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Lady in the Water
Sunday, August 06, 2006 Ok, now its been in theaters for a little while now, and we all know how theaters work, so we know it probably won't be there too much longer: my point? GO SEE LADY IN THE WATER RIGHT NOW. You can come back and read my review later, or, better yet, see Lady in the Water again later and skip my review all together. Ok, I'll admit to being an M. Night Shyamalan fan, but regardless of that, Lady in the Water was classic.

The movie starts with a story about the relationship between the people of the water and mankind. The story is illustrated by simple drawings. After the story ends, we are taken to the apartment complex where the rest of the film takes place. One by one we're introduced to the many strange people living in the complex (if they weren't strange, it wouldn't be interesting, would it?) starting with the manager, Cleveland Heep, brilliantly played by Paul Giamatti. The main plotline starts up pretty quickly afterwards with Heep going out to the pool to investigate a splash he heard. That's when he first see's Story (played fantastacly by The Village's Bryce Dallas Howard), the Lady of the title. Story is a narf, a water nymph, who must be seen by a certian person so as to inspire that person to do something great or important. Unfortunatly, neither Story nor Heep know anything about this person, execpt that he or she is a writer. To make matters worse there is an evil wolf-like creature set out to kill Story so she cannot complete her mission.

The acting is first-rate, the plotline is amazing - overall, Lady in the Water is one of the best movies I've ever seen, and certianly the best one this year. A true classic.

Oh, and M. Night Shyamalan has a pretty big part in this film, so you get to see his talents as an actor as well as a writer/director.

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