The Village, a NEW movie by M Night Shyamalan, is: THE MOVIE FOR OUR
TIME!
ON THE SURFACE, IT IS MOVIE ABOUT FEAR! AND, OF MONSTERS!
But, it is really a movie about the uses of fear and monsters.
Sound like anybody we know?
Shyamalan is not a big user of computer assisted graphics, not a lot
of CGI in his movies.
But, they are all scary as HELL! He has a Sixth Sense for scaring
people the old fashion way.
Why?
Well, probably because fear is not what you see, but what you think
you see, or what you think you MIGHT see.
Shyamalan uses the old "peep-a-boo" monster scenes like the old
masters of black and white horror movies of the 1950's and 60's.
But even the old silence classics, Nosferatu and The Phantom, could
scare the wits out of people, with just that slowing turning door
knob; even more frightening than a thousand bloody CGI de-capitations
today; Yawn.
IN THE MOVIE, FEAR OF "MONSTERS" IS USED AS A MEANS FOR SOCIAL AND
POLITCIAL CONTROL.
NOT UNLIKE THE WAY THE CURRENT PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN IS BEING RUN BY
DUBYA & CO.
The "Osama Monster" is brought out "on cue" whenever the Kerry Camp
seem to be getting an advantage.
"They are going to hit us!" "They are going to hit us hard!"
BUT WHAT IF IT'S TRUE?
WHAT IF THEY DO HIT US?
WILL FEAR ACCOMPLISH ANYTHING?
FEAR OF SOMETHING IS OFTEN WORSE THAN THE THING ITSELF!
(I know there is little "market" rational discussion here. But if
someone doesn't like it? Well, I think the current phrase is: Just
Shove it!)
FEAR IS, AND HAS BEEN, USED AS AN INSTURMENT OF SOCIAL AND POLITICAL
CONTROL. BUT, THE FEAR ITSELF IS USELESS AND EVEN HARMFUL.
What needs to be done is to SOLVE THE PROBLEMS IN THE MIDDLE EAST!
Dubya & Co either don't see this. Or don't want to see it.
TO TACKLE THE CRISIS HEADON. TO GIVE SOME "TOUGH LOVE" TO SHARON AND
THE LIKUDNICS FOR THEIR OWN AND OUR EVENTUAL GOOD.
TO BRING THE ISLAMISTS INTO THE CONVERSTION, AND NEGOTIATION WITH
THEM ABOUT THEIR "GRIEVANCES" REAL OR IMAGINED;
AND NOT ONLY "TRY TO KILL THEM."
OR, TO DECLARE SOME LUNATIC "WAR ON EVIL." What is that, really?
What is a war on evil? How stupid do you have to be to understand
that. Do you have to do a card carrying Republican?
Anyway. It sounds like something the Wahington Military-Industrial
Complex would love!
KERRY'S FIRST JOB HAS PRESIDENT SHOULD BE TO SOLVE THE MIDDLE EAST
CRISIS. NOT JUST KEEP BOMBING IT!
SMART BOMBING IS REALLY NEVER TOO SMART, AS WE ARE DISCOVERING
EVERYDAY NOW IN IRAQ.
Is it too late for Dubya to be a "peacemaker" and not his
beloved "war president?"
WELL, IF DUBYA WAS A PEACEMAKER, JUST MAYBE, ASHCROFT AND RIDGE
COULD SIMPLY PUT THE "OSAMA SUIT" BACK IN THE ATTIC OF OUR COLLECTIVE
PSYCHE;
AND GET ON WITH SERVING THE REAL NEEDS OF AMERICAN PEOPLE.
POSTSCIRPT: See the movie in the link. And, think about the above
while you do!
http://thevillage.movies.go.com/
