Yönetmen
M. Night Shyamalan
Yapım : 2006
Ülke : 
Amerika
Tür : Fantasy
Süre : 110 dakika
IMDB Puan : 6.3/10 
IMDB ID: tt0452637
Oyuncular
Paul Giamatti - Cleveland Heep
Bryce Dallas Howard - Story
Jeffrey Wright - Mr. Dury
Bob Balaban - Mr. Farber
Sarita Choudhury - Anna Ran
Cindy Cheung - Young Soon
M. Night Shyamalan - Vick
Freddy Rodríguez - Reggie
Bill Irwin - Mr. Leeds
Mary Beth Hurt - Mrs. Bell
Bilgi :
Fairy tales work best when—either on screen or page—they suck you into their world and make you a part of the fantasy. There, you see the wonders unfold. You step through the wardrobe. Travel to Mordor. Or skip along the yellow brick road. On these journeys, you discover the complexities and personalities of these fantastic worlds by experiencing them. By walking these tales, the complicated myths become real and understood.
Lady in the Water is also a complex, fantasy-filled bedtime story—but told in a different and ultimately less effective way. It doesn't so much invite you into the world of the story as it displays people hearing about a story.
Paul Giamatti as Cleveland Heep, superintendent of The Cove apartments
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The mythic tale at the center of the film involves "those in the water" who, thousands of years ago, lived in concert with the earthbound man. They would inspire mankind as guides and muses. They made man better. But then, man's ugliness severed the bond. But still, the water people tried to reach man. The script by M. Night Shyamalan (The Sixth Sense, Signs, The Village) treats this made-up myth as a story "from the East" that a group of everyday shmoes discovers may be true.
Cleveland Heep (Paul Giamatti) is the dutiful and quiet superintendent of The Cove apartments. Hiding from the world because of past pain, Heep busies himself with repairing toilets and light fixtures. His mundane life is challenged when he discovers someone else hiding at The Cove—a woman called Story (Bryce Dallas Howard) who's been living in the pool.
Heep discovers this woman is actually a Narf, one of those sea-nymph creatures from that Eastern bedtime story. She is there to touch and inspire one tenant who, if moved to continue working on a certain writing project, will change the world. But, according to the myth, there is danger. Wolf-like Scrunts with matted grass hair prey on Story. The only hope is for specific residents of The Cove to band together and return Story to her Blue World safely.
Bryce Dallas Howard is Story, the lady in the water
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The film's thematic pulse rests in the mission of The Cove's rogue gallery to send Story home. Heep uncovers all the details of how this supposedly happens by asking questions about the original fairy tale to college girl Young-Soon Choi (Cindy Cheung). Her Korean-speaking mother remembers being told the story "as if it were a prayer. Like it was true." According to Young-Soon's mother, the story featured many humans with special powers who were drawn to where the Narf would arrive. Together, they ensure her safety. There is a Guardian, a Symbolist, a Guild, and a Healer. The Cove residents need to figure out who is who in order to save Story.
The wonderful message at the core of Shyamalan's tale is that everyone has a purpose. You may not know what it is or that you even have a gift, but you do. And too many of us spend our lives hiding from it or searching in vain. Lady's idea of searching for your purpose in life not only has similarities to the biblical notions of gifts and the body of Christ, but also hints at the idea that we are part of a larger world. We don't really know our part in a greater story, but we must have faith that it is there. Story says, "Man thinks he is alone in this … but you are connected."
June Kyoko Lu as Mrs. Choi and Cindy Cheung as Young-Soon Choi
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The weaknesses start to show in Lady's narrative as Heep continues to unravel the old myth in order to discover what to do with Story. The first problem is that it feels like Heep goes back to Young-Soon about 900 times for more details, rules and specifics about the myth. Eventually, it feels like this is the longest bedtime story ever. Kids in the East apparently never get to sleep. There are just so many rules and details. Imagine if a movie tried to relate the details and complexities of The Lord of the Rings
through talking. Ugh.
Secondly, the plot becomes less of a journey for Heep and friends and more of a literature criticism exercise. They deconstruct the myth to figure out how to spot which residents are which characters in the myth. Who is the Healer? Who makes up the Guild? This process starts off fun. There's a sense that The Cove residents are building their own ragtag little Lord of the Rings fellowship. They need to find this kind of person and this kind of person in order to pass the upcoming test. And you anticipate how their gifts will be used and realized. But then, as the story continues, the plot isn't really about people with gifts joining forces, but more like filling the holes in a predestined arc. What fun is it if they really have no say or no duty, but just need to be there because it's predestined? And honestly, the different roles in the myth turn out to have little more to do than just being there.
Ultimately, the whole community becomes part of this Story
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The third problem with Heep's journey is that it takes this little fairy tale into a meta-literature direction that can be distracting. The characters seem to know they are in a story and often comment on that. It's like those old cartoons when characters pull out the script of that episode to see what they should do next. While that idea is clever, the "We're in a movie" self-awareness goes too far and doesn't jibe with the mythic fairytale feel. This is mainly because a know-it-all-movie critic character (played brilliantly by Bob Balaban) is given too many speeches about how to identify certain characters and how you'll know what's about to come, and so on. It doesn't fit the mood. It's like The Wizard of the Oz crossed with Scream. There's also a heavy-handedness and self-indulgent aftertaste because it's obvious that Shyamalan is thumbing his nose at critics and making comments about filmmaking while filmmaking. All of this would be fine if it didn't feel so out of place inside a fantasy film.
The plot's weaknesses eventually drain the magic out of this myth. The movie is typical Shyamalan—good quirky characters, well-crafted storytelling, thrilling tension, an effectively dark and broody atmosphere, and intriguing bigger themes to begin discussions. It also keeps you guessing as it unfolds (but Shyamalan fans should not expect his usual big twists or tricky storytelling). But there's just no childlike wonder or joy. It lacks the awe and giddiness of seeing life transform, like in Unbreakable. It lacks the heart that made you care when you realized Sixth Sense's secret. It lacks the connection with the characters that made Signs' ending feel so triumphant. And unlike those films, Lady in the Water's final legacy will be as an enjoyable tale that, in the end, is largely unmemorable.
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