Watching Shyamalayan's latest venture "Lady in the water" reminds me of what Sidney pollack said in his book (Making Movies) about the importance of "Style" for a movie. As per Pollack, style refers to the tone of the movie and the script decides the appropriate style for the movie. In my opinion this is exactly where this movie fails ( in finding the right style for the movie).This bedtime story would have been bearable if it was told in a silly manner, like a cartoon. But Shyamalan makes an unforgivable mistake of adopting his typical way for telling this story. Imagine watching a bedtime story happening in a contemporary world where all the adults take part in ludicrous tricks without even questioning the cause and asking the audience to empathize with their actions. Undeniably, this is Shyamalan at his worst but if you are a fan of his style and approach and you don't mind wasting two hours of your time to watch a few moments of brilliant scenes here and there, go ahead and you will not be disappointed.
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Damn, I was hoping Night would make another smash hit wiht this. Looks like it is another dud, huh?
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