It Takes a Village

**Warning: Spoilers about the movie "The Village" may follow**

We rented the movie "The Village" this past weekend. DH's coworkers had told him part of the twist of the plot, but I told him not to tell me because I wanted to be surprised, and man, was I ever! I knew there wasn't something quite right about "they who must not be named," but I did not see the ending coming. In fact, the more I think about, the more selfish I think the main characters were. No society is perfect. No society is free of strife. The arrogance of the village elders just stunned me. What gave them the right to perpetuate such a lie? The real story, I believe, is what happened AFTER the girl brought back the medicine. I just know that the secret would have to be revealed to the whole population.

I liked the movie, but I felt that it needed something more. Not to mention that it was veryyyy slowwww-paced throughout. I thought William Hurt's and Sigourney Weaver's talents were wasted here, but I liked Joaquin Phoenix, Adrien Brody, and Bryce Dallas Howard.

See it if the trailers had intrigued you, but expect to be mildly disappointed.