Lady In The Water

I don't know why people never like his movies anymore. I absolutely loved The Village. (I STILL don't get why people didn't like it) I thought the filmography was fucking excellent.

And Signs I found to be whole-heartedly acceptable, since theres no better time to question where your faith lies when something so drastic and mind-fucking as aliens landing on your planet would be. ^_^

As far as Lady in the Water, I want to see it. I wanted to go tonight, but nooooo. Let's go see JACK SPARROW again.

I am unsure of the plotline for Lady in the Water, but I hear it's a bedtime story Shamylan (sp) tells his kids. I have a feeling it's a "don't believe everything you see" kind of story. I could be wrong, but I would bet money that the albino chick is the bad guy in this. I am only speculating, though~

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Dayvon

Quoted for absolute truth. The Village is my favorite as well. Some people say I'm kinda obsessive about it. But most people watch it and just don't get it. And I've kinda given up trying to convert people to it *sigh*. But you are right, the acting is amazing, the camera work is soooo great. And the violin... oh the violin tears at my soul. Great work by James Newton Howard.

To be honest, I think the score is half of what makes the film so great. Very powerful.

Not to mention the colors of the movie. So well anticipated and executed. I've yet to understand why people dislike the film. I think it's because they were expecting something completely different than what they got?

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Sarcasm noted. The faith struggle part has more to do with his wife dying than the aliens. You can tell the whole story is about Mel's faith in God waning after his wife died because the movie flashes back to her dying at the climax of alien encounter. Aliens weren't the point. Mel's lost faith in God's care was.

Thanks for the summary, guy. EYEROLL. I know what the movie is about. I was giggling about the fact that Shyamaylan used aliens as a test of faith with the cast. I found it exceedingly clever and appreciated the play he gave it. Not too many people could execute that as well as he did, if you ask me.

I KNOW aliens weren't the point. I don't need you to point that out to me. I thought it was INTERESTING how he used ALIENS to SHOW his point as his TOOL.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

So I saw this movie Saturday night. I didn't want to even sit through the whole thing, but I never walk away from a movie. Have to see the whole thing.

Spoiler:

Shyamalan cast himself as a fucking matyr. I wonder if you could be more arrogant.

The plot was so choppy and retarded, it almost hurt. I found myself wincing at most parts of the movie. Some of the methods to retrieve messages were so absurdly hysterical, I found myself laughing out loud during some parts, and found that I could hardly keep my mouth shut in the theatre.

I don't think I was alone, either.

This movie had virtually no depth, no planning, and no entertainment in it. It had POTENTIAL, but fuck all mighty, it was shit.

I would NOT recommend it at ALL. I myself am disappointed I paid money to see it. I should have waited. Thanks for disappointing me, Shyamalan.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.