LADY IN THE WATER

I CANNOT RECOMMEND THIS FILM TO ANYONE. I HAVE DONE THIS SEVERAL TIMES AND I HAVE TO DO IT ONCE AGAIN -- I THINK THIS IS AN EXCELLENT FILM, BUT ONLY IF YOU CAN ACCEPT THE FANTASY ELEMENTS AND THE WHOLE FILM IS ABOUT FANTASY ELEMENTS.

THOSE WHO LIKED WILLY WONKA / BIG FISH / MICHAEL / FIGHT CLUB - MIGHT APPRECIATE THIS FILM -- THOSE WHO DISLIKED THOSE FILMS OR DID NOT SEE THOSE FILMS, MIGHT WANT TO SIT THIS ONE OUT.

I WAS REQUESTED BY A FRIEND, TO SEE THIS FILM AND WARNED NOT TO MISS THE VERY BEGINNING -- GOOD ADVICE - IF YOU ARE LATE TO THIS FILM, DON'T GO IN - YOU WILL NEVER CATCH UP ON THE STORY LINE.

LADY IN THE WATER IS ABOUT THE STRUGGLE BETWEEN GOOD AND EVIL - NOTHING ORIGINAL IN THAT PLOT - BUT THE WAY THIS STRUGGLE IS PLAYED OUT IS VERY UNIQUE -
IT HAS AN "E.T." QUALITY ATTACHED TO A COLUMBO / POIROT / HOLMES / MONK TYPE LOGICAL SEARCH FOR "SUSPECTS" --- THE SUSPECTS, BEING GOOD GUYS TO ENLIST IN THE FIGHT AGAINST EVIL.

M. NIGHT SHYAMALAN, WROTE AND DIRECTED THIS MOVIE AND PLAYS THE YOUNG AUTHOR IN THE TALE. HE HAS BEEN LOOKING TO RETURN TO THE GLORY OF HIS CLASSIC, SIXTH SENSE, I DON'T THINK HE CAN EVER TOP SIXTH SENSE, BUT THIS IS A WORTHY ATTEMPT.
MOST OF THE TIME I SKIP ACTORS AND JUST SAY THE ACTING WAS GOOD, I HAD PLANNED TO MENTION THE ACTORS HERE AND THEIR ROLES, BUT SO MANY,
WERE SO GOOD, THAT I WILL TAKE THE SHORTCUT AND SAY, THE ACTING WAS
VERY GOOD.
I AM REALLY CONFLICTED, I WANT TO SALUTE THIS FILM, BUT I DON'T WANT TO RECOMMEND IT -- WITHOUT AN AGREEABLE MINDSET, YOU WILL END UP WALKING OUT ON IT - THERE IS NO MIDDLE GROUND WITH THIS MOVIE - IT IS LOVE OR HATE.
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AFTER WRITING THIS REACTION, I WENT TO A REVIEW SITE AND SAW ARTICLES THAT CUT THIS FILM TO PIECES, THE PEOPLE HATED THE WRITING AND THE EXECUTION. THEY SAW NOTHING GOOD IN THE ENTIRE PRODUCTION,

I CAN'T DISAGREE WITH THESE PEOPLE, THEY ARE PROVING MY POINT -
THIS IS TRULY A LOVE OR HATE PICTURE AND IT IS A THIN LINE BETWEEN THE TWO POSITIONS - BUT I THINK HATE WILL PREVAIL, SINCE THIS IS BEING SOLD AS A HORROR STORY, WHEN IT IS MORE A FAIRYTALE / FANTASY STORY, WITH RELIGIOUS OVERTONES.