In M. Night Shymalans movie, do you think it was ethical for Walker to send his blind daughter for help? Given that she was sent with two "protectors" (who were not to see the outside world but were instead instructed to stop at the road), but she would have been woefully unprepared for our world had the guard taken her in. Also, what about the future of the Village itself? Would the legend (and the deceit) of Those Whom We Do Not Speak Of be passed down and perpetuated by successive generations? What if a third generation decides to fight back - possibly ambushing one of TWWDNSO if possible? Lucius could easily have tackled the one on the porch - what do you think would have been the ramifications of such a courageous act and the exposure of the Elder's deceit?
2007-09-06 09:06:05 · 7 answers · asked by Lord Bearclaw of Gryphon Woods 7 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Movies
BTW if you didn't like the movie and thought it was a waste of time, I wish you well and good luck and would ask you not to answer at any rate. If you have something constructive to share, and the attention span needed to read two paragraphs, then by all means I would love to hear your opinion.
2007-09-06 09:35:14 · update #1
wow a lot of questions but it was a great movie that got you thinking. too bad so many ppl couldn't see the movie for what it was. There was a story behind the story itself now on to the questions if I can answer them all (been a while since i've seen the movie).
1. ethicial - no but i believe he sent the blind daughter b/c she wouldn't be able to tell that it wasn't a neighboring village she was going to. In her mind the noices would have been different but the perception would still be 1800's
2. The future of the Village i believe was demolished b/c the guard would have asked questions, police would have been called in, physhicatrist and any number of ppl. This is only my guess but I'm sure the "experiment" would have been blown apart.
3. Legends are just that - passed down from one generation to the next. It's possible that the legend itself would have grown the beasts would have been more terrifying with each retelling and soon those in the "know" would have to become wiser and scarier
4. It would have been more surprising if a generation did NOT fight back. Through the course of things there would have been one individual (or more) that would have stopped and thought "you know this just doesn't add up" then proceeded to discover the truth.
5. as for the last question there are two different possibilities
a) lucius would have had an "accident" (as cliche as it sounds) and then problem solved with the washing of a few hands as it were or.....
b) lucius told someone else and then you would be back to the idea of generations down the road deciding to take it upon themselves to discover the truth. The experiment would have been cancelled and professionals woudl have been called in.
WHEW that stretched my gray area for a bit but I hope that kinda helped. Like i said it is all my speculation and guesses.
2007-09-06 09:15:37 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yeah it was pretty messed up to sent her out, being blind and all. I guess they were trying to protect everything they had worked for. I still don't see why one of the elders couldn't have just gone instead. Unless maybe they had seen enough and needed an exposer tactic and that was the best way. Who knows.
To answer the 2nd part of your question, I beleive that it is mans instinct to explore the outside (e.g. the new world in 1492, the moon in the 60s). Therefore the next generation would soon have dared venture out and seen the outside world regardless.
Pretty interesting concept though, huh?
One thing that boggles me though... what would happen if an airplane happened to fly by? How are they supposed to explain that?!!
2007-09-06 16:12:48 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Thats the whole point..the family was unethical..this is WHY they sent the blind girl...they figured the forest creatures would have scared her enough not to venture forward, and that even by chance if she did make it that she is blind so she would have no idea the kind of world (NY) that exists right outside. this movie was brilliant, to think a family lived like amish people in the woods, and new york, with our taxis, financial centers, fashion, clubs, skyscrapers was right outside. A world within a world.
2007-09-06 16:16:22 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I dont know all those answers but I thought it was a really cool twist. Very interesting movie, different from any other, in my opinion.
2007-09-06 16:08:55 · answer #4 · answered by sd_mex_chic 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I, too, did not read all your comments because I also think that movie sucked bad! A waste of talent for Joaquin Phoenix to be in it. I just saw "Lady in the Water" - that guy's movies just keep getting worse.
2007-09-06 16:15:11 · answer #5 · answered by michael c 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I thought it was a movie, nothing more. I enjoyed it for the hour or two it was on the screen...I got my money's worth. The end.
2007-09-06 16:14:42 · answer #6 · answered by melouofs 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I didn't read all that stuff u wrote....but my thoughts on the village.....i thought it was one of the dumbest movies i ever seen...saw it in theater and was a waste of money....i ranked it for one of the worst i ever saw....up there w/ Wolf Creek
2007-09-06 16:10:27 · answer #7 · answered by Cincyfan0591 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋