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Lady in the Water (2006)
M. Night makes dramas, not thrillers.
Let me begin by stating my complicated history with M. Night: I saw "The Sixth Sense" adored it...saw "Signs" didn't hate it...then I saw "The Village" and despised it. I went into the theaters each time expecting a thriller, because that's how his movies are sold in trailers, and was each time utterly disappointed.
I went a couple of years thinking that this directer was a one hit wonder, then I heard that "Lady in the Water" was coming out (again being sold to audiences as a "thriller"). I wasn't going to even go, when a friend of mine forced me to watch "The Village" again, this time not as a thriller, but as a drama. I watched the entire thing, and in the end I was in love with the story. I realized that M. Night isn't trying to be Hitchcock (despite his cameos in his films and his use of suspense). I think his movies have such a tenderness to them, such profound simplicity. When you try to analyze his films, you're missing the point. His work is about throwing all the rules out the window. He trying something different, and that never goes down without a hitch. People resist that kind of daring. I DID go to see lady in the water, not as a thriller, but as a fairy tale. When you watch it like a fairy tale, you don't NEED to understand every single detail, because you suspend your disbelief and are swept into the emotion of the story. I recommend this film to those of you who can watch with an open mind, suspending judgement until after you've given your heart a chance to connect with the story.
Kronk's New Groove (2005)
Yzma
First off I really dig this movie. My friends come over to my dorm and we watch it and yeah..it's awesome.The only problem I really had with the movie was Yzma. I love the character but the whole cat angle didn't really come off. I can see what they were trying to do, but they should have either dropped the idea or kept it up throughout the movie. OOOH and what was with that song?? "What will you serve it on, Kronk? Plastic tupper? You don't even own a fixer upper.." Anyway er did anyone else think Yzma's accent changed in this movie? She almost sounds Russian..where I kind of thought she was British in the first movie. But seriously don't be too hard on this movie. I was expecting far less...even though I actually liked Cinderella 2 and Toy Story 2 a lot as well.