LADY IN THE WATER....

[Cruel_Sandwich]

Posted: 7/19/06 at 4:15pm

...looks extremely terrible. Discuss.

[gustof777]

Posted: 7/19/06 at 4:23pm

I'm actually really excited but I love all of M. Night Shyamalan's movies...though some are very flawed. I think like most of his movies there won't be much middle ground. I love Bryce Dallas Howard and think she's a hell of an actress so I'm all for seeing her on screen again and Jefferey Wright is in it so heres to having good acting.

[SueleenGay]

Posted: 7/19/06 at 4:24pm

18% at RT. Not too good.

[jasonf]

Posted: 7/19/06 at 4:26pm

This may be a renter - especially with Clerks 2 and My Super Ex-Girlfriend coming out this weekend. The Village was so bad, that my once high opinion of Shaymalan has REALLY gone downhill -- he can only rest on Sixth Sense (most obvious plot twist in movie history - there, I said it) and Unbreakable (which I thought was by far his best movie) for so long.

[Cruel_Sandwich]

Posted: 7/19/06 at 4:29pm

LADY IN THE WATER just sounds like abolute sh*t.

And this is coming from someone who LOVED The Village (But, coincidentally, hated SIGNS). Shyamalan has always been pretty hit-and-miss (I agree with you, jason), but LITW is just giving me hives.

[JohnBoy2]

Posted: 7/19/06 at 4:32pm

I remember a similar reaction to THE VILLAGE, and that is my favorite film by him. I love all his films, including WIDE AWAKE. I'll be there on Friday, to see it.
Updated On: 7/19/06 at 04:32 PM

[Craig]

Posted: 7/19/06 at 4:32pm

I really enjoy watching Paul Giamatti and when the FIRST preview came out (a teaser that really just showed him as a writer and hearing splashes in the pool) I thought - wow.. this could be cool.. a fantasy type movie - maybe M. Night is trying something new. The the full trailer came out and I had to groan. I went from definitely wanting to see it to maybe renting it. But that's just me

[Cruel_Sandwich]

Posted: 7/19/06 at 4:51pm

I mean the main character is a "narf". A NARF! You know a movie's creative well has run dry when it has been reduced to lifting sayings from PINKY AND THE BRAIN.

[jimnysf]

Posted: 7/19/06 at 4:56pm

I love "Pinky and the Brain"!

[hannahshule]

Posted: 7/19/06 at 5:38pm

It's Pinky, yes Pinky and the Brain, brain, brain, brain, brain...

[mominator]

Posted: 7/19/06 at 5:40pm

Oh The Village was so bad.

[cheezedoodle]

Posted: 7/19/06 at 6:26pm

Giamatti was on Regis and Kelly yesterday and he said Lady was being classified as a bedtime story. The clips they showed looked rather good. I don't think Knight will ever top the Sixth Sense - and people need to stop holding that up as his guiding light against the rest of his work.

[Cruel_Sandwich]

Posted: 7/19/06 at 6:33pm

Meh Sixth Sense was a mediocre film that would have been much better without the opening scene.

[JustChillin8908]

Posted: 7/19/06 at 6:49pm

I loved The Village and I'm also really excited about this movie.

[cheezedoodle]

Posted: 7/19/06 at 6:50pm

Mediocre or not - it has been his best work. That was the point of the statement.

[Cruel_Sandwich]

Posted: 7/19/06 at 7:04pm

I disagree. I feel that his best work is a tie between The Village and Unbreakable.

[pushdabutton]

Posted: 7/19/06 at 7:19pm

I saw an advance screening of this movie this past Monday night. What a waste of time. The majority of the sold out audience laughed throughout the entire movie as if it was a comedy instead of a thriller. Not scary or suspenseful at all. Don't waste your time or money!

[JustChillin8908]

Posted: 7/19/06 at 7:21pm

Does it at least have a big twist at the end?

[orion59]

Posted: 7/19/06 at 7:27pm

This one looks like Shyamalan does the now over done Japanese water ghost film. I hope I'm wrong about that because I love good horror movies and love to be scared by movies. Unfortunately, in recent years, the scriest thing I've seen in a horror movie was Paris Hilton's acting ability.

[iHeartMyGeek]

Posted: 7/19/06 at 7:29pm

I will never see a movie that this man makes. As much as I love Paul Giamatti (and that's a lot) I will still never see this movie.

[pushdabutton]

Posted: 7/19/06 at 7:31pm

No big twist. It's very predictable right from the start.

I will say Paul Giamatti's performance was great, as always and Bryce Dallas Howard's performance was terrible. She was much better in The Village.

[I<3bway]

Posted: 7/19/06 at 7:44pm

I thought The Village was a load of crap. I hope I like this movie better. I would have to say that my only favorite movie of his so far is Signs.

[FOAnatic]

Posted: 7/19/06 at 7:53pm

Is anyone else getting annoyed that every other commercial is for this movie?

I get it. Enough already!

[JustChillin8908]

Posted: 7/19/06 at 7:57pm

It's better than the Little Man commercials...

http://filmforce.ign.com/articles/719/719199p1.html
Updated On: 7/19/06 at 07:57 PM

[broadway86]

Posted: 7/19/06 at 8:01pm

Not interested in this one.

Shyamalan has been such a mixed bag with me. The Sixth Sense and Signs were brilliant. Unbreakable was a fine thriller, with some neat surprises. The Village, however, was his most disappointing. It had its moments, as well as a stunning performance by Bryce Dallas Howard, but I didn't buy the twist, and I didn't feel the movie had earned it.