Friday, July 21, 2006

Who Knew a Pool could be the Subject of a Thriller?


I saw Lady in the Water, and I have to say I didn't enjoy it as much as M. Night Shyamalan's past flicks. The acting was fine, and Bryce Dallas Howard was incredibly likeable as Story, the "lady in the water." And would you give Paul Giamatti an Oscar already? But there were too many aspects to the story, and it made it very complicated. It wasn't as simple as the Sixth Sense, which I still think is Shyamalan's best film.

And now are people going to be afraid to go in the pool or even into their backyard? Jaws made people afraid to swim in the ocean (although after I saw it, it was hard for me to put my toe in the pool), so now pools may be doing worse business.

The ending was supposed to be surprising, but it wasn't a huge shocker. I guess I was just trying to figure the stuff out too much. I should have just watched it without thinking too much. Although that is very hard for me.

1 comment:

Anna said...

Oh god, I saw the movie yesterday and it was hilarious. The plot was ridiculous and at the corniest parts the whole audience was cracking up. In the end of the movie, when everybody was leaving, people were laughing and booing the movie. It's a great comedy, but a horrible horror film.