I think you misunderstood the ending. Ivy never realized her world was a lie. When she crossed the wall and ended up on the roadside, there was no indication she discovered she was living in a different era. Kevin didn’t explain anything-he simply gave her the medicine and sent her back. As for the monster, Ivy had no idea it was Noah. Her father told her the elders created the costumes based on old legends and scary stories. She genuinely believed she encountered a real creature and defeated it. Mr. Walker allowed her to go for medicine specifically because she’s blind. Her blindness, combined with her encounter with ‘the monster,’ actually reinforces the elders’ secret rather than exposing it.
i have to disagree with her not knowing it was Noah. The same way they underestimated his intellects, you're underestimating her other senses. They were always running and playing chase and tag with each other. So for a split second, she thought monsters were real, but when he ran pass her the 1st time, she knew it was him because that's how they play. Now of course because she's blind, she has no concept of a modern world, but she understands the elders are lying about something.
All that may be true but we as the audience know the monsters aren’t real before Ivy goes through the woods. So our suspense is lacking more than it would if we thought they were still real at that point too.
@@jackblog-k7m I actually thought that was a twist. That the elders had made the costumes based on stories and they believed the monsters weren't real, but then when Ivy went into the woods it turned out, if you venture far enough, they ARE real. Until I realized it was Noah. The suspense didn't last super long, but it was there for a bit :)
as a teen, this was one of my favorite movies when it came out. I was so confused to hear people didn't like it. It still hits for me and I enjoy it. Thanks for the video breakdown!
The reason ppl didn’t like it was not the movie’s or the director’s fault. The studio released previews that made it seem like it was going to be a werewolfesque horror flick which obviously was not the case
That is the whole point! It’s not about the lie. It’s about the elders running away from pain and tragedy, thinking they could create a new place where nothing bad can ever happen. It’s about them slowly realizing that bad things happen no matter where you go or how much you manipulate your surroundings. By the end they decide the place they’ve built is worth all the pain they’ve all suffered and it’s worth continuing on with the next generation.
Man, is it nice to FINALLY hear someone realize that the village is first and foremost a love story. Far to many people are so focused on the "twist" that they miss an amazing story.
35:39 There’s a critical piece of this quote that people sadly omit more and more; the LOVE of money is the root of all evil. The warning is to avoid greed. Removing that point makes it seem like money is inherently harmful. Money is a tool which can be used for great good AND great evil, just like a knife can be used to slice a cake or a throat.
I was young enough to not know to much about different directors I went in thinking it was just a movie about what it said so I was blown away at the time
This is such an underrated and falsely maligned movie. It is so layered and even has an intense atmosphere throughout. I love this movie. I loved it when I watched it as a kid too.
Ivy’s blindness is what people would think is her biggest fault, but in this case, it’s her biggest weapon and is why she’s the one to break out. They couldn’t scare a blind person with words and sounds only.
I totally agree, and the actress that played Ivy did an amazing job at acting blind. When I was a teen first watching this, I legit thought she was a blind woman cast for this role
I don’t think Ivy ever found out anything she’d have to keep secret. She has no reference for comparison to a modern world, so anything she touched or heard would mean nothing to her. She had a mission and completed it, barely escaping and killing one of the monsters. She could tell the whole village about what she experienced out there and it would only fortify the elders story.
Yeah I also didn't see it coming. However, it was also the second M Night movie I had seen and I didn't actually know much about him as a director at the time. I don't have a TV (by choice I have never owned one) and I'm really selective about the movies I watch. This was recommended by a friend who also had only seen one other M Night movie.
I don't know why, but on this one (which I only watched the one time, so far) I really felt the twist in advance. My main thought throughout was "how are they going to reveal this?" Perhaps part of my brain noticed the hints!
Yup, same no where near as bad as ppl make it seem, I guess the first few were just so great people expected nothing but extremely successful movies. The twist in this movie is great as well, just wasn’t as good as 6th sense, seems more like one person says it’s terrible and they run with it
It's predictable, pretentious crap for morons. Anyone dumb enough not to crack these movies in minutes (Even a complete idiot would know the end to The Sixth sense from the trailer) can't make it through the day without setting themselves on fire or doing something equally as stupid. They could actually be used to test mental development. "If you don't know how the film ends after watching only 4 minutes, you can't go to a proper school, you'll have to spend the next 5 years finger-painting and glueing dry pasta onto cardboard."
I really think the reason why people didn’t like this movie is because it was marketed as a horror film and it wasn’t its more of a suspense. I loved the movie! And it really made me think, I can so see myself creating a village of my own. It is scary out in the real world.
The glass house/gazebo threw me and it put me in the mind that something was off....they didn't have that kind of glass. It was the first clue and I was glued since. It is my personal favorite M. Night Film.
My dad guessed the sixth sense like 5 minutes in and blurted out "oh, he's dead" out loud in a theater. He whispered to me in unbreakable "wonder why sauel l jackson is always wearing bright colors and Bruce willis is drab. And why is he crippled and has crazy hair and Bruce is bald and seems to be really strong?" We saw the trailer for the village, Just the trailer and he says "I bet it's not even a Real village and it takes place currently, like the amish."
I think that there are two twists, but one may have not been intended by M Night Shyamalan. The main twist, for me, is that no matter how far you go you can't get away from evil, because the potential for evil is in every one of us. The very thing that keeps us alive - our blood - is 'the bad color."
I love The Village! The love story between Lucius and Ivy is beautiful. When Ivy puts her hand out and Lucius isn't there to take it! 😭 The subplot of Edward Walker and Alice Hunt is good too. The twist is a little wobbly, but by that point I was fully invested.
Went to see this in the theaters hoping to like it.. and I actually ended up _really_ loving it. It's shot so well and the ensemble cast was just excellent. Shyamalan's best attributes as a Director are that all his films are shot really competently well and he just knows exactly how to get the best performances from his actors. His stories are unique, as well..gotta give him that. Oh yeah, he also chooses composers really well too, because seriously one of James Newton Howard's BEST Scores. Better than his "Unbreakable" The music is absolutely beautiful here, particularly "The Gravel Road". 👌🏻
Yeah, Trap gets a lot of hate, and really the story and execution on that were bad, but Josh Hartnett and Alison Pill were fantastic in that. Like the best performances I've ever seen from either of them. Same with Toni Collette in The Sixth Sense, that's probably her best performance ever filmed. Not to mention James McAvoy in Split and Glass was phenomenal even if Glass was meh overall. He just needs someone to edit his scripts, because his dialogue and plot points sometimes are just absolute garbage. I think that's why his films are soo hit or miss. He does so many things well, but when he fails, he goes the full Simple Jack making you question if he is a genius that sometimes just shuts his brain off or just a got lucky like he's the Forest Gump of directors.
@truthedministry Agreed with everything you posted. Hell, and in my opinion, Bruce Willis' best ever dramatic performances came from Shyamalan films, Unbreakable and The Sixth Sense. Mel Gibson in Signs, too. Granted, he was already acclaimed by that point, but I thought it was his best performance since Braveheart seven years prior.. and yeah, I agree with Toni Collette's performance in The Sixth Sense. I still have to get around to watching Trap, but I've heard nothing but great things about the acting and am looking forward to it. The bad thing is, the story's already been more or less spoiled to me (my own doing).. but I'm still going to watch it. And yes, Split was phenomenal and James McAvoy (especially) and Betty Buckley were awesome in it. So was its Film Score. The only film of his where I think the performances are poor all across the board would maybe be The Happening. Mark Wahlberg's lead performance, in particular. Even though, I still enjoy the film for its goofiness and it is a guilty pleasure for me.
@truthedministry Pffthaaha.. yeah, I forgot about After Earth. "I'm notta cow-word! Yor de cow-word!" Never seen The Last Airbender. Not my taste, and heard it was pretty bad anyway. No losses there.
@@VaderPopsVicodin10 Oh, you should give the animated original a chance; it is fantastic story telling. The movie though... not only are the kids terrible actors... they pronounce characters names wrong, the CG is laughable, they tried to cram 12 hours of content from the show into a single film, all the characters are race swapped for no reason, and they ruined the best character in the show with mismatched casting. It's like they didn't even bother watching the source material at all. I have heard the Netflix version is better, but I am still holding off because the last live action was soo bad.
Honestly what I thought. There are many places they could have moved that are statistically very safe, but still part of the modern world. How about starting a ranch in Montana, or move to Connecticut with all the other rich people. So many options if you are wealthy.
I love this movie. The "twist" was a little bit predictable, even the first time, since I'd read "Among the Hidden" as a kid, but I think the film still manages to create a lot of tension, even when you know what's going on. I don't know why people hate on it so much; it's definitely NOT the worst of Shyamalan's work, by a long shot.
Dude A frequent collaborator with Shyamalan, this is probably my favorite score of James Newton Howard's... and the amazing Hilary Hahn on violin... absolutely brilliantly haunting stuff🏆
This probably sounds so dumb but I’ve been brutalized by my good old friend Insomnia lately and your videos along with your voice has made my nights a lot better. I’m really grateful for that and the incredible amount of effort I’m sure this type of consistent content takes. Please keep up the amazing work… it’s greatly appreciated! ❤
It doesn't sound dumb at all! I've been there. Not many people realize or can understand how messed up a severe lack of sleep can make you. I was up 8 days straight at the height of my insomnia and I wouldn't wish that sort of mental/physical anguish on ANYONE, except maybe Hitler, I guess. Regardless, hang in there! Also, idk if it's a practical option for you, but the one thing that finally worked for me was Cannabis. I don't use it recreationally anymore, but I can absolutely attest to what a godsend it was in helping me get back to sleep after suffering for 3 yrs living on an average of like 2 hrs of sleep a week and never getting any REM sleep...
@ This almost made me tear up based purely on the feeling of someone TRULY relating to the torture that real insomnia put someone through. Everyone around me is like “Oh we all experience insomnia… last night I only got 5 hours of sleep instead of 8! Such torture!” Meanwhile I’m over here watching my 40th HeavySpoilers deep dive rounding in on Hour 96 of not closing my eyes for a single moment of sleep 😅😅 I try to stay away from cannabis due ONLY to my job… but I might be at the stage where I have to consider it. I live in Canada anyways I’m pretty sure cannabis is already built into our DNA regardless 😂 (Thank you for taking the time to comment with your experience - it was actually very validating and made me feel way less stupid about it ᵔ ᵕ ᵔ ♡)
They address that in the movie. The elders took a binding oath never to return to the "real world". Ivy's father thought about breaking his oath and going back anyway, but was dissuaded by the fierce opposition the other elders displayed toward the idea. Sending Ivy instead got around that, and her physical blindness limited how vivid of a description she could bring back with her of the woods and the world outside...
Ivy didn't uphold the lie; she didn't know it was a lie. She thought she actually killed a monster after her father told her there were rumors of them in the woods. They even mentioned they can keep the village going as she's approaching the cabin where Lucius is bedridden. That was the beauty of her being blind... it made the lie work.
I guess because of the reputation: expecting a twist but ALSO expecting it to be a supernatural type twist, or something supernatural at ALL. We just got dudes dressed up in outfits, boring compared to ghosts and aliens etc. While there is good meaning in this film if you apply it to our "leaders", and how we are kept under kunn troll through lyz&fear, if you're aware enough of soyciety to see the parallel.
As a parent in these modern times, i get the desire to take my kid and flee the insanity. Especially as there was a murder in alley behind us last night.
I also agree but these people likely wouldn't have the years of training and practice it would take to produce that level of perfection so I feel like he's still ultimately correct
Love your videos - not saying your wrong but sheesh man lol Having just a movie, as you say, "Victorian village surrounded by monsters" takes away so many major character sacrifices... having a child die KNOWING you can just flipp'n leave and save that kid - but the fact you're determined to stay behind a wall for protection is an amazing plot point that deepens their commitment to the people and community - that was the entire point of the movie man - not the monsters, not a victorian village... but yea this movie made me piss my pants - I was so scared lol all my best - Happy Christmas!
This is a wonderful movie. Well shot, acted and laid out. The shot where Ivy just hold her hand out because she can see his aura and knows he is coming is so well done. Over all, great tension build up and the story is unique and fun for me.
One of my fav movies! I never understood the hate either. This movie has one of my fav lines ever. Edward Walker: The world moves for love; it kneels before it in awe. Also, the security guard is 🥵😍
Some friends and I saw this movie at an Advanced Screening. When Ivy climbed over the wall, this is no exaggeration, 95% of the audience, in unison, said outloud, "Oh, come on!"
@Mord12gp I don't know what everyone was thinking, but for me, for there to have been some other worldly, mystical, fanciful explanation would have been far more rewarding than the completely implausible in the real world explanation we were given.
I think they tried to do too much with Lady in the Water with making its own mythology. Personally, Story should have been an angel and Scrunts being some kind of demons.
I LOVED this movie. You want to know why? It’s the perfect movie I used to introduce each of my children for the first time to thriller/suspense/horror/major twists when it was time to graduate from Disney cartoons. This movie showed me what my kids were ready for and when. What they liked about it and what they didn’t told me a lot about the types of movies they were going to like as they grew up and also showed me what direction to take with each of my three kids individually, using cinema as a bonding activity. My middle was so entranced by the complexities of this movie that we graduated to scarier M night, Shyamalan movies and now we are watching MGM’s Series FROM together. M Night is my son’s idol and my boy is starting to write and direct plays at his school, using Shyamalan’s style as inspiration. The school actually let my son write, direct and perform his Shyamalan style plays with cast and all on the stage at his school! His dream is to one day meet him and work his way into doing what M. Night does, including always writing himself into the script! It was my oldest in the military that reminded me it was time to introduce his younger brother to The Village, to start the cinematic bonding experience with his little brother. It’s the same treasured experience that my oldest and I shared and he valued so much from when he was little. My middle son says his dream is to one day help M Night Shyamalan write the complimenting movie to The Village, as he has so many ideas where to take the story from there. I sure wish there was a way for my son to meet the man who is inspiring the next great creators of cinema. I truly believe my middle child is the future of suspense thrillers! Proud momma!
I have an idea for Village 2. It's set in modern day but at the end he drives down the street and jumps over a metal fence only to find that the world is in the year 1680. The future stuff was all a fake town. Get it
I initially thought the frightening monsters tormenting the village would be outed as a UA-camr in a blue Screencrush shirt and his so-cute-it's-scary white dog!
I love this movie as a kid. The best parts of the movie for me was the first act, setting how isolated the village is, how they’re “creatures” roaming in the forest. The atmosphere was intriguing. Especially when the “creatures” invade. In alternate reality, this movie would have actual creatures.
Wait, does Ivy actually realize the truth by the end? She definitely has some hints that the outside world isn't what she was told (e.g. telling Kevin, the guy who found her, that he had kindness in his voice and she didn't expect that) but I don't think she fully realizes that the village is a lie Great breakdown as usual!
This is brilliant! I've always been a The Village apologist but don't have the ability to defend the film in the way that you do with perfunctorive execution. Shabow!
When I was a kid we rented this movie and had some neighbors over, we were all joking that there was probably a cell phone in the box. We laughed so hard at the ending and we're so disappointed
I still remember watching this one in the theater. I think I was spending more time trying to figure out what the twist would be rather than paying attention to the story. I think that was a problem with his movies back then... you expected something to happen so you spent time trying to anticipate it instead of enjoying the story.
I fucking loved this movie. What would’ve made this movie horrible is if the “monsters” were real. This reality is far more scary than being just miles away from a world that is basically “supernatural.”
I think you need to look at some historic furniture and the history of woodworking. People made incredibly detailed and beautiful things all with hand tools AND machines that didn't require electricity. Lathes have existed for literally thousands of years, bandsaws and table saws existed in the 1800's. Modern machinery didn't allow these styles and shapes to exist, it allowed them to be made more quickly by less skilled workers. The white bench at @3:02 is the clue because it contrasts so heavily with the finer furniture in the schoolroom. The bench looks like it was slapped together with one by fours and plywood and received no hand finishing or detailing, just sanding the edges smooth. It's not "out of place" because its details are so "fine" and "impossible" with hand tools, but because it lacks the care, styling and beauty or even just character of even the simplest historic handmade furniture.
I know I am in the minority here, but I think The Village is Shyamalan's best film, and in my top ten favorite movies. I think it was people's reactions to this film along with Signs (another misunderstood film, because it wasn't just regular water, but rather blessed water, and they were demons not aliens) that led Shyamalan to drastically alter his process and create dud after dud, until he started to get back on track with Split.
@@HobbesFTW The entire theme of the film was that there weren't any coincidences, but rather signs. Aliens would be a coincidence, but since these are signs and not coincidences, they were demons.
I enjoyed this movie a lot when I first watched it because the acting is stellar and I like the concept. I am will to give the film my suspension of disbelief and not tear apart the ways the village could have been exposed. After all, we believe that a billionaire tech genius can design a flying nano-tech suit that can adapt to just about anything he needs, that a skinny American got the perfect testosterone replacement therapy and become a national hero before sleeping for 70 years. Let's also not forget the giant rage monster, magical aliens and primordial space stones. We don't beat up the ghosts in The Sixth Sense, David Dunn's strength in Unbreakable, the Beast climbing nearly shear walls in Split so why judge this one negatively because there are aspects that require us to disregard our skepticism and simply accept the concept has worked so far. I am happier accepting the premise and enjoying the movie rather than dwelling on details of how the village might not have remained hidden that long.
This movie has some of my favorite scoring of all time tho. The slomo with the closeup on ivy’s hand when she gets in the door at the nick of time? That violin music playing over it is otherworldly beautiful. It made me get back into my violin playing at the time. I still listen often 🫶🏼
I think this is the last of M. Night's great movies. I think Paul was a little tough on it at times; it either touches you or it doesn't. I never try to overanalyze a movie while watching it. If it has flaws it will be readily apparent. Bryce Dallas Howard stated in a podcast this year that she was just getting starting doing theater, and M. Night had attended the performance and after meeting with her knew he had his Ivy. He demanded the studio pay her the same as a tenured actress, that she was the lead of the film. Some really strong performances all around particularly William Hurt. The twist worked well at the time, just people started spending more time looking for it than just enjoying the movie.
I remember this film for one of the best jump scares I have ever seen in a cinema. Just because we were a bit late, my friends and I were sitting in the back row. In the scene where one of the characters is looking down through the trap door from the look-out tower and one of the "creatures" suddenly walks by down below, I remember seeing all the heads jump up and down in unison in front of us and everyone yelling out ......... Ahhh the good ol days.
I saw this in the theater and was fully along for the ride he was taking us on. I was expecting a twist of some sort, but I got caught up in the love story, so didn't see it coming. I love this movie and am surprised so many people hated it.
The entire "no fly zone' is impossible. They are in Pennsylvania. Some of the heaviest air traffic in the US. There is no way they can keep aircrafts from flying around.
Actually it is not, here in Washington, Medina, Clyde Hill, and Yarrow point neighborhoods have a no fly zone over them. It's also the wealthiest area per capita in the USA.
I always thought this movie was underrated. The ending is definitely the weakest part, but I still like the story, for the most part. Also, the music, cinematography, and costumes are all beautiful.
I love that you covered this film. It's my favorite M. Night film Joaquin p. Character was so noble.. everyone's acting was superb.. I'll always love this film
One of the primary reasons I appreciate M. Night movies is for completely being a “homer.” This movie was shot in Chester County, PA miles from my home at the time. 18:24 Andrew Wyeth and the Wyeth family are from the area with the local Brandywine River Museum being completely in their honor.
the one about the furniture being a hint that it is in modern times because it's too good to have been done with more primitive tools is ridiculous. have you ever seen st peter's basilica? that was build about 300 years before the 19th century and looks much better than some furniture cut out of wood lol
I for one would love to have the means to do this. You wouldn’t really need the monsters, just be honest about ‘society’. I amazes me that although that sort of life is more difficult, yet so much simpler at the same time.
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was the mess that was ground news not a big enough warning
“… Ryan Aery’s Mum”
is music to my ears.
Please do eyes wide shut ❤
Can you do "The Others"?
Bro
You’re saying they didn’t have tools to cut wood straight in the 1800s?!?
Yet we built the pyramids like 4,000+ years ago.
From STONE?!?
I think you misunderstood the ending. Ivy never realized her world was a lie. When she crossed the wall and ended up on the roadside, there was no indication she discovered she was living in a different era. Kevin didn’t explain anything-he simply gave her the medicine and sent her back.
As for the monster, Ivy had no idea it was Noah. Her father told her the elders created the costumes based on old legends and scary stories. She genuinely believed she encountered a real creature and defeated it.
Mr. Walker allowed her to go for medicine specifically because she’s blind. Her blindness, combined with her encounter with ‘the monster,’ actually reinforces the elders’ secret rather than exposing it.
That’s how I always looked at it. Well explained.
i have to disagree with her not knowing it was Noah. The same way they underestimated his intellects, you're underestimating her other senses. They were always running and playing chase and tag with each other. So for a split second, she thought monsters were real, but when he ran pass her the 1st time, she knew it was him because that's how they play. Now of course because she's blind, she has no concept of a modern world, but she understands the elders are lying about something.
Except for the fact her father has her touch the monster suits and told her they were a farce.
All that may be true but we as the audience know the monsters aren’t real before Ivy goes through the woods. So our suspense is lacking more than it would if we thought they were still real at that point too.
@@jackblog-k7m I actually thought that was a twist. That the elders had made the costumes based on stories and they believed the monsters weren't real, but then when Ivy went into the woods it turned out, if you venture far enough, they ARE real. Until I realized it was Noah. The suspense didn't last super long, but it was there for a bit :)
as a teen, this was one of my favorite movies when it came out. I was so confused to hear people didn't like it. It still hits for me and I enjoy it. Thanks for the video breakdown!
I have always liked this movie and never got the hate. Glad I'm not the only one :)
I always loved this movie and didn't know there was hate about it. 😮
I liked it a lot too, same with Lady in the Water. Then I found out I was in the minority on those lol.
It's crazy how hard people scrutinize on this film unlike any other.
The reason ppl didn’t like it was not the movie’s or the director’s fault. The studio released previews that made it seem like it was going to be a werewolfesque horror flick which obviously was not the case
That is the whole point! It’s not about the lie. It’s about the elders running away from pain and tragedy, thinking they could create a new place where nothing bad can ever happen. It’s about them slowly realizing that bad things happen no matter where you go or how much you manipulate your surroundings. By the end they decide the place they’ve built is worth all the pain they’ve all suffered and it’s worth continuing on with the next generation.
But if they don't tell the next generation then it's a lie. They continously lied to the young.
That’s what I got from it as well, but I grew up in a religious cult & I identify with this film on a level that most people probably do not.
Man, is it nice to FINALLY hear someone realize that the village is first and foremost a love story. Far to many people are so focused on the "twist" that they miss an amazing story.
“welcome to the heavy spoilers show, I’m your host paul, and in this video we’re going to breakdown ….” is music to my ears
Cringe
@@grandmasterpump being enthusiastic about something is never cringe and I’m sorry you feel that way!
Same!
Yooooo I feel the same way, Paul is the fkn man lol
Hearing it and then seeing the dude is like when figuring out Sting was Steve Borden. (WCW reference)
35:39 There’s a critical piece of this quote that people sadly omit more and more; the LOVE of money is the root of all evil. The warning is to avoid greed. Removing that point makes it seem like money is inherently harmful. Money is a tool which can be used for great good AND great evil, just like a knife can be used to slice a cake or a throat.
Well said
I was young enough to not know to much about different directors I went in thinking it was just a movie about what it said so I was blown away at the time
Same here
This is such an underrated and falsely maligned movie. It is so layered and even has an intense atmosphere throughout. I love this movie. I loved it when I watched it as a kid too.
‘Falsely maligned’ ? Do you even know what those words mean?
the score too
I always liked it
I think it was marketed as some kind of horror movie. Instead, it was like a Twilight Zone Episode
Ivy’s blindness is what people would think is her biggest fault, but in this case, it’s her biggest weapon and is why she’s the one to break out. They couldn’t scare a blind person with words and sounds only.
I totally agree, and the actress that played Ivy did an amazing job at acting blind. When I was a teen first watching this, I legit thought she was a blind woman cast for this role
@@Annejali The actress is Ron Howards daughter Bryce Dallas Howard. I thought she also great in Black Mirror.
I don’t think Ivy ever found out anything she’d have to keep secret. She has no reference for comparison to a modern world, so anything she touched or heard would mean nothing to her. She had a mission and completed it, barely escaping and killing one of the monsters. She could tell the whole village about what she experienced out there and it would only fortify the elders story.
i always liked the plot twist personally. i was really young and never saw it coming.
Yeah I also didn't see it coming. However, it was also the second M Night movie I had seen and I didn't actually know much about him as a director at the time.
I don't have a TV (by choice I have never owned one) and I'm really selective about the movies I watch. This was recommended by a friend who also had only seen one other M Night movie.
same, and i even clocked the electrical componenets on the power lines!
I was surprised by the ending as well, i didn't know much about the director's history, so I just enjoyed it without any bias.
I don't know why, but on this one (which I only watched the one time, so far) I really felt the twist in advance. My main thought throughout was "how are they going to reveal this?"
Perhaps part of my brain noticed the hints!
Idk why people hate this movie... I thought it was good... maybe I should rewatch it.
Yup, same no where near as bad as ppl make it seem, I guess the first few were just so great people expected nothing but extremely successful movies. The twist in this movie is great as well, just wasn’t as good as 6th sense, seems more like one person says it’s terrible and they run with it
Probably the marketing making it look like e something it's not
@@Jeeky88 'was' popular? not sure that trend ever went away
It's predictable, pretentious crap
for morons.
Anyone dumb enough
not to crack these movies
in minutes
(Even a complete idiot would know the end to The Sixth sense
from the trailer)
can't make it through the day without setting themselves on fire
or doing something equally as stupid.
They could actually be used to test mental development.
"If you don't know how the film ends
after watching only 4 minutes,
you can't go to a proper school,
you'll have to spend
the next 5 years finger-painting and glueing dry pasta
onto cardboard."
I really liked the movie. Definitely doesn't deserve the hate. Now "Old"... that's another story.
When i was a kid this movie scared me. Now i get a creepy feeling whenever i watch it. I understand most people don't like it but i think it's great
The scene in the watchtower used to freak me out as a kid so bad
@GWB184 Same!
It's severely underappreciated
I love this movie too!
I feel like this and lady in the water are super underrated. I’m glad people are starting to appreciate them more.
I really think the reason why people didn’t like this movie is because it was marketed as a horror film and it wasn’t its more of a suspense. I loved the movie! And it really made me think, I can so see myself creating a village of my own. It is scary out in the real world.
I agree.
I think some people resented being fooled. They were like, "I was really scared by the monsters earlier, and you're telling me they aren't real?"
Very underrated movie.
haha. It is awful. Stupid. Impossible.
There's always some clown with the "uNdeRraTeD" comment. Congrats on being the clown.
@@drn13355 No it was good, you just have to be smarter than the movie.
The build up is top tier. It just falls apart at the end.
@@jaredstonebraker7466Why? Because the internet said so?
The glass house/gazebo threw me and it put me in the mind that something was off....they didn't have that kind of glass.
It was the first clue and I was glued since. It is my personal favorite M. Night Film.
That's what I was going to say!
My dad guessed the sixth sense like 5 minutes in and blurted out "oh, he's dead" out loud in a theater. He whispered to me in unbreakable "wonder why sauel l jackson is always wearing bright colors and Bruce willis is drab. And why is he crippled and has crazy hair and Bruce is bald and seems to be really strong?"
We saw the trailer for the village, Just the trailer and he says "I bet it's not even a Real village and it takes place currently, like the amish."
I worked at a theater for the sixth sense. It was fun observing the audience of the late show. You could see only a few suspected he was dead
Your dad sounds like a terrible friend to watch movies with. Lol
I think that there are two twists, but one may have not been intended by M Night Shyamalan.
The main twist, for me, is that no matter how far you go you can't get away from evil, because the potential for evil is in every one of us. The very thing that keeps us alive - our blood - is 'the bad color."
I think that the red thing is more about how much red there is in the Brandywine Valley in the winter. Getting rid of red would be super hard here.
I love The Village! The love story between Lucius and Ivy is beautiful. When Ivy puts her hand out and Lucius isn't there to take it! 😭
The subplot of Edward Walker and Alice Hunt is good too.
The twist is a little wobbly, but by that point I was fully invested.
Really is a top notch love story
Alice's anguish at the gulf between her and Edward gets me every time. Edward gave her all that he could...his daughter to try to save her son.
2:59 bro look up victorian era wooden furniture. They were more then capable of making straight cuts with hand tools. Love the channel btw
People have been making straight cuts with hand tools for millenia.
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A thousand years?
No.
They haven't.
@abegarfield7031 Yes, they have.
Look at the Greeks.
@abegarfield7031 Millenia is multiple, millennium is singular.
So more than 1,000 years.
Look at the Greeks.
I'm so glad someone mentioned this, i was astonished to hear that take 😂
Went to see this in the theaters hoping to like it.. and I actually ended up _really_ loving it. It's shot so well and the ensemble cast was just excellent. Shyamalan's best attributes as a Director are that all his films are shot really competently well and he just knows exactly how to get the best performances from his actors. His stories are unique, as well..gotta give him that.
Oh yeah, he also chooses composers really well too, because seriously one of James Newton Howard's BEST Scores. Better than his "Unbreakable" The music is absolutely beautiful here, particularly "The Gravel Road". 👌🏻
Yeah, Trap gets a lot of hate, and really the story and execution on that were bad, but Josh Hartnett and Alison Pill were fantastic in that. Like the best performances I've ever seen from either of them. Same with Toni Collette in The Sixth Sense, that's probably her best performance ever filmed. Not to mention James McAvoy in Split and Glass was phenomenal even if Glass was meh overall.
He just needs someone to edit his scripts, because his dialogue and plot points sometimes are just absolute garbage. I think that's why his films are soo hit or miss. He does so many things well, but when he fails, he goes the full Simple Jack making you question if he is a genius that sometimes just shuts his brain off or just a got lucky like he's the Forest Gump of directors.
@truthedministry Agreed with everything you posted. Hell, and in my opinion, Bruce Willis' best ever dramatic performances came from Shyamalan films, Unbreakable and The Sixth Sense. Mel Gibson in Signs, too. Granted, he was already acclaimed by that point, but I thought it was his best performance since Braveheart seven years prior.. and yeah, I agree with Toni Collette's performance in The Sixth Sense.
I still have to get around to watching Trap, but I've heard nothing but great things about the acting and am looking forward to it. The bad thing is, the story's already been more or less spoiled to me (my own doing).. but I'm still going to watch it. And yes, Split was phenomenal and James McAvoy (especially) and Betty Buckley were awesome in it. So was its Film Score.
The only film of his where I think the performances are poor all across the board would maybe be The Happening. Mark Wahlberg's lead performance, in particular. Even though, I still enjoy the film for its goofiness and it is a guilty pleasure for me.
@@VaderPopsVicodin10 After Earth and The Last Air... nvm those movie don't exist... So, yes, The Happening had the worst acting of his films.
@truthedministry Pffthaaha.. yeah, I forgot about After Earth. "I'm notta cow-word! Yor de cow-word!"
Never seen The Last Airbender. Not my taste, and heard it was pretty bad anyway. No losses there.
@@VaderPopsVicodin10 Oh, you should give the animated original a chance; it is fantastic story telling. The movie though... not only are the kids terrible actors... they pronounce characters names wrong, the CG is laughable, they tried to cram 12 hours of content from the show into a single film, all the characters are race swapped for no reason, and they ruined the best character in the show with mismatched casting. It's like they didn't even bother watching the source material at all. I have heard the Netflix version is better, but I am still holding off because the last live action was soo bad.
Furniture in the 1800 was extremely well made and detailed. In many ways it’s better than what we mass produce today. 2:57
My wife loves it but for me it was like rich folks having issues and then really overthinking the solution and ruining it for their kids.
Honestly what I thought. There are many places they could have moved that are statistically very safe, but still part of the modern world. How about starting a ranch in Montana, or move to Connecticut with all the other rich people. So many options if you are wealthy.
That’s a lot of the point I think intentionally. No matter how much you have or how hard you try you cannot control the world around you.
Unlike how bombers raised millennials to be soft and useless. 😏
Oh wait...
Best film breakdowns on UA-cam. Always tons of new stuff I didn't know.
OMG, "James Bond Car" is fricken adorable. Because "Dad loves it" is super cute!!!
I love this movie. The "twist" was a little bit predictable, even the first time, since I'd read "Among the Hidden" as a kid, but I think the film still manages to create a lot of tension, even when you know what's going on. I don't know why people hate on it so much; it's definitely NOT the worst of Shyamalan's work, by a long shot.
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A frequent collaborator with Shyamalan, this is probably my favorite score of James Newton Howard's... and the amazing Hilary Hahn on violin... absolutely brilliantly haunting stuff🏆
This probably sounds so dumb but I’ve been brutalized by my good old friend Insomnia lately and your videos along with your voice has made my nights a lot better. I’m really grateful for that and the incredible amount of effort I’m sure this type of consistent content takes. Please keep up the amazing work… it’s greatly appreciated! ❤
It doesn't sound dumb at all! I've been there. Not many people realize or can understand how messed up a severe lack of sleep can make you. I was up 8 days straight at the height of my insomnia and I wouldn't wish that sort of mental/physical anguish on ANYONE, except maybe Hitler, I guess. Regardless, hang in there! Also, idk if it's a practical option for you, but the one thing that finally worked for me was Cannabis. I don't use it recreationally anymore, but I can absolutely attest to what a godsend it was in helping me get back to sleep after suffering for 3 yrs living on an average of like 2 hrs of sleep a week and never getting any REM sleep...
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This almost made me tear up based purely on the feeling of someone TRULY relating to the torture that real insomnia put someone through. Everyone around me is like “Oh we all experience insomnia… last night I only got 5 hours of sleep instead of 8! Such torture!”
Meanwhile I’m over here watching my 40th HeavySpoilers deep dive rounding in on Hour 96 of not closing my eyes for a single moment of sleep 😅😅
I try to stay away from cannabis due ONLY to my job… but I might be at the stage where I have to consider it. I live in Canada anyways I’m pretty sure cannabis is already built into our DNA regardless 😂
(Thank you for taking the time to comment with your experience - it was actually very validating and made me feel way less stupid about it ᵔ ᵕ ᵔ ♡)
I think a huge plot hole is why send the blind girl over the wall when any of the elders could have gone, as they knew all about the real world
I guess there would be questions and this way discourages the children from following in her footsteps.
They address that in the movie. The elders took a binding oath never to return to the "real world". Ivy's father thought about breaking his oath and going back anyway, but was dissuaded by the fierce opposition the other elders displayed toward the idea. Sending Ivy instead got around that, and her physical blindness limited how vivid of a description she could bring back with her of the woods and the world outside...
Ivy didn't uphold the lie; she didn't know it was a lie. She thought she actually killed a monster after her father told her there were rumors of them in the woods. They even mentioned they can keep the village going as she's approaching the cabin where Lucius is bedridden. That was the beauty of her being blind... it made the lie work.
But her father specifically told her it was a lie
@@erinmalone2669 And then specifically told her there were rumors of monsters in the woods. Stop ignoring this.
Saw this in the theater - really liked it! Never understood the extreme hate and backlash for this film.
I guess because of the reputation: expecting a twist but ALSO expecting it to be a supernatural type twist, or something supernatural at ALL. We just got dudes dressed up in outfits, boring compared to ghosts and aliens etc.
While there is good meaning in this film if you apply it to our "leaders", and how we are kept under kunn troll through lyz&fear, if you're aware enough of soyciety to see the parallel.
My dad claimed that he figured out the twist almost immediately because there was no blacksmith in the village
respect
You've been grinding a lot lately with your videos, respect for that
The only reason everyone was so upset with The Village was because everyone was expecting a scary movie and it wasn't actually scary.
As a parent in these modern times, i get the desire to take my kid and flee the insanity. Especially as there was a murder in alley behind us last night.
Prolly an illegal
2:59 FYI good woodwork is good woodwork. They could do that woodwork anytime in history almost.
Agreed-some of the best woodwork was done before modern tools.
I also agree but these people likely wouldn't have the years of training and practice it would take to produce that level of perfection so I feel like he's still ultimately correct
My dad was a joiner.
I know most of the woodwork in this film would require machines.
Amish do amazing things without power tools. Nothing in this film is impossible without modern tools.
@abegarfield7031 machines make things easier and save time. But id say everything in this video could be done with hand tools.
I'll never regret unsubbing from ScreenCrush and making Ryan Arey cry by coming over to this channel. Never regret
Ryan Aerys heart is cold, he doesnt care
Love your videos - not saying your wrong but sheesh man lol Having just a movie, as you say, "Victorian village surrounded by monsters" takes away so many major character sacrifices... having a child die KNOWING you can just flipp'n leave and save that kid - but the fact you're determined to stay behind a wall for protection is an amazing plot point that deepens their commitment to the people and community - that was the entire point of the movie man - not the monsters, not a victorian village... but yea this movie made me piss my pants - I was so scared lol all my best - Happy Christmas!
I think it's a brilliant film and watch it every autumn. I love the twist and never saw it coming.
My husband and I watch it every fall, too! And Signs at the end of summer.
This is a wonderful movie. Well shot, acted and laid out. The shot where Ivy just hold her hand out because she can see his aura and knows he is coming is so well done. Over all, great tension build up and the story is unique and fun for me.
I seen this at the theater.
When the scene came on with the Jeep police car ....
The whole theater gasped
*saw
I saw it too at the show. My buddy out loud said, what! Eventually he hated it but I loved it
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@@jerma7x😂
Hahah I remember that lol😂
One of my fav movies! I never understood the hate either. This movie has one of my fav lines ever. Edward Walker:
The world moves for love; it kneels before it in awe.
Also, the security guard is 🥵😍
Some friends and I saw this movie at an Advanced Screening. When Ivy climbed over the wall, this is no exaggeration, 95% of the audience, in unison, said outloud, "Oh, come on!"
"Oh, come on", as in this is dumb or we saw this coming?
@Mord12gp As is, you're kidding me. This can't be the surprise reveal.
@@jediknightjairinaiki560 So everyone thought it would have been better if they really were in the time period and the monsters were real?
@Mord12gp I don't know what everyone was thinking, but for me, for there to have been some other worldly, mystical, fanciful explanation would have been far more rewarding than the completely implausible in the real world explanation we were given.
I loved Lady in the Water but it was panned by so many critics and viewers. Would love to see your breakdown and reaction.
Love that movie.
I think they tried to do too much with Lady in the Water with making its own mythology. Personally, Story should have been an angel and Scrunts being some kind of demons.
I LOVED this movie. You want to know why?
It’s the perfect movie I used to introduce each of my children for the first time to thriller/suspense/horror/major twists when it was time to graduate from Disney cartoons.
This movie showed me what my kids were ready for and when. What they liked about it and what they didn’t told me a lot about the types of movies they were going to like as they grew up and also showed me what direction to take with each of my three kids individually, using cinema as a bonding activity.
My middle was so entranced by the complexities of this movie that we graduated to scarier M night, Shyamalan movies and now we are watching MGM’s Series FROM together. M Night is my son’s idol and my boy is starting to write and direct plays at his school, using Shyamalan’s style as inspiration.
The school actually let my son write, direct and perform his Shyamalan style plays with cast and all on the stage at his school!
His dream is to one day meet him and work his way into doing what M. Night does, including always writing himself into the script!
It was my oldest in the military that reminded me it was time to introduce his younger brother to The Village, to start the cinematic bonding experience with his little brother. It’s the same treasured experience that my oldest and I shared and he valued so much from when he was little.
My middle son says his dream is to one day help M Night Shyamalan write the complimenting movie to The Village, as he has so many ideas where to take the story from there.
I sure wish there was a way for my son to meet the man who is inspiring the next great creators of cinema. I truly believe my middle child is the future of suspense thrillers!
Proud momma!
Man, I’m actually going to take this with my love of films and go down a similar route. You’re epic!
You should be proud. This was lovely to read 😊
Happy holidays to you and yours x
ngl this movie might be why i love me some good psychological fuckery these days
I have an idea for Village 2. It's set in modern day but at the end he drives down the street and jumps over a metal fence only to find that the world is in the year 1680. The future stuff was all a fake town. Get it
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Lol😄
What a twist!!
I initially thought the frightening monsters tormenting the village would be outed as a UA-camr in a blue Screencrush shirt and his so-cute-it's-scary white dog!
29:33 IT WAS ALL ABOUT HANDS, i got to shake on that. I also have to hand it to you that this is spot on. Hands down best review.
I love this movie as a kid.
The best parts of the movie for me was the first act, setting how isolated the village is, how they’re “creatures” roaming in the forest. The atmosphere was intriguing. Especially when the “creatures” invade.
In alternate reality, this movie would have actual creatures.
Wait, does Ivy actually realize the truth by the end? She definitely has some hints that the outside world isn't what she was told (e.g. telling Kevin, the guy who found her, that he had kindness in his voice and she didn't expect that) but I don't think she fully realizes that the village is a lie
Great breakdown as usual!
Yeah, she doesn't.
These videos have become something of a tradition now
When it comes to things that didnt exist during the period, its hard to be that discerning with how many mistakes movies make these days.
I will die on the hill as this being M Night Shyamalans greatest film. The music...the acting...perfection.
I watched this movie as a kid late at night while camping in our living room. I will never forget the nightmares i had of the red monsters years after
This is brilliant! I've always been a The Village apologist but don't have the ability to defend the film in the way that you do with perfunctorive execution. Shabow!
When I was a kid we rented this movie and had some neighbors over, we were all joking that there was probably a cell phone in the box. We laughed so hard at the ending and we're so disappointed
What's in the box?!
I still remember watching this one in the theater. I think I was spending more time trying to figure out what the twist would be rather than paying attention to the story. I think that was a problem with his movies back then... you expected something to happen so you spent time trying to anticipate it instead of enjoying the story.
Did you figure out the twist?
I love The Village! Thanks for doing the video!
I fucking loved this movie. What would’ve made this movie horrible is if the “monsters” were real. This reality is far more scary than being just miles away from a world that is basically “supernatural.”
I think you need to look at some historic furniture and the history of woodworking. People made incredibly detailed and beautiful things all with hand tools AND machines that didn't require electricity. Lathes have existed for literally thousands of years, bandsaws and table saws existed in the 1800's. Modern machinery didn't allow these styles and shapes to exist, it allowed them to be made more quickly by less skilled workers. The white bench at @3:02 is the clue because it contrasts so heavily with the finer furniture in the schoolroom. The bench looks like it was slapped together with one by fours and plywood and received no hand finishing or detailing, just sanding the edges smooth. It's not "out of place" because its details are so "fine" and "impossible" with hand tools, but because it lacks the care, styling and beauty or even just character of even the simplest historic handmade furniture.
i loved this film when i first saw it so im so happy to see this! Thanks
Absolutely love your vids bro! Especially these reviews of older films
I know I am in the minority here, but I think The Village is Shyamalan's best film, and in my top ten favorite movies. I think it was people's reactions to this film along with Signs (another misunderstood film, because it wasn't just regular water, but rather blessed water, and they were demons not aliens) that led Shyamalan to drastically alter his process and create dud after dud, until he started to get back on track with Split.
What are you talking about? It was definitely just regular water and they were definitely aliens.
Yeah, it was regular water. What's this wash about demons? Lol
@@HobbesFTW The entire theme of the film was that there weren't any coincidences, but rather signs. Aliens would be a coincidence, but since these are signs and not coincidences, they were demons.
@truthedministry yeah that's dumb and not how it went down. That's just tinhat nonsense.
@@HobbesFTW If it is nonsense, then explain why they were wearing tinhats in the movie.
The rock that keeps tigers away is worth every penny, I bought it a while back and haven't seen a single tiger
I enjoyed this movie a lot when I first watched it because the acting is stellar and I like the concept. I am will to give the film my suspension of disbelief and not tear apart the ways the village could have been exposed. After all, we believe that a billionaire tech genius can design a flying nano-tech suit that can adapt to just about anything he needs, that a skinny American got the perfect testosterone replacement therapy and become a national hero before sleeping for 70 years. Let's also not forget the giant rage monster, magical aliens and primordial space stones. We don't beat up the ghosts in The Sixth Sense, David Dunn's strength in Unbreakable, the Beast climbing nearly shear walls in Split so why judge this one negatively because there are aspects that require us to disregard our skepticism and simply accept the concept has worked so far. I am happier accepting the premise and enjoying the movie rather than dwelling on details of how the village might not have remained hidden that long.
This movie has some of my favorite scoring of all time tho. The slomo with the closeup on ivy’s hand when she gets in the door at the nick of time? That violin music playing over it is otherworldly beautiful. It made me get back into my violin playing at the time. I still listen often 🫶🏼
I think this is the last of M. Night's great movies. I think Paul was a little tough on it at times; it either touches you or it doesn't. I never try to overanalyze a movie while watching it. If it has flaws it will be readily apparent.
Bryce Dallas Howard stated in a podcast this year that she was just getting starting doing theater, and M. Night had attended the performance and after meeting with her knew he had his Ivy. He demanded the studio pay her the same as a tenured actress, that she was the lead of the film.
Some really strong performances all around particularly William Hurt. The twist worked well at the time, just people started spending more time looking for it than just enjoying the movie.
Great movie, totally underrated.
I remember this film for one of the best jump scares I have ever seen in a cinema. Just because we were a bit late, my friends and I were sitting in the back row. In the scene where one of the characters is looking down through the trap door from the look-out tower and one of the "creatures" suddenly walks by down below, I remember seeing all the heads jump up and down in unison in front of us and everyone yelling out ......... Ahhh the good ol days.
Saw this in theaters with friends for my bday. Loved it. I was a young teen so I didn't really see the twist coming.
I saw this in the theater and was fully along for the ride he was taking us on. I was expecting a twist of some sort, but I got caught up in the love story, so didn't see it coming. I love this movie and am surprised so many people hated it.
The entire "no fly zone' is impossible. They are in Pennsylvania. Some of the heaviest air traffic in the US. There is no way they can keep aircrafts from flying around.
Actually it is not, here in Washington, Medina, Clyde Hill, and Yarrow point neighborhoods have a no fly zone over them. It's also the wealthiest area per capita in the USA.
I loved seeing this movie when it first came out and had no clue about M Nights twists. I was literally floored at the ending. 😊
Even bad M Night I enjoy more than most movies. Thanks and happy holidays to ya Paul 🙏
great add another thing to my re-watch list. thanks
I always thought this movie was underrated. The ending is definitely the weakest part, but I still like the story, for the most part. Also, the music, cinematography, and costumes are all beautiful.
I love that you covered this film. It's my favorite M. Night film Joaquin p. Character was so noble.. everyone's acting was superb.. I'll always love this film
To this day, Bryce Dallas Howard, in this film, is the most beautiful woman I have ever seen.
I cannot concentrate in the movie. That woman is mesmerizing.
Hell YEAH! Clicked immediately!
Man, I really liked this movie, it’s so strange people hated it so much.
One of the primary reasons I appreciate M. Night movies is for completely being a “homer.” This movie was shot in Chester County, PA miles from my home at the time. 18:24 Andrew Wyeth and the Wyeth family are from the area with the local Brandywine River Museum being completely in their honor.
So the old ways were bad, and the new ways are bad…
This was great 👏🏾👏🏾👍🏾✌🏾
I adore this film. Completely underappreciated. It's easily in my top 5 favourite M. Night films.
It's in my top 30 M. Night Films.
@@mickfoley1413 it's in my top 63 favorite M Night films
This guy is good i didnt even realize he was talking about his sponsor until the ad was over 😂
This is his best movie in my opinion
the one about the furniture being a hint that it is in modern times because it's too good to have been done with more primitive tools is ridiculous. have you ever seen st peter's basilica? that was build about 300 years before the 19th century and looks much better than some furniture cut out of wood lol
U better have a prince of egypt review coming soon
“I know you guys are master bakers” 😂
I for one would love to have the means to do this. You wouldn’t really need the monsters, just be honest about ‘society’. I amazes me that although that sort of life is more difficult, yet so much simpler at the same time.
You say that now but wait until you have tooth pain.
My buddy leaned over 3 minutes into this one at the theater and guessed the twist exactly....never more disappointed.
If we talking yellow, review Dark ❤
Cheers for this. Been thinking about this movie recently.
M night in his prime
Excellent breakdown I love the role played by Compassion and how its the Evil within that ultimately destroys….
I was so excited to see this one when it came out, and I've never been so disappointed
Swear it would’ve been a better movie if it was just monsters and a village
@heavyspoilers Totally. Not a bad movie, I was just expecting a horror movie and got a romance/period piece
@@heavyspoilers That would just make it a generic movie
@@crashman27That's really the fault of those who made the trailer. They should have never marketed it as a full blown horror.
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Fair play you are banging these out, another cracking choice, another one of my faves!
The twist in signs is that they are demons not aliens. The moment he gets his faith back the water around him becomes holy water.