Advantages: Some solid acting Disadvantages: Sloppy writing, no sense of tension or horror and too many plot holes and contrivances
Lonely apartment caretaker Cleveland Heep discovers a mysterious girl in the building's swimming pool. The girl is Story, a water nymph from the Blue World come to ours to awaken man to the truth. But something has followed her and that something is determined to stop her from returning to her own world and to kill anyone that gets in its way. Cleveland and his neighbours do their best to protect her, putting their own lives at risk.
"Lady in the ... ...disappointing films from writer-director M Night Shyamalan. You know you're in trouble when the film starts with an overly serious voice-over narration that accompanies a sober black and white chalkboard animation. That the cartoon relates an interminably convoluted creation myth gives you some idea of what is to come. The movie appears to be suffering from an identity crisis - unable to decide whether it is a fantasy, horror or character study. ...
afy9mab 26.11.2006
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Advantages: Brilliant storyline which unravels in perfect timing Disadvantages: A slow start
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Reflections of Lady in the Water (34:46) The making of Lady in the Water, packed with many aspects from creation of the monsters to the cast rehearsals. A great extra, and probably the best on on this DVD
Lady in the Water: A Bedtime Story (5:01) M Night Shyamalan teases the audience with a short reading of the original fairy tale which he invented for his children, giving us a preview of what made this film spring to life. Is not the ... ...you are interested on how it all started.
Auditions (2:11) A short audition tape focusing on the minor actors. Not the best extra by far unless you like watching people pretend to be sick. Gag Reel (3:15) A few great bloopers, but mainly ones taken from the behind the scenes crew - no actual video reel bloopers which is a let down.
Deleted Scenes (5:01) A few deleted scenes which are actually quite interesting to watch, yet as with many deleted ...
elfbwillow 07.02.2007 (08.02.2007)
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Advantages: A good interesting story Disadvantages: A lot of underused characters
After finding a mysterious young woman lurking in the pool at the apartment block that he caretakes, lonely apartment block manager Cleveland Heep rescues her from drowning. Unbeknown to him, she is an otherworldy being called Story who exists within the confounds of a famous bedtime story. Her motives are revealed in the form of a message for humanity. Surrounded by people who act as some kind of canvas for the story, Cleveland discovers that each ... ...key to unlocking the secrets and assisting her safely home. And as danger looms over the habitants of the apartment complex and the wide-eyed Story, everybody congregates to protect her from an evil beast that lurks in the grass and can be seen only in mans reflection. Director and writer M Night Shyamalan has become reknowned for his fantastical story's of other worldly existences. The ultimate pay off in his films are their tremedously believable ...
bilbob20 20.02.2007
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