Get in on the John

Haha, forgive me, I am new to this "descriptive-yet-amusing" headline creating buisiness. This title is more like "descriptive-yet-cliche".

My sis and I just caught the 10PM showing of M. Night Shyamalan's new movie Lady in the Water, and I am in awe. I have loved every movie M. Night has come out with, Sixth Sense, Unbreakable, Signs, The Village (less so),even though I didn't know his name until Signs came out.

His movies have always been characterized by their twist-endings, so let me break this to you easy: Lady in the Water has no surprise at the end, and I am not sorry to see it go. Don't get me wrong, I loved the mind blowing endings of the other movies, but by the time I saw The Village, everyone in the theater was spending their time guessing what the surprise was going to be, and unfortuneately, I got it right.

I hate knowing the ending. I love to be surprised by a movie.

And Lady in the Water is nothing if not surprising.

It was more amusing than it was eerie, more blunt than it was mysterious, and more fun than it was thought provoking. It was something completely new that I don't think I've ever seen in a movie before.





Ok, I am writing this 24 hours after I wrote the above; unfortunately I was interrupted by inebriation (not me) last night (and I thought college didn't start for another month), and I lost my train of thought, so I'll just briefly conclude here.

I thought Lady in the Water was a fantastic and original movie, perhaps too fantastic and original for some people, but not for me, I loved it. I live for original. Which is why I give it the most shiny stars that I am capable of dishing out:



Oh, and just for the record: the newspaper critic character has the best movie moment EVER.