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Saturday, July 22, 2006 

Current mood:  enthralled

This is not a review.

It's just me telling you to go see Lady in the Water, M. Night Shyamalan's newest film.

It isn't a  horror movie, though the television ads seem to imply that.

It's a fairy tale, really, and a freaking brilliant one at that. It's about the importance of stories and story telling in all our lives. It's about our willingness and need to believe - in a silly story, in our friends and neighbors, and in ourselves.

I saw it on a Friday night. The theater was packed with high school kids who were talking and playing with their cell phones the whole time. I suggest you avoid my mistake - see it in a nearly empy theater during a weekday matinee if you can.

And be prepared to think. Listening to comments as I left the theater, it was obvious that most of the people in there came to see a mindless thriller or action movie. The subtlety and beauty of the film went right over their heads.

If you want a thoughtful, emotional film that makes you feel good to be alive when you leave, then go see it. If you want action and screams, go see...well...something else. Wait a few weeks and spend your money on Snakes on a Plane or something. Just don't come to my theater and talk and play on your phone for two hours. Go to the Burger King to do that.

I need a taco.

 

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Release date: 03 October, 2000
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Yeah, I found out after the fact that the boom mikes weren't supposed to be there. See, here's what happened - The guys at the theater screwed up, and the projector was aimed at a downward angle so that the top third of the screen,  the part of the film you don't normally see, was visible. If you were to do this with ANY movie, you would see the boom mikes. They get cut off for dvd release, but are still visible in theater release, you just normally don't see them when the projector is properly lined up.

We were under the impression that the boom mikes, since we could see them in just about every scene, were supposed to be there, like Night was making some tongue in cheek comment about the willful suspension of disbelief necessary to become emotionally involved in a fantastic story. Instead, the theater guys weren't doing their jobs.

I need to see it again, when there aren't a bunch of idiots there.


 
Posted by Casey the Great on Sunday, July 23, 2006 - 3:50 PM
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Holly
Holly Bennett

 
Glad to hear it.  I've been debating on if I should see it or not.  The Village also was presented like a screamer, so expectations were not fulfilled but it was a strong film nonetheless.  If you like movies about the essence of storytelling in our lives, check out Big Fish if you haven't seen it.  It's amazing!
 
Posted by Holly on Tuesday, July 25, 2006 - 5:07 PM
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Casey the Great

 

Yeah. Big Fish is awesome. It's sad and yet...not. That's a simplistic way to put it, but you know what I mean. I wonder what' Tim Burton's up to now?


 
Posted by Casey the Great on Tuesday, July 25, 2006 - 5:33 PM
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