ModifiedLogic

I walked out of the theater thinking "what was the point". I ignored 20% on rotten tomatoes. I ignored all reviews. I wanted to believe. I really really liked the Village.

On a comedic note, this movie could be summed up like this:

Something happens in the northeast

People die, people run

People meet an old crazy lady

Crazy lady dies and more people die

The something stops happening in the northeast

Flash forward three months:  some main characters are living their lives

The something never gets a definition.

The ending scene is that something starts to happen in France

End credits

Now. Mix in to that some weird acting and some weird ass dialogue. Marky Mark acts like some well mannered innocent who is trying not to sound as such. I was hoping that much of that weirdness was a clue for something bigger or cooler. A bug eyed girlfriend, a scared shitless military private, a whacked out plant expert who likes hot dogs, and a crazy lady who has separated herself from society are all part of this weirdness. Some was injected for comedic value, (much like my simple rundown of the movie), and some was injected for suspense which otherwise was not delivered by whatever the fuck the happening was. Another annoying thing was people actually saying thing’s like "let’s go where this isn’t HAPPENING" or "why is this HAPPENING".

The most suspenseful shots are of regular plants and trees swaying in the wind, which was to make you believe the happening was caused by something airborne. Which in the end was never determined, so as an audience member, I feel cheated. Was it a plant toxin? Nuclear leakage? Terrorism? Government experiment gone bad? Aliens from Signs? We were never meant to know. And it is for that reason I feel this movie may have been just a REASON to be able to make a movie that showed peoples’ bodies hitting the ground and someone committing suicide by laying in front of a lawn mower.

This is one of those movies that tried to entertain with what you don’t see, suggest vague notions, and really be open ended. It totally works for a little while. Seeing people commit mass suicide is pretty entertaining. But when you find out that you have no idea why they did it and you have been getting freaked out by windy camera shots, the entertainment value drops.

Not only are you not going to be told what caused the happening, the ending shot shows it start again. You’ll get plenty of conspiracy theories which are very heavy on the "plants releasing toxins into the air because they’re pissed at us for ruining the earth."

I don’t know what it is or what caused it AND it never ended. There was no resolution. That could have be fine, but there was no point. This movie would have been better if you found out they were really on a moon colony surrounded by glass and there was a leak, or aliens were watching us and really existed in a different dimension we couldn’t see and they were controlling our minds, or if everyone was possessed by the devil and judgement day had arrived. Or, even just a little something more was given.

For most of the movie, I forgave the weird acting and dialogue in hopes it was for a reason. I was entertained by some of the "happenings" and the build up to what was really no payoff for me. There were suspenseful moments. But in the end, I was just let down. There were times in the movie where I thought it would blow me away. I could go on and rave about how the movie is so different and breaks the rules.

Instead. I felt like there was no point.