movies@work(tm) the Village

Disadvantage(s) of working(2) at a video store:
1. Watching movies one would not pick out
2. Forgetting the movie one just watched because you are working
3. Judging a movie poorly because one is distracted by work
What is it about those Howards? Both Bryce and her father Ron have a knack for squeezing the heart until tears flow. I remember my mother kidding with my father and brother during "Apollo 13" when she saw them getting emotional. Thank goodness there was no one in the store when Ivy was pulled off of Lucius' body.
M. Night took a lot of undeserved heat for this film. Apparently viewers felt betrayed by marketing...Well, get over it. Like every other M. Night movie so far this is an offbeat film uncovering interesting truths in apparently fantastic stories. There is a point in this film when William Hurt makes the "speech" before the viewer has context--that nails his story.
That speech is unlike the James Wood speech in "Salvador" that nearly derails that superb film.
"the Village" has a terrific cast, including the aforementioned William Hurt, Adrien Brody, and Joaquin Phoenix. Camera work is, as usual for Shyamalan, all about angles and color tied closely to the score. His camera is nearly retro..no hecticam, no in your face saturations or other foibles of the post modern film world. Let the story tell the story apparently...what a novel concept. Here I was thinking Walker Woods was a jerk sauce!