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I loved Unbreakable, and when I saw the trailer for this ahead of Harry Potter it really caught my attention. I'm curious to see how this turns out, but will not get my hopes up.
 
spidey said:
Paul Giammaiti yes , m. night not any more. i mean what is this splash?
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Haha. That was my thought. You'll have to sit through two hours and fifteen minutes before she pulls her tail out of the pool though.
 
My wife and I were talking about this. I immediatly assumed mermaid as well, but my wife thought it was a reference to the Lady of the Lake. Someone on this board will have to settle the argument for us because after Signs and The Village there's no way I'm ever sitting through another M. Night film.
 
I'm teased. They present it like it's melodrama romance, except for the end, which seems more creepy.

Here's the plot summary from IMDB.

Lady in the Water (2006)

In "Lady in the Water," a story originally conceived by Shyamalan for his children, a modest building manager named Cleveland Heep (Paul Giamatti) rescues a mysterious young woman (Bryce Dallas Howard) from danger and discovers she is actually a narf, a character from a bedtime story who is trying to make the treacherous journey from our world back to hers. Cleveland and his fellow tenants start to realize that they are also characters in this bedtime story. As Cleveland falls deeper and deeper in love with the woman, he works together with the tenants to protect his new fragile friend from the deadly creatures that reside in this fable and are determined to prevent her from returning home.
 
Rasquachemedia said:
yeah, the trailer sucks, the movie seems dumb, unlike others I'm no fan of the main actor
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Such eloquence; can you elaborate on this take?

The trailer does'nt tell us much but I'm sure the official trailer will be so much more. I love M NIGHT. ONe of my favortie working directors and one of the few that has that magical 'This is an M Night Film' vibe in his work. So young still yet with so much style.

Also, Giamatti is a huge talent. Like all M Night films; I can't wait.
 
M. Night is a very competent director. I see a lot of stuff from him that I only see when watching a Hitchcock film, but his scripts are severly lacking in my eyes.

Sixth Sense was good, but it was a one-shot for me. "Oh, didn't expect that coming, you got me." And I've never watched it a second time. Unbreakable I enjoyed but the pacing was horrible. Signs ... wow, don't even get me started about Signs. The Village was great until the last quarter when he put his little twist ending in there and then I felt like the first 3/4 of the story was betrayed an a waste of my time.

I say all that to come to this point: I wish he'd direct other peoples' scripts. Too many people are viewing him as the "twist ending" guy and that's eventually going to ruin him, I think. But, if we're just talking directing and leaving story out of it, then I'm actually a big M. Night fan. :)

Humbly yours,
Chris
 
With all the discussions lately throwing around the word overrated, this is one director where the description truely fits. Don't get me wrong, I respect anyone who can pull of a decent, even excellent, feature. Hell, I'm just a nobody with an opinion. It's just I think he's regressing and really living off past hype. The Sixth Sense was awesome. Unbreakable was good. Signs was O.K. The Village was bad. Do we see a trend here? Let's hope this new one proves me wrong.
 
when he uses water again i kill my self. anyway sign i could i lived with but the village though it looked good i figure out the big twist in 10 mins in the film and i saw it the opening day. i sued to like him but he uses those same weaknesses and theme so much its not so much a bg twist no more.
 
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