Thursday, August 17, 2006

Lady In The Water

I was just reminded the other day that M. Night Shyamalan's latest film Lady In The Water definitely sucked less than expected.

After Signs and The Village made sure everyone and their brother knew Night's "oh, there's gonna be a crazy twist at the end" formula of movie-making, I dreaded what great "insight" this movie's ending was going to foist upon me.

Well, it doesn't do that. It's not a great movie, and it's supposedly set in Philadelphia despite the fact that it is very clearly set in a Los Angeles apartment complex with characters who look just like Los Angeles residents. Also, Night himself doesn't just have a cameo, he has the second most important male role. He pulls it off okay, but you can clearly see the ego there. Still, the movie has its good moments, including a guy who only works out the right half of his body.

So when this comes out on DVD, I'd say it would be okay to go to a party where someone might have this playing on their television.

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