I saw "Lady in the Water" which is M. Night Shyamalan's latest film 
yesterday afternoon.  Unfortunately I didn't find the film that good and 
agree with some of the reviewers such as S.F. Chronicle's Mick LaSalle 
(who I often don't agree with).  In fact I  think his best film thus far 
has been "The Sixth Sense."  The problem is that though he is very 
talented the studios pay him way to much to make these films (the 
studios are starting to wise up BTW but that's another story).   When 
you pay people too much the creativity falls by the wayside as they feel 
compelled to be worth the money they're being paid and technique rules.  
Look at last year's award winner "Crash" which was low budget and has a 
lot of soul.   Trim M. Night's budgets way down and we may see some good 
films from him again.

BTW, it was interesting that all the four trailers that played before 
the film we either sci-fi or supernatural in nature.  The trailers were 
for "The Fountain", "The Illusionist", "The Prestige", and "Children of 
Man."  Also some of these films had the same actors in them.  The A-list 
must have shrunk considerably.




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