LADY IN THE WATER (2006)

[Cardinal Bunal]

An Interview with M. Night Shyamalan about the movie and his possible next in here:

http://www.iesb.net/videointerviews/mnightshowestqt.php

[KS Stanilavsky]

You can go in expecting the typical ingredients of a Shyamalan film and find them.
By typical, I don't necessarily imply tired or cliched or annoying. Yes, expect all
these ingredients plus the multi-layered narrative that Manoj always has in his films.
While in no way does this surpass his period drama "The Village", it is very entertaining,
where one can experience more humor - and please don't run, also more screen time
for writer-director Manoj who doesn't cameo but actually appears as a co-STAR, a writer
and one of the integral characters to the plot.

Newton Howard's scoring is less effusive and melancholic than in The Village, - his previous
collaboration with Shyamalan, but it is nonetheless still enchating, uplifting and suited
to the genre and nuances of LADY IN THE WATER. The acting is nothing short of superb,
Giamatti and Howard portray the emotions with the appropriate intensity called for.
Yes, there are no big reveals in "Lady" but expect a lot of twists - little twists in this one
that are very well foreshadowed in the many parts that Night tells his story softly and gently.
As he said once, you might want to lean in to absorb the subtleties and essential plot
elements carried out as exposition in the dialogue. I especially loved the twist involving
the arrogant critic, it was foreshadowed NOT earlier, but contained within the scene of
his evident and inevitable demise. There is a lot of grim humor and tense laughter
that "Lady" does inspire, a trick that Shyamalan has mastered ever since "SIGNS" in 2002.

Amazing, visually stimulating and fiendish cinematographical acrobatics are to be
expected from the way Night uses his camera in Lady in the Water. The usual Shyamalan
trademark reflection shots are around - and try watching that washing machine close-up
sequence and see if it doesn't raise your hair. Manoj excels in framing his story for
the cinema screen, and in addition you will also be treated to wickedly "claustrophobic
angles" that but enhance the tension, and some "objective" camera moves that put
the audience with more superior knowledge than the movie's characters - evermore adding
up to the suspense in the movie's key fright moments. Coupled with these
exhilirating scares are moments of drama, in which Manoj may have succeeded in putting
the right amount moments that could elicit tears or even emotional response from
the audience.

A woman behind me in the cinema would have wanted more defined denouement as the movie
concludes, but evidently those who want everything concise may rejoice as Shyamalan,
as also the writer himself takes us out of there when the main plot, or core of the story has
been resolved. I especially LOVED one of the last shots from under the pool, the event
of which it depics I will NOT divulge as you have to see it. It is extremely sentimental, heartbreaking
and bittersweet, that and the rest of the ending. You will see a lot of thrills and showdown as the
movie prepares itself to close, and James Newton Howard's music as usual combines the
ominous melodies with the uplifting cues, the score gracefully flexing it's muscle to accentuate
the spellbinding tale of Shyamalan.

If you keep an open mind, free from bias from the Shyamalan signature in moviemaking, LADY
IN THE WATER has much for the moviegoer to enjoy, and remember for a long long time.

[DII]

I'll be looking forward to Mr. Shyamalan's new movie..

[iloveyou4ever]

I cant wait to buy DVD for this movie.

[craz_beautiful_ava]

i saw clips of this movie..nice..

i thought fairy tale siya base sa title, but when i saw the writer and director, na shock ko.. thriller man diay ni..

even though i hate watching scary movies, i will try to watch this one..interesting kaayo siya kay mura siya haary potter or LOTR.. naa monsters and mythical creatures involved..

i like stories with those kind of characters.. hehehe...

[kamikaze426]

OT: kinsa naka kita sa movie about M. Night Shyamalan , wherein the story goes that the films that he is making are based on his life, mura cya documentary ug style. creepy kaayo if its true. Naa ot g recall nga nalumus na cya sa isa ka lake then after that dira na gasugud mga weird things happening sa iya life

[MrBiddle]

I haven't seen it but I was told it was a hoax and he was in on it all along.

THE BURIED SECRET OF M. NIGHT SHYAMALAN

[storaroing]

Just saw the movie. Quite disappointing. Hard to buy the whole mythology thing straight off the bat. Hope Shyamalan rebounds from this effort with his next flick.

[piaosigua]

way ayooooo... cheap movie..

[yami]

I just watched it today...
not a bad movie...
I don't like the settings of the movie though, it would have been a lot better if it was more like a fantasy...
if bedtime story siya, then it's not for kids... it's an adult bed time story ehehehehe