Comments on: Lady in the Water

By: Henrik

Henrik — Sun, 10 Dec 2006 16:25:29 +0000

It’s very easy to hate. There are many things that will seem ridiculous, and I were also thinking to myself several times that if this had been in another movie I would hate it. Things like the scene where Giamatti spills all the goods near the end and just rambles on and on seem so forced and dumbed down, but it works in this movie. It works.

From the first moment it got on screen I was excited. I thought the drawings set the mood perfectly, and if there is one thing that M. Night Shyamalan *always* gets 100% right it’s the music. This has the best score of any of his movies. I have listened to it excessively since I saw this movie in the theatre. I love music, and he seems to have found an amazing balance between when to use music and when not to. Something that seperates him from Steven Spielberg and reminds more of Stanley Kubrick.

Do you guys watch end credits? I always watch end credits to movies, and I have been surprised that nobody has mentioned the use of Bob Dylan’s The times they are a-changing . When I heard that in the theatre I totally freaked out. I love that about Shyamalan. His movies are personal, and with this… He takes his criticism of critics to the utmost extremes, and in anticipation of the backlash he puts a classic like Bob Dylan’s over the credits…

Whenever I see him in interviews I think he sounds like a jackass, but I am convinced that he is the best living director in the world.

The usual comment sorrounding this movie is “Give me a break…” which is valid I guess, but he who gets hurt will be he who has stalled and you guys don’t know what you’re missing.

(Btw. the reason these comments are coming now is because I was bored and thought that I hadn’t read the filmjunk review of this movie. It’s probably the 2nd best movie I’ve seen in 2006, after Babel.)

By: Sean

Sean — Sun, 10 Dec 2006 07:07:24 +0000

I’d like to rewatch it at some point but I still stand by my initial assessment that this movie was fuckin ridiculous.

By: Henrik

Henrik — Sun, 10 Dec 2006 02:26:49 +0000

As for him being the new Spielberg…

Steven Spielberg can only ever dream of succeeding in such extreme environments.

By: Henrik

Henrik — Sun, 10 Dec 2006 02:24:25 +0000

This movie fucking rules.

By: zak

zak — Mon, 31 Jul 2006 03:47:47 +0000

i’m only up to date on all the shitty bands cus i read them over at http://www.indierockblog.com

By: Sean

Sean — Mon, 31 Jul 2006 01:12:26 +0000

But Zak you’re so up to date on all the latest shitty bands!! what’s the deal?

By: Bassmasta-Baychuk

Bassmasta-Baychuk — Mon, 31 Jul 2006 00:21:48 +0000

Touched what?

By: zak

zak — Sun, 30 Jul 2006 23:27:59 +0000

i’ll admit that you touched me during the movie. but that’s all that happened. i’m sorry i’m behind the times in news. i just don’t waste much time on shitty movies. well, not anymore.

By: Goon

Goon — Sun, 30 Jul 2006 20:32:59 +0000

M. Night touched me in my special area.

By: Jay C.

Jay C. — Sun, 30 Jul 2006 19:19:58 +0000

ZAK..just admit you were touched. You were touched and you’re afraid of the feelings that you experienced during the film. You’re afraid because you’ve never felt them before. YOU WERE TOUCHED.

By: Jay C.

Jay C. — Sun, 30 Jul 2006 19:19:24 +0000

Actually this book is basically a huge part of the reason for the backlash as it is. OLD NEWS ZAK. O-L-D-N-E-W-S.

By: zak

zak — Sun, 30 Jul 2006 19:11:27 +0000

i was just reading that a book has been released that followed shyamalan as he worked to sell the movie to warner bros from the writing stage until the end of production, all with the approval of night himself.
from what i’ve heard, anybody who already thinks that night is pretentious is going to walk away feeling even more validated in their beliefs.
the book’s titled ‘the man who heard voices’