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CMK

I am going to start to refer to you as egghead!!!!!!!

Okay huckster I give in, who directed, "egghead".?

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Dollarfrog,

Thank you so much. I am just coming to the close of 'one of those days' and am considering turning to alcohol to help my mindset.

Your post has made me realise that there are people so much worse off than me and that I should count my lucky stars that I have not had the mis-fortune to come across a film with an unexpected ending.

Thank you once again.

JJ

PS, may I suggest Jaws as a possible future feature film. This does what it says on the tin...

I would very much like to see a copy of that email...

CMK

I am going to start to refer to you as egghead!!!!!!!

As for Dollarfrogs complaint why don't you find out who Night Shyamalan' s agent is and send them an e-mail, with a tougue in cheek demand for a refund of your £3.

Huckster

Dollarfrog you really need to get out more mate... I feel that sorry for you I'm going to send you a cheque for £3. Then you can watch a film where you know the ending.

Sparky : -- )

The Village is a 2004 film written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan, following Shyamalan's penchant for staging his films near his birthplace. Like most of Shyamalan's films, its plot is built around a twist ending very similar to like Alfred Hitchcock built into his films, if you had first known the traits of the director then you would very likely have known what to reasonably expect when you hired it.

You cannot seriously believe the producers or hire companies have any liability for the fact the film did not contain what you expected, otherwise there would be no meaning to the word, "entertainment".

You may as well just watch repeats....that way once you've viewed a film the first time you would definitely know what to expect. !

I remember that apology of a science fiction programme years ago called, "The outer limits" that had the wierd sounds and the warning "do not adjust your TV, what you are about to see".... or words to that effect.....perhaps they could have had something similar to that in the introduction to the DVD of, "The Village"... just to avoid your disappointment. : -- )

Warning, this post is not about what it originally appears to be about

I don't mean to be rude but...hahahahahahahahaha

Sparky.

Hello. I recently watched a film called The Village and I was disappointed by the ending. Without spoiling the plot for anyone who hasn't seen it, the ending of the film basically means that the film was not about what the viewer believed it to be about and it was not about what the advertising suggested it was about. So I basically paid to hire a film that was meant to be about one thing, and I spent time watching it thinking that it was about that thing, and then it turned out to be about something else. In this situation are there grounds to complain and who would you complain to? I know that it might sound trivial, because it only cost £3 to hire the DVD and I only spent about an hour and a half of my time watching it, but I feel that it is the principle. It is a bit like going into a burger bar and ordering a beef burger, but then getting a chicken burger, you have only lost a couple of pounds, but you have not got what you paid for. I feel that they could have taken some kind of action to reduce the risk of disappointment, without giving the plot away (perhaps a message at the start saying something like "Warning, this is film not about what it originally appears to be about, nor what the advertising suggests it is about").