Lady in the Water
Okay. After driving past the movie theatre today and seeing that Lady in the Water has been relegated to just one time slot already, I just wanted to voice on my own journal how much I enjoyed the movie.
It doesn't deserve the shafting it's getting.
If you like Harry Potter, as much as I do, or even just a little! Then you'll like Lady in the Water. It's got a sorta.. magical feel to it. It's a bedtime story, put on film. Like a fairy tale. There's good guys, bad guys, danger, and mystic. What's not to love?
It's not like his other films, though I think each one has been kinda different anyway. Unbreakable, which I didn't like at all the first time I saw it, I actually enjoyed the second time through. There was something about the way in which he put the Willis character against the Jackson character. It was like.. watching a comic book. And while it wasn't the glorified sorta.. Superman/Batman sorta.. bright colours.. big powers.. that you get from lots of comics.. it was subtle, and watching it again, I actually thought really fascinating.
Geezus, there's a lot of sirens today.. and I don't think they're even after Mom this time. LOL...
Anyway.. Sixth Sense was another one that you almost enjoy more the second time through. You watch it, this time knowing the twist, and notice that Bruce Willis, after he gets shot, only ever talks to the Osmund character. You don't notice that the first time.
And I just loved the Village. Flat out.
I think what makes his films so enjoyable to me are the subtle things. Things you might not catch til the second time through. But I loved Lady in the Water, the first time through. Just as I did the Village. It was an awesome story. Sweet, engaging, well acted, and just a little surreal. But hey, if you have a stick lodged up your behind, and have totally forgotten what it was like to be a kid, and listen to a story, then yea. You might not like it. :)
It doesn't deserve the shafting it's getting.
If you like Harry Potter, as much as I do, or even just a little! Then you'll like Lady in the Water. It's got a sorta.. magical feel to it. It's a bedtime story, put on film. Like a fairy tale. There's good guys, bad guys, danger, and mystic. What's not to love?
It's not like his other films, though I think each one has been kinda different anyway. Unbreakable, which I didn't like at all the first time I saw it, I actually enjoyed the second time through. There was something about the way in which he put the Willis character against the Jackson character. It was like.. watching a comic book. And while it wasn't the glorified sorta.. Superman/Batman sorta.. bright colours.. big powers.. that you get from lots of comics.. it was subtle, and watching it again, I actually thought really fascinating.
Geezus, there's a lot of sirens today.. and I don't think they're even after Mom this time. LOL...
Anyway.. Sixth Sense was another one that you almost enjoy more the second time through. You watch it, this time knowing the twist, and notice that Bruce Willis, after he gets shot, only ever talks to the Osmund character. You don't notice that the first time.
And I just loved the Village. Flat out.
I think what makes his films so enjoyable to me are the subtle things. Things you might not catch til the second time through. But I loved Lady in the Water, the first time through. Just as I did the Village. It was an awesome story. Sweet, engaging, well acted, and just a little surreal. But hey, if you have a stick lodged up your behind, and have totally forgotten what it was like to be a kid, and listen to a story, then yea. You might not like it. :)