"I'm still not on the M. Night Shyamalan bandwagon."
I think the bandwagon effect really hurt this movie. Shyamalan's always hyped as the new master of terror, and other monikers I find generally misapplied. 'The Village' is marketed as a supernatural horror film, which it most definitely is not.
I've written up my thoughts on 'The Village' and its themes of risk and innocence over at The Internet Review of Science Fiction (http://www.irosf.com/q/zine/article/10076), if any are curious.
