Lady In The Water

7/10

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Summary: A Folktale Best left In Books

Lady in the Water is a folktale I would have got more out if in the
reading, than of the watching as a film.

The movie had far too many moments that seemed pointless to the story
and should have been left on the editing room floor.

The movie really just moves too slowly, like crawls along, I think I
saw an out of body snail cruise past me on the digital highway.

The problems with Lady isn't the acting or the story, but a misuse of
characters, bad dialog, and uninspired directing. Perhaps if M Night
had crafted the story but had someone else direct it, similar to how
George Lucas crafted most of his Star Wars films.

The constantly finding the right people in the complex gets a little
boring, and gives the chapters a sense of uncertainty as to which way
the story is going.

Because of the constant emotional shifts throughout the film, from the
man from the humane society, to a naked girl in the shower, to a group
of people, than a party, another group of people, back to the party, a
child interpreter, it was just a jumbled mess... I felt far too often
pulled out of the movie, the sense of wonder in the first few minutes
is lost so many times during the film that I simply lost interest in
the story.

Also there's simply no reason for everyone to believe this story all of
a sudden and so unflinchingly follow it without any proof. Why would
people have unerring faith in a folktale in the form of a pale naked
girl? Maybe if she were really hot... Just kidding, I just got rather
bored of the direction this film took early on, like a stumbling in the
woods, wandering wandering and unskillfully wandering at that.

Psychic healing is not new, though tends to come to those who practice
all their life through true paths of discipline, which made this all
the more unrealistic, drawing me yet again out of the story.

In the end the grassy and blood drench-eyed jaguar and Trogdor armed
with Excalibur pool cleaner version battle, while Stephen Colbert Jr.
swoops down to save the lady of the lake, and King Arthur of the
apartments gives her one last hug, and she is gone, leaving the guild
members looking up to the heavens, watching the eagle soar over the
brazen landscape of hope, night, and 2 hours gone from all of our lives.

I liked what M.N. Shy was going for here,
I just felt he stumbled a lot in the process
and it could have been far better in the hands
of a more experienced director.