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Lady In The Water -
M. Night Shymalan's amazingly underrated storytell masterpiece. Every other time I have watched this I always gave it usually like a point less; I don't know what it was with this viewing, but I'm completely blown away right now. I take back everything I've said about Unbreakable and Signs being my two favorite movies from M. Night Shymalan, neither of them even compare to how amazing Lady In The Water is. Shymalan is just an amazing storytelling; I actually think this may have one of the best, maybe the best, story ever told, it comes very close to Watchmen's story, but it doesn't quite pass it. Right from the very first scene when you're basically introduced into the whole story of Lady In The Water; it's just an amazing fantasy story. I do say that this has the most beautiful score I've ever heard; James Newton Howard is one of the best movie composer's ever, he's shown me that with the many movies he's scored. There are also just so many themes to Lady In The Water; love, courage, and hope are just a few of these themes.
There are also just so many characters thrown into one movie, and every character seems to have a purpose to the story. Vick is my personal favorite out of all the characters; it was great to see Shymalan in an acting role, rather than just directing. His character is also probably the most important to the story, IMO, but everyone probably has different views on that. I'm really glad that I decided to re-watch this tonight after not seeing it for so long though; as of right now, I'm considering putting it on my top 10 (which I haven't done for a while now). I do think that's it's always sort of deserved a spot in my top 10, but for some reason I could just never put it on there. I do wish I would've watched this before I did my top 100 though, because it would've got a much higer spot than it got. This movie gets so much crap that it doesn't deserve; I don't get why most people just seem to hate this movie so freaking much.
M. Night Shymalan's amazingly underrated storytell masterpiece. Every other time I have watched this I always gave it usually like a point less; I don't know what it was with this viewing, but I'm completely blown away right now. I take back everything I've said about Unbreakable and Signs being my two favorite movies from M. Night Shymalan, neither of them even compare to how amazing Lady In The Water is. Shymalan is just an amazing storytelling; I actually think this may have one of the best, maybe the best, story ever told, it comes very close to Watchmen's story, but it doesn't quite pass it. Right from the very first scene when you're basically introduced into the whole story of Lady In The Water; it's just an amazing fantasy story. I do say that this has the most beautiful score I've ever heard; James Newton Howard is one of the best movie composer's ever, he's shown me that with the many movies he's scored. There are also just so many themes to Lady In The Water; love, courage, and hope are just a few of these themes.
There are also just so many characters thrown into one movie, and every character seems to have a purpose to the story. Vick is my personal favorite out of all the characters; it was great to see Shymalan in an acting role, rather than just directing. His character is also probably the most important to the story, IMO, but everyone probably has different views on that. I'm really glad that I decided to re-watch this tonight after not seeing it for so long though; as of right now, I'm considering putting it on my top 10 (which I haven't done for a while now). I do think that's it's always sort of deserved a spot in my top 10, but for some reason I could just never put it on there. I do wish I would've watched this before I did my top 100 though, because it would've got a much higer spot than it got. This movie gets so much crap that it doesn't deserve; I don't get why most people just seem to hate this movie so freaking much.