Good idea but it can't work in the real world. - The Village (2004) Discussion

[–] [deleted] 4 years ago

Why is it a good idea? It didn’t work out so well in the movie, and in real life I doubt it would work out well either.

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[–] PrimeMinisterX (8857) 4 years ago

That's not exactly true. You'll remember that at the end of the movie they conclude that they still believe in the place and in their vision for it and will continue the experiment.

It may have not worked out perfectly, but it was still working out well-enough.

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[–] [deleted] 4 years ago

I saw it a long time ago, so my memory is fuzzy. I thought the whole idea was they had to invent those scary monsters to keep people from leaving.

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[–] PrimeMinisterX (8857) 4 years ago

They did. And near the end William Hurt's character says that Noah's death "has made our stories real." By dying, he made the danger of the woods real for the younger folk who still didn't know what was going on. Remember that the secret was only revealed to Ivy.

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[–] [deleted] 4 years ago

Thanks. It is just a fuzzy memory now.

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[–] PrimeMinisterX (8857) 4 years ago

I actually it's a great film. In fact, I'd even say it's my favorite M. Night film and that it's consistently underrated.

You should re-visit it!

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[–] lm362 (341) 3 years ago

Spoiler....

But it was a good idea. None of them ever thought someone from among them would ever harm one of their own. That was their only failing. I'm sure that they learned from their mistake and would do the same thing they did in this case. And it did work out in the end.

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[–] linuxlad (996) 4 years ago

Apparently, it worked for many years.

With the proper conditions and resources it is possible for any indefinite period of time until it is not, just like most other conditions.

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[–] PrimeMinisterX (8857) 4 years ago

In the modern world it's probably true. However, if they were able to keep the land perpetually and also keep the villagers convinced that the woods were a very dangerous place, they could keep it going for the foreseeable future.

I wouldn't mind living in an isolated community that was based on the 19th century, at least for a while.

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[–] lm362 (341) 3 years ago

Same here.

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[–] tonganprince (614) 3 years ago

I liked the movie alot, but the whole "They paid to make sure planes dont fly over" shit is stupid.

Even if payment was possible. There are always planes in the air way up there and it would be impossible.

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[–] mel2000 (259) 3 years ago

the whole "They paid to make sure planes dont fly over" shit is stupid.

It was not only stupid, but completely unnecessary. They could have simply explained that those big birds in the sky were natural sightings.

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[–] Ilyathe2nd (178) 2 years ago

Smaller planes flying at lower altitudes would spot the village, though. It's a two-way problem, the sightings and rumours would increase over time.

It's also a bit unrealistic that the park rangers would not themselves go into the park, since a key task specifically named for them is to prevent people entering, and a part of that would be to check if anyone has wandered into the woods. In the real world park rangers also maintain the natural state of the park, inspect for forest fires, check for damage etc.

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[–] mel2000 (259) a year ago

Smaller planes flying at lower altitudes would spot the village, though.

The FAA sets restrictions on how low flights can go over land. Anyway, since the movie takes place in Pennsylvania, any sightings would have been ignored as an Amish community sighting. Still plenty of those in Pennsylvania.

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[–] Ilyathe2nd (178) a year ago

On point 1, Which is fine as long as everyone follows or is aware of regulations.
On point 2, fair enough. Didn't think of that, we here in the Nordics don't have that. Even our strictest purists tend to accept some sort of modern technology, such as cars and televisions, but the content of entertainment is restricted. See fr. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Awakening_(Finnish_religious_movement)

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[–] howgamer (3987) 3 years ago

I guess not forever, but they are still finding isolated tribes in the Amazon.

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[–] Ilyathe2nd (178) 2 years ago

Those did not leave the modern society, though, they're the OG indigenous people. Some of the tribes have chosen to avoid further contact after meeting outside people, but many maintain some contact and as much of their own customs as they can.

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[–] RoboReCop (3379) 3 years ago

It's actually a real-world idea that has been replicated and repeated by countries, societies, and cultures for at least thousands of years; however, in most cases, it doesn't work, thus the outcome of the film.

It's a real-world action the village leaders tried to prevent when creating their NeoSociety; however, they end up becoming what they ran away from.

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[–] Foster (878) a year ago

Actually --- At the end of the movie NOTHING had changed, The Village was still intact, pretty certain the blind girls want going to tell, The base of the group was still intact and the other citizens only knew that one Shakey dude tried to kill the other and ran off . I don't recall what they told the others the reason for the 3 leaving in search of medicine, 2 left early the girl comes back alone she aint gonna tell so Nothing changed

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[–] ewd76 (1576) 6 months ago

I knew it was fake as soon as nobody saw any dead people.

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