I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

Lack of good storyline.

Fanciful, disturbing, and wildly original, it announces the arrival of a fresh, bold voice in American cinema.

All that we are seeing on the screen is happening with real people, real action sequences in the background, forcing the eye to watch as if we were there.

I have read countless reviews of this movie and it makes me so happy that M has gotten the best of so many people with this movie. The simplicity is the genius behind it. The story and the characters are so much more complex than what you can gather from watching it. It requires one thing to watch a movie and understand what's happening and that's a willing suspension of disbelief. This movie requires two - WSD and Willingness to Understand something you can't actually see because you are distracted by the movie itself looking and seeming dull and uninvolved.THE COVE - is the place where damaged and strange outcasts all wind up (a cove by definition is a small SHELTERED bay) Mr. HEEP - (heap - a messy pile or great amount of stress put upon someone) Harry Farber - Cleveland's emptiness & loneliness unimpressed and uninvolved Story - Cleveland's fragile faith in god or love or life needing to be savedThese are just a FRACTION of the subtle genius in this film.Spend some time considering that this movie is probably one of the most well- developed and thoughtful ideas every put on screen. The only issue is that M's vision was so advanced not everyone can see it.

I can honestly say that I've never seen a movie like this.And I mean that in a good way. Shyamalan has never made a movie that was really like any other movie. Because of this he gets a lot of flack from the critics and the people as a whole.It's a shame, he started making movies when Hollywood stopped making movies. He's not afraid to make something new, to add a twist that is unique, to not make a re-make and because of that...people hate him."Adorable" I think would be the word for Lady in the Water. I felt like a little kid when I was watching it. Like a bed time story for adults.At first it seems sort of strange, the characters, the weird people you would meet in a apartment complex that only Hollywood could create...but it quickly spirals into a deeper story, one that is certainly for adults but still maintains a beautiful innocence.You soon find out that the auxiliary characters are anything but....and in a middle finger to the critics, Shyamalan places himself in a role that is sure to grab their ire.As I've said many times before, I value new, I value original and Lady in the Water is nothing I have ever seen before, a brilliant example of why I love Mr. Shyamalan's work.

"Lady in the water" is a poorly made, out of control bullshit. It feels like shyamalan just gave up on the film. especially the assault on movie critic character was emmerich-Godzilla level childish. but... this is still a shyamalan movie, and some of what we loved about him are still there. like fantastic elements lurking around dirty grounded apartment corner. heartwarming drama and good performances. of course you can't forget James newton howard's terrific score. I do love its touching moments. fairy tale like tone. admiration towards togetherness. it's always good to see a movie that doesn't feel like factory-manufactured products. even if it's shitty.

What in the unholiest of hells was Shyamalan on when he convinced himself this could be marketable? That this unkempt cluster of indulgence and fantasy could actually work as cinema or entertainment?He has no idea how children talk. He has no idea how people interact at gatherings. He has no idea how human beings work, period. There is a difference between heightened reality and utterly unbelievable BS, and Shyamalan just kept digging farther down his personal rabbit hole until no one knows who he intended this for, unless his kids convinced him this was great storytelling, demonic trolls that they are. And on top of all that he wastes a perfectly good Paul Giamatti and a halfway decent cast, too.The fault is entirely the director's problem. 'Twas his story, his directorial decisions that utterly wrecked the storytelling here. James Newton Howard deserves an apology from Shyamalan for making a horrible movie set to his beautiful soundtrack. And the worst of it all is the movie is just no fun. It's all just rather sad, actually. It's impossible to laugh at this level of indulgence, even by Shyamalan standards.