Question on "The Village" (spoilers)

[Number_6]

I have another question to add to this thread. I read in a local newspaper review that Ivy was psychic. I had no indication that she was psychic in the movie. Did anyone else think so?

Well, I think what they meant is that even though she is blind, therefore lacking normal sight, she has what would seem to be "Aura sight." The "color" that she sees people give off is likely their aura and therefore in that sense she is psychic. She was the only one that could tell Lucius was still outside when everyone was hiding from the creatures because she could see his "color."

As far as the thing with the medicine goes, they were trying to keep it authentic to the time period. William Hurt was a history teacher and if there is one thing I know about history teachers(seeing as it was one of my favorite subjects back in school) it's that if they want to have a historical re-creation of something, they are not going to screw with it. I'm sure it was debated when they set up the village in the first place if they should bring some medicines along or not, but the thing is this... say you bring a supply of penicillin and maybe a few basic antibiotics that you got "from the towns." Okay, that's a limited supply and eventually you will run out. Well, now people know for certain that the town had these medicines and since we ran out we are more likely to want to leave the village in order to get the medicines and then the whole masquerade falls apart before it even gets anywhere. The village had obviously been there for at least 20 years given the ages of the eldest children and more than likely closer to 30 years. All the antibiotics they might have brought with them would have expired by then anyway so they wouldn't have had it available, now that I give it more thought. Therefore, the lack of "modern medicine" in that village makes sense to me. Oh, and one other thing. Some of the medications need to be kept refridgerated and they don't have a fridge, so it would expire pretty quickly from that as well.

 

[Wilt Dasney]

As far as the thing with the medicine goes, they were trying to keep it authentic to the time period. William Hurt was a history teacher and if there is one thing I know about history teachers(seeing as it was one of my favorite subjects back in school) it's that if they want to have a historical re-creation of something, they are not going to screw with it. I'm sure it was debated when they set up the village in the first place if they should bring some medicines along or not, but the thing is this... say you bring a supply of penicillin and maybe a few basic antibiotics that you got "from the towns." Okay, that's a limited supply and eventually you will run out. Well, now people know for certain that the town had these medicines and since we ran out we are more likely to want to leave the village in order to get the medicines and then the whole masquerade falls apart before it even gets anywhere. The village had obviously been there for at least 20 years given the ages of the eldest children and more than likely closer to 30 years. All the antibiotics they might have brought with them would have expired by then anyway so they wouldn't have had it available, now that I give it more thought. Therefore, the lack of "modern medicine" in that village makes sense to me. Oh, and one other thing. Some of the medications need to be kept refridgerated and they don't have a fridge, so it would expire pretty quickly from that as well.

That's the first explanation that sounds halfway plausible to me. I had thought about that in passing, but my next thought was that they would have just appointed one of the elders to make regular (secret) trips to "the towns" to replenish the supply. However, I can see where that might have been a legitimate source of debate among them. (What if the wrong person finds out the elders are making the trips? What if people on the outside get suspicious of all the people coming out of the woods? etc.)

So anyhoo...I can buy that, with a little effort. I think I've spent far more time thinking about and discussing this movie than it probably warranted, though. :lol:

 

[Dizknee_Phreek]

Ivy makes the statement at the beginning of the movie that only some people give off the color, most notably Luscious and her father. That however, is an obscure line that can be understandibly forgotten.

Ah, yes...I didn't catch that quote. Thank you! That makes much more sense to me now. I had wondered if just certain people gave off color, or maybe some people's color were stronger than others.
Oh, and I had also thought about your solution, Static X. I had thought maybe if the person was entirely covered, perhaps their color wouldn't show through the covering.
Thank you both for your answers

The greatest aspect of the movie was the girl who played Ivy (Ron Howard's kid).

Really?! I had no idea that was Ron Howard's daughter! I agree; I thought she did a terrific job! As did Adrien Brody.

 

[Erika]

Already spoiled

I was planning on seeing this movie... and then, yesterday, at lunch, out of NOWHERE, my coworker blurts out,









"Did you hear that it's just US that the people in "The Village" are afraid of? That's the whole big deal?"


NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :brick:

 

[imagineer99]

^^ Technically, that's not it at all...

 

[Erika]

^^ Technically, that's not it at all...

Really?!? Ooooooooh, so there might still be some surprises for me. I'll put it back on my list then. Thanks! :wave:

 

[MKCP 1985]

Old Woman!
MAN!
Sorry!
I'm 37!
Whuh?
I'm 37...I'm not old!
And you can call me Dennis not old man!
I didn't know you were called Dennis!
Well, you didn't bother to find out did you!
HELP HELP I'm being repressed! :lookaroun

Welcome to Magic...and I'm sorry...it's been a long day

"Watery tarts throwing swords is no way to fashion a system of government!"

. . . Or words to that effect. Anyway, I've warped my kids who can probably quote the movie dialogue much better than I, and I never saw the movie until college.

In closing,

"You must find the largest tree in the woods, and cut it down WITH . . . a herring!

I'll do no such thing!

Oh, please."

 

[Legacy]

"There, there do you see the violence apparent in the system?"

 

[Number_6]

"Help!! Help!! I'm being repressed!!!"

"Bloody peasant!"

"There, did you hear that? Did you hear that? That was a giveaway! You saw him repressing me, didn't you?"

 

[The Mom]

I went to see this movie today, so purposely din't enter this thread.

I was disappointed, because I knew they were "modern" right from the git-go.
Why? Because antibiotics, innoculations(except for smallpox), etc weren't readily available to ANYONE in the mid to late 1800s. It was more or less kitchen table surgery with MAYBE chloroform, carbolic, morphine, and a prayer. Infections (both secondary to trauma and from infectious diseases) of all sorts were still the leading cause of death, so I couldn't believe that the "town" offered anything to make it worth the risk. Ergo, the "town" had to have "modern" medicine, so the whole set-up was a sham.

So my only question, during the film, was WHO was dressing up to scare them out of ever leaving, and how many were in on it. Although, when Walker didn't appear in the cellar with his wife and children, I had one name.

 

[Shaman]

Another WARNING FOR SPOILERS (so don't even glance at this post if you don't want stuff in the movie ruined)

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This has got to be the most contrived of Night's movies....and sure I can buy the whole medication deal...but come on...how could they let this blind woman venture into the forest on her own...and have two companions with her...that "fortunately" abandon her before she gets to the "wall"...

So she can't see...ok (nice the way she really can't see the ranger and all the "advanced" technology...very convinient for a writer)....but now why would the ranger let her go on her way without notifying the authorities....

In the end what did this movie in for me...was it was too contrived...things which were too obvious and distracted from the messages of the movie...the messages get drowned out by the "big twist"...which this movie didn't really need....but hey I guess Night was trying to develop the whole "innocence" theme and apply it to todays society...which was very crafty (I guess)....

That being said...the messages are interesting....very poetic and deep...and hey it was an interesting twist on the whole love theme in movies...a new set of circumstances almost...

But perhaps it could have been done better...I have to hand it to him though...he did a great job promoting this film...which in the end was part of his master plan to set the audience up...

He's talented and the movie isn't all that bad...not his best though. Just my opinion.

 

[Number_6]

Definitely not his best. But not a horrible movie either. I would say it was an average movie from a usually above-average director. They all have them, though. Just look at Star Wars Episode I...

 

[imagineer99]

^ and Episode II...