jgibbons-2

Let me start out this review by saying I love his early work. "The 6th Sense" and "Unbreakable" I thought were brilliant films. I loved them. I feel like he has been taking more liberties lately with his style. He hooked a bunch of us with some great early films and then starting putting out sub par story lines.

The Village isn't honest. It doesn't deliver on anything. I was into it through the first half of the film but then it pretty much lost me after that. You can't put a twist in just for the heck of it. It needs to be smart. I don't want to ruin it, but you will know what I mean when you see it.

The performances are great as always. The mood and tone are brilliant. My biggest problems are with the choices he made in the script. It was careless. I felt jipped.

That being said, I am very much looking forward to his next film. I think he needs to just spend a little more time working on his stories and just make choices because no one would expect that.

In the end, I would never say don't go see it, just don't expect too much and you'll probably come out okay.

Jason

This movie is funny in a way that other films aren't. It is not obvious it is a comedy. The acting is so serious that you feel like it;s meant not to be silly. I love this style. It is evident in his other Film "One Crazy Summer". I am a filmmaker myself and this was a huge influence to me. It showed me something different.

I love the large number of characters. It makes it so much more fun. The pacing is perfect leaving the overall film a wonder to see. I don't find much of Steves humor in the projects he's been doing lately, but the more family oriented films are a little different anyway so they can't really be compared.

This film is unique in content and success. I believe some people won't like a movie like this because it is too weird at times. This is what I love about it. There is no other film like it. The closest thing is what the Farely Brothers have been doing lately. "Something About Marry", "Dumb and Dumber" are brilliant films in their own right.

A word of advice, if you haven't seen "Better Off Dead", go see it.

Jason

I believe this to be the most classic horror flick. I believe it is the film that all other scary movies should be judged. Michael Myers is the bomb! He blows Jason out of the water and he looks the coolest. The only thing about any of the Halloween movies that I hate is Halloween 3. What the heck does it have to do with any other Halloween movie? Any ideas?

The music is all tops. Carpenter does everything in his films. You don't really see that anymore- not these days. That title track for Halloween has been stuck in my head for years. I love it.

I also believe the sequels to be superior (Minus H3) to all others. I am not kidding when I say I have seen this film a hundred times. Most horror flicks these days don't give the viewer any credit. We are much more intelligent that they assume. Films like Halloween were made the right way. They are meant to be fun but with a scare here and there. This is why I love it.

GREAT MOVIE!