{"id":158,"date":"2006-02-21T15:15:43","date_gmt":"2006-02-21T20:15:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bitpost.com\/blog\/2006\/02\/21\/80-the-village\/"},"modified":"2011-04-16T00:22:09","modified_gmt":"2011-04-16T04:22:09","slug":"80-the-village","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bitpost.com\/blog\/2006\/80-the-village\/","title":{"rendered":"8.0 The Village"},"content":{"rendered":"

From the “red sleastacks” dept…<\/p>\n

This was fun. We went in with low expectations – thrillers are definitely not our film genre of choice – and spent the first few minutes snickering. But we were pulled into the yarn of this creepy fairytale and had a good time with it. It is nicely shot, nicely acted, and has the signature Shyamalan twists that crescendo to the moment where all the pieces fall together, just as they are revealed (a little earlier if you pay attention).<\/p>\n

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From the “red sleastacks” dept… This was fun. We went in with low expectations – thrillers are definitely not our film genre of choice – and spent the first few minutes snickering. But we were pulled into the yarn of this creepy fairytale and had a good time with it. It is nicely shot, nicely … Continue reading 8.0 The Village<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[9,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-158","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-only-cool-movies","category-reviews"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9M0Zg-2y","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1662,"url":"https:\/\/bitpost.com\/blog\/2012\/ran-10k-at-the-city-of-oaks-marathon-nice-event\/","url_meta":{"origin":158,"position":0},"title":"Ran 10K at the City of Oaks marathon, nice event","author":"m","date":"November 4, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"All sorts of people running 10k, half-marathons and marathons today, right through NCSU and downtown. \u00a0Nicely done, Raleigh! \u00a0And me (ahem), and Bill, who guilted me into running in the first place, and Gary, who ran the 13.1 without any real training. \u00a0Great start to the day!","rel":"","context":"In "All My Rowdy Friends"","block_context":{"text":"All My Rowdy Friends","link":"https:\/\/bitpost.com\/blog\/category\/all-my-rowdy-friends\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bitpost.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IMG_1739-225x300.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":69,"url":"https:\/\/bitpost.com\/blog\/2003\/ouch\/","url_meta":{"origin":158,"position":1},"title":"A project gone SO wrong","author":"m","date":"March 6, 2003","format":false,"excerpt":"The cactus plants were removed and small ivy replaced them, and the children were then allowed to take them home instead. 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