what was the point in the fim 'the village'?
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I seen this movie awhile ago I believe it was mostly about parents being paraniod they didn't want their children growing up in our terrible world with all the violence and all so they built a village and made it like it was in a more simpler time so to speak and told the children there was a monster out in the woods so they wouldn't leave and even basically pretended to be those monsters to make them believe that I thought I was overprotective about my kids never thought of that.
744464
And who said you were the village idiot?!! Change you name to something more fitting. Good Q!\n\nPS: yes, basically thats how they all start out.
916601
as far as i know there are some small villages or towns maybe with ordinary citizens
742958
How goes the answer and why ask the question and what's the point?
733718
Because it takes a village to satisfy him.
53222
The title of the story is taken from a running joke in the movie "The Gay Divorcee"- A Fred Astaire/Ginger Rogers musical RKO Studios - 1934 \n-------------------------------------------- \n\nFORTUNE FAVORS THE FOOLISH\nACT I \n\nScene: \n\nInterior of Macgyver's loft - kitchen area\nMacgyver lays sprawled on his back, underneath the kitchen sink. He has just returned home after completing yet another dangerous assignment for the Phoenix Foundation, and finds a note from his son Sam. To his dismay, Sam has gone to Central America to cover a particularly hairy-sounding news story. Mac is clearly unhappy as he monkeys with the sink's drain pipe. \nMacgyver: - muses to himself \n\nOh, well - you have to give Sam the freedom to explore and define his own destiny. I just wish he hadn't inherited so much of his parents' traits: insatiable curiosity, an unwavering desire for justice, and a slightly reckless restiveness. Even if he has the right to make his own choices - doesn't mean that I don't worry about him. \nWith a sigh, Mac returns his attention to the second, and more minor cause of his bad mood - the pipe under the kitchen sink. \n\n\nMacgyver: - to himself \nI can't believe that I've just returned from an assignment that involved defeating laser sensors, deadly holographic images, supercyber-generated explosives, and a computer virus that could infect systems world-wide - and I get home and my drainpipe is leaking. There must be an ironic joke in this somewhere - just don't get it at the moment. As Mac completes his repairs, and is securing the pipe - the telephone rings. Hauling himself up from under the sink, he is befuddled for a moment. He can't see the phone - anywhere. Following the sound of the ringer, Mac finally finds the phone under a pile of clothes and sports gear. \n\nMacgyver: - to himself \nThis place could use a good cleaning. Guess that's what you get from having two bachelors living together......... \n\nMac: - into the phone \nHelloooooo...... \n\nFrom the Receiver: - a slightly hysterical, familiar voice \nMac! It's Jack Dalton! I need your help Macgyver! There's this treasure in an old haunted house, that I need your help to......... \n\nMacgyver: - cutting Jack off \nHold it, Jack! I guess the words 'hello and how are you' have lost all meaning for you - but SLOW DOWN so that I can at least pretend to understand this newest folly of of yours. \n\nJack: - wounded tone \nMac - I am cut to the quick. And how are you, by the way? Longtime no see. How was the 'In Search of America' road- trip with your bambino? Good I hope. \n\nMacgyver: \nI'm fine, Jack - and the trip with Sam was great. we...... \nJack: - cutting Mac off \nSo much for idle chit-chat, my boy. There is treasure to be found - fortunes to be made - empires to be built. But I need a little help to do it, Mac. Say that you'll help me. Please? \nMac: - in a sardonic tone, rolling his eyes \nYou are still the same incurable idealist that you've always been, Jack - I guess that some things never change. But you have to understand that I've just gotten back from a pretty rough assignment. After I get some sleep - all I want to do is get some fresh air a pleasant exercise - work out the kinks and the cobwebs. Care to join me on a cross-country bicycle trip? \nJack: - prissy distaste in his voice \nBicycle trip? You know that I never indulge in exercise if I can help it. Besides, I'm serious, Mac. There is this old house up on Rt. 33 north of the town of Devil's Den. We can take the I-5 to Lost Hills...don't you just love the names of these small towns...then Rt 46 to 33 and then north.....it's about a 4 hour drive from L.A. \nMacgyver: \nDrive?!?! Why can't you fly us there? Oh no, I can't believe that I 'm even asking you that. I have no intention of getting involved in this! \nJack: - hesitantly \nUmmmm...Mac, I can't fly u
544090
In your question, is there a point?
405644
Nope, never saw the point of it. Fancy message board for kids... God I sound old....\n\nlol
592426
The British Govt decided to move children from big cities to the countryside.  This was done quite early on in the war, during the 'Phony War' period.  Some children had a terrible time, treated like servants etc.  Others had the time of their lives, many from very deprived areas, such as the East End of London, had decent food for the first time.  Read Goodnight Mr Tom by Michelle Magorian
465240
Go straight to the source. Here is the website for the village itself:\nhttp://www.sarlat.com/eindex.html
437291
If there was a specific point to life, one thing you had to do to "win", one thing that absolutely everyone had to work towards or one thing that absolutely everyone had to do... do you really believe that would be better? I think that "why bother?" would be a very good question to ask a person living in a world like that. \n\nInstead you get to pick your own things to work towards, your own reasons for living. Nobody can tell you what the point of your life is, you have to decide that for yourself. That's why it's worth bothering - you can actually enjoy doing and working towards things when everyone in the world isn't doing and working towards the exact same things. \n\nThe point is that there is no point, and that is why it is good.
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Peace and love throughout the land. :) Or you can exchange that for what is behind curtain #2.......but I gotta warn ya. That rice a roni just might have been sitting there behind the curtain a tad too long to be enjoyable. \n\nlol but seriously........I have no idea what we are awarded for points, but this is so fun nonetheless! I love all the questions people come up with. Such fun! Isn't that just about reward enough? :)
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No offense, but why would you want to?  If the nearby city is developing, anyone in the village who wants to be "developed" can just move to the city.  You're trying to solve a problem that doesn't exist.  To answer your question though, I would start by getting them a bunch of books to read.  Get easy to read story books to get them all literate and interested in reading.  Then get textbooks so they can learn something useful.
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I, too, felt a bit confused when I left the theatre. But after I took some time to think about it, I began to understand it better. I am by no means saying I understand it fully now, but here's my current take on the film:\n\nThis film cannot be taken literally, and Darren Aronofsky did not intend for there to be a lot of simple, straightforward, closed answers. Several parts are there for the audience members to make his/her own conclusions.\n\nI think that the only real timeline in the story is the present day one. The other two are Tommy's thoughts/fantasies as ways to deal with Izzi's nearing death. The 16th century timeline can be viewed as Izzi's book, or Tommy's fantasy of himself on a quest for immortality, or both. The 26th century timeline can be viewed as another of Tommy's fantasies of himself searching for immortality. He imagines himself bringing the Tree of Life to the Mayans' Underworld so Izzi can be alive again. The 16th century timeline is more simple fantasy, while in the 26th century timeline he also sorts out his thoughts and fears. It is in this timeline, or during these thoughts, that Tommy comes to terms with death, thus setting in motion the last 5-10 minutes of the film in which he "finishes it": he finishes Izzi's 16th century story as well as the other two timelines in a way that he accepts death and discovers rebirth.\n\nMy take on the Mayan's First Father reference (First Father being the person Izzi pointed out to Tommy in the museum) is that the First Father understood death and rebirth, even if Thomas (the 16th century Hugh Jackman) didn't. The result is Thomas being unable to use the Tree's sap to live forever--because immortality is not meant to be-- and the rebirth is symbolized in his sprouting flowers. The understanding of death and rebirth is shown in Tom-- a character who is separate and yet the same person as Tommy and Thomas-- when he nears the dying star: the tree flowers to life and dying, self-sacrificing Tom is shown with back arched, limbs outward in the same position as the First Father in the museum.\n\nBut even all that is taking the film too literally. I came to understand all this after the film was over, and yet, while I was watching the film, the most important element of the film still came through: the themes of love, life, death, and rebirth, and the message that we must accept these these things. Tommy could not accept death, and yet Izzi neared death with such grace. But finally Tommy, visiting Izzi's grave with a smile on his face, accepted death. For me, this all came though while I was watching the film, and that turned out to still be the most important part once I fit together some of the details.\n\nPlus, confusing plot aside, the film was absolutely beautiful. The cinematography was amazing, the acting-- especially Hugh Jackman's-- was superb, and the music was beautiful. Despite the seemingly incoherency of the film, it was gorgeous, and I believe that several aspects of it deserve an Oscar nod.\n\nI still feel that I would have cut the film a little differently to make it more clear that the future and past timelines are Tommy's fantasies such that the film begins with the present, not the past, and such that each part of his fantasy correlates more to what he just previously experienced in the present. Despite that, I still think Aronofsky put it all together to make it work if the audience is willing to think a bit. "The Fountain" is a beautiful, profound, and momentous film.
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not a village.  i did a report on him for my hs spanish class, and all I can remember is that I thought it was a village in mexico, and it turns out he's a hero there, like Billy the Kid is here.
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It takes a village to raise a child.\n\nIt is an African proverb. :)
566887
Erm...if you want really detailed and true story...\nI suggest you to go back in time (laughs) but since so far we aren't capable of it yet, so your best shot is at archives(arkib) and going to the site and asking the locals is worth a shot and you can also try at the library but you can't actually get the full list of soldiers and people who are involved because that is like impossible even if you get the recruits names from that specific place but you must know that there are others like villagers that helped too...If you want every of their names...i think its not possible because they are villagers and their name are not recorded anywhere...\nAnd if you want the all that are involved, do you count the people that did petit jobs like maybe lke the person who cooked for the men before they fight...You see what i mean?\nAs for the dates, times, i am sure you can get from the national archives or national library...