M. Nightly Retrospective: 'Lady in the Water'
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A bedtime story I love even if everyone else hates it
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I primarily put this in here to once again show you Night's use of reflections, there is another example coming
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A Scrunt
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Giamatti as a little boy. Hey, you got something on your lip!
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One example of Night's love for the bird's-eye view
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"What kind of person would be so arrogant as to presume the intention of another human being?"
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"I'm sorry I couldn't protect you. Oh, I should have been there, I am always going to regret… just not being there. I miss your faces. They remind me of God. I'm so lost without you guys. I met this very nice lady, and her name's Story. I think you would have liked her. I think she might be… an Angel, she has to go home. I love you all, I love you all so much."
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Scrunts are mean!
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Audience in the Water
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I actually really liked "Lady in the Water" too, but somehow I've never gotten around to buying it. I really liked the ending too – it wasn't really a twist, but it was a nice pay-off. Something about "Lady in the Water" just made it way good. I don't know why the critics, or audiences for that matter, decided to hate on it so much.
Maybe it was the "Bedtime Story" marketing. I honestly think that probably hurt it.
I loved it as well. The disagree with the above poster though, I think the bedtime story marketing was perfect, because thats EXACTLY what it was. I think people saw M. Nights name on and, expected something else, or as the old argument goes, they were expecting a twist, and that it would all of a sudden end up being a horror film. It is exactly what it was said to be. The problem is with peoples preconceived notions of what a M. Night movie is "supposed" to be.
I absolutely hate this movie, it totally bored me.
At the time I did have trouble with it because I as well expected certain things because of his previous films. But thats my own mistake.
I was, however, quickly able to push those aside and judge the film on its own merrits and decided I love it.
It really is a bed-time story, a fairy-tale but for adults.
It did come across as magical as other fairy-tales used to do when I was little.
Forget what he did before and see what a wonderous story he tells.
It's just different, a bit like Big Fish is different.