not really a village at all but some sort of prision (whether in ones mind or literally)

Well, there is enough chat going on about it, and sure the movie will not live up to it's hype, but I will go and see it anyway for I do like some of M Might's movies.

Starting to sound like the Village in "The Prisoner".

Yeah... Saw this in an episode of the Twilight Zone once.

someone that reviewed the movie said the same thing, but wasn't sure which episode.

.... Bah.

Can't be native americans, or Village 'elders'. If you look at the latest trailer, near the end, a woman is standing and then one of the creatures zooms up behind her and grabs her, roaring. If you pause it at the direct moment,  or, better yet, have a VCR that plays in slow motion, you can easily spot the canines on the creature's face.

But other than the teeth, there were no visible things on the thing. The red hood, thankfully, blocked our view. And the scariest thing is something only the audience can imagine.

Canines......wolves.......red hood..............

Sounds alot to me like............The Big Bad Wolf!!!!

M. Night may be giving us a fairy tale.

Ah, so the guy is going into the woods to take food to his grandma?

Some thoughts: The radio announcer and security guard could be in a flash forward, like "Titanic". The supernatural looking stuff could be in dream sequences. The villagers could be effected by a contaminant in their food or water, like ergot.

When I first saw the trailer I thought they were dealing with Bigfoots (Bigfeet?) gone bad.  Eh, who knows.

SPOiLER

Token was right it was about elders putting fear into the villagers to keep them from going into the forest and finding out there entire life system was made up. The leader of the village owns a nature reserve which is a no fly zone so people from the otuside world will not know of what is taking place. The workers at the park are told not to let anyway go into the forest or the other way around. at the end the villagers need medicle supplies so the elders send a blind women because she will not see the cars and other things.

Hey,

I did a short description below:

You see there are no creatures, it was a set up by the elders who were in control of the village.  Whenever someone questioned the role of one or all of the elders they would dress up and scare the villagers,  it was to keep control.  That was the big twist. They used colors and things to scare the villagers

In the end you find out that the movie is in present. when one of the villagers leaves into the woods and finds a paved road. That is about it....

( And no I am not kidding)

If ya don't believe me go to AICN and type in the search bar :

The village

Ebert gave it one star, and in his review he seemed very let down by it. He ended it by saying after the film is over you want to rewind that part of your life, get your time back, walk backwards out of the theater, and enjoy getting your money back from the booth.

To use the wrestling cliche, M Night Shyamalan may have gone to the well once too often.

He's been on a downward spiral since Sixth Sense, that's for sure. Unless this has dire box-office though, he'll pull through.

I just saw this piece of crap.  Years from now, when Shyamalan is making direct-to-video movies starring Eric Roberts, people will say, "Hey, isn't that the same guy who made THE SIXTH SENSE? How did he sink so low?"

well, me and my spouse have just viewed the village. this is the most horrible piece of film that  has been flickered onto the silver screen. it was neither scifi or horor nor was it a mystery. to us, it was a total waste of plasma. all of the previews were fals advertisement. the maker of this movie has reached the rank of me and mine to never pay to see any otther garbage he creates.

ghark8

If you have a girlfriend than this movie is for her, this is not a guys movie at all, and the movie is so freaking boring. I can't believe he made this piece of poop. Its sad, really his movies are usually the great ones. Unbreakable was an incredible movie, but than came signs which was alright but wasn't anything great. Than came this and OMG, this movie blows. Its sad the only thing good in the movie is the romance, I mean I like romance, I am not going to knock it but thats all the movie is about is romance a bravery and this isn't the good kinda of bravery, but the moronic kind. This movie is a D- in my books and thats going quite lightly on it. From a females perspective, probably B+, since females always like s**t like this. I personally like man-flicks but this movie turned a 360 quite quick. One second I am loving the begining of the movie, the next second something unpredictible happens that makes me hate the movie. Do what you want, I am not telling you not to see it because this is my own personal opinion, but don't say I didn't warn you. Hell, maybe some bi-sexuals or gay guys will find something they like about this film.

http://forum.xbox365.com/ubb-data/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=4;t=014523                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     This s**t sucks, as this person said as I said in my review, this movie in the begining looks like something big but than it flops and sucks so bad.... One second the film is a master piece, the next second its like the director didn't give a s**t about the film anymore. Maybe he was too busy beating off.

One of my coworkers said this movie was a big waste of her time and money..

I thought the movie was really good. There were so many elements that you had to take in to really appreciate it. It's funny how just because it didn't have some pop icon or whatever and was something totally new that no one else has ever done, everyone thinks it sucks. It was obvious from the very first private meeting of the elders of what was going on. They went from talking like people did 100 years ago, to talking like we do today.  

The current social aspect of the movie relates to what is going on now, and the struggle desperation people have to keep their innocence.

Maybe you all would better understand Spiderman 2 though. My 13 year old sister said it was really good.

For a first post I think you have a lot to learn about the tastes of the people who post ere

"Maybe you all would better understand Spiderman 2 though. My 13 year old sister said it was really good."

I'm 40 years old, and I will say that SPIDER-MAN 2 was, without question, a better movie, in every way, than THE VILLAGE.  Just because a movie has moody lighting, lots of dialogue, and no explosions, doesn't mean that it has some lofty purpose or deep message.  I agree that THE VILLAGE was trying to say something meaningful.  It just failed miserably in its attempt to do so.