The Village - Spoiler
Disclaimer: I don't really remember the exact order of the scenes. Actually, I don't remember really happened. Don't be so picky!
The movie starts with a funeral of some guy. And then there's this guy crying.
Then we see the meeting room of the elders. Lucias (Joaquin Phoenix) comes in.
Lucias: Um.. elders, I want to go through the woods and into the towns to pick up medicines because my friend died of being sick and I don't want other people to die too. The thing in the woods won't attack me because I'm thinking good thoughts.
Elders: No.
Then we get some scenes of good ol' village life. We get it, they're from the olden times. When you see something red, you bury it because it's a bad color. And seems some houses have these black boxes that contain mysterious secrets. Oh and we meet some people. Lucias doesn't talk much. There's a retarded guy, Noah (Adrian Brody). And then there's the blind girl (Bryce Dallas Howard). They're all good friends in the village. We also find out that Lucias likes blind girl because he refuses to touch her. Noah shows Lucias some berries that are the bad color. Lucias deduces that Noah must have went in the woods and came back safe. Again to the Elders:
Lucias: Um.. the retard went into the woods and came back. So I bet I can. Can I go?
Elders: No.
Lucias gets curious while painting mustard yellow on some trees (mustard yellow = safe color) and walks into the woods, picks some bad-color berries and comes back. He thinks something saw him!
Scary moment #1: At night at the watch tower, the guy watching the woods gets a shaking on his trap door. He opens it, sees no one, and then sees a hooded red thing skittle across... ooooh. Then scared watchtower guy rings bell. Everyone runs home to hide.
Scary moment #2: The red hooded monster thing, walks around to all the houses and scratches on the doors. People hide under the floors to be safe. But at blind girl's house:
Blind girl's sis: Hurry hide, that thing is coming.
Blind girl: No... I am going to wait here with the door open and my hand out until Lucias comes and gets me.
Blind girl's sis: We're all going to die.
Oh wait, just in time (with creepy red thing in the background) Lucias comes rushing in, closes door, and saves the day. He does like her and he holds her hand!
Oh right, and at the same time, they start finding animals that are killed and de-furred (not eaten). They get scared, but the Elders say it's just a coyote. Crisis averted!
The blind girl is Elder Walker's daughter, and she wants to marry Lucias. After a while, (just like a man) he says OK. Word gets around. Everyone is happy. Or are they?
There is one man who is not happy. Retard Noah. He likes blind girl too. So he goes to Lucias and stabs him. And then stabs him a few more times just to be sure. But he is a retard and he doesn't do a good job because Lucias is still barely living. Noah is found out and thrown in the "Quiet house." The Elder doctor determines that Lucias can be saved if they get medicines from the towns. Blind girl loves him so much that she is willing to go.
Elders argue about going through the woods. But they let her go. Before the blind girl goes off, the Elder Walker (her father) brings her to the shed-that-must-never-be-used and opens it. She goes inside and finds...
We don't get to know yet. Instead we see three people head out from the village: Blind girl, and two village guys. They're going to be safe because blind girl got some magic beast repelling rocks. Both guys desert blind girl reasoning that she's blind and the beast will take pity on her. (But she's blind, how will she find her way?)
And then we flash back to the shed-that-must-never-be-used ... next page