The Films of M. Night Shymalamadingdong

innerSpaceman · 07-21-2006, 11:37 PM

Lady in the Water opened tonight, and I was one of the first to see it (in fact, sitting in the front row of the Cinerama Dome meant that, of that audience, the light from the screen hit my eyes first ... and I saw the movie milliseconds before anyone else there!)

This is not your typical M. Night film. It's not very scary (though the sprinklers may make you wet yourself with fright), it doesn't have a twist (the bizarreness is given away at the begining) and M. Night does not have a cameo appearance (he has a full-on role in the film).

I knew nothing about this movie going in. I like M. Night's films so much that I wanted zero spoilers. This is the film of the season that, when the trailer came on screen, I would leave the auditorium. (Jeez, one night it was playing so loud at Grauman's Chinese that leaving the auditorium and heading downstairs to the restroom was not enough ... I had to turn on ALL the waterfaucets to literally drown out the sound.)

And so, I didn't know that this movie was derived from a bedtime story M. Night told his daughters. It's a surprisingly sweet film, a surprisingly funny film. I enjoyed it very much, but I'm not sure if I loved it the way I love most of his others. It surely left me with lots to think about. And I like the fact that it's not "typical" M. Night, whatever that is.

It's not getting good reviews, and I think most audiences expecting the twists and the frights of Mr. M. Night's will be sorely disappointed. People who thought The Village failed because it wasn't scary enough or because its twist was not a big deal with likely loathe this movie.

But it's a fairy tale. And just because it was made by M. Night Shyamalan is no reason not to let it charm you.

07-21-2006, 11:37 PM	#1
innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	The Films of M. Night Shymalamadingdong Lady in the Water opened tonight, and I was one of the first to see it (in fact, sitting in the front row of the Cinerama Dome meant that, of that audience, the light from the screen hit my eyes first ... and I saw the movie milliseconds before anyone else there!) This is not your typical M. Night film. It's not very scary (though the sprinklers may make you wet yourself with fright), it doesn't have a twist (the bizarreness is given away at the begining) and M. Night does not have a cameo appearance (he has a full-on role in the film). I knew nothing about this movie going in. I like M. Night's films so much that I wanted zero spoilers. This is the film of the season that, when the trailer came on screen, I would leave the auditorium. (Jeez, one night it was playing so loud at Grauman's Chinese that leaving the auditorium and heading downstairs to the restroom was not enough ... I had to turn on ALL the waterfaucets to literally drown out the sound.) And so, I didn't know that this movie was derived from a bedtime story M. Night told his daughters. It's a surprisingly sweet film, a surprisingly funny film. I enjoyed it very much, but I'm not sure if I loved it the way I love most of his others. It surely left me with lots to think about. And I like the fact that it's not "typical" M. Night, whatever that is. It's not getting good reviews, and I think most audiences expecting the twists and the frights of Mr. M. Night's will be sorely disappointed. People who thought The Village failed because it wasn't scary enough or because its twist was not a big deal with likely loathe this movie. But it's a fairy tale. And just because it was made by M. Night Shyamalan is no reason not to let it charm you.
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