#lady in the water

[goldedge2]

I remember it because it had a little kid who could read the future by reading cereal boxes. Yes that is an important plot point.

what is Lady in the Water, and why would Dobson like it?

Lady In the Water is a 2006 movie by M. Night Shyamalan in which an apartment owner discovers a water nymph(called a Narf in the film-yes, really) who needs to be protected from a wolf monster made of grass(called a Scrunt in the film-yes, really) so that she can inspire a writer. Shyamalan claimed it’s a fairy tale he made up for his kids.

What the film is ACTUALLY about is how M. Night Shyamalan, who plays the writer character in the movie, is so super talented and amazing at writing that his book will inspire a child to be President who leads the world into a golden age, but is so amazing that he(the writer) will be assassinated for his writing and ideas. It also features a character that is literally a strawman of all of Shamalamadingdong’s detractors and critics, called The Critic., who only exist to be shown how lame and stupid he is before being killed by the aforementioned grass wolf demon.

It’s one of the most self-indulgent, self-fellating nonsense movies you can imagine, so you can imagine why a movie about a super amazing “artist” looked down on by the evil smarmy critic would appeal to Dobson.

[389]

kiss, light panel version, Inspired by The Shape of Water & The X Files Ram Han

[brokenxmachine]

The monarch butterfly 🦋 and it's deep spiritual significance serving as a powerful emblem of healing, transformation, strength, and interconnectedness between Cleveland Heep (Paul Giamatti) and Story (Bryce Dallas Howard).

LADY IN THE WATER (2006) dir. M. Night Shyamalan

[aichihuahua]

LADY in the WATER (2006) dir. M. Night Shyamalan

[haveyouseenthismovie-poll]

[howtomakeyousee]

I’m a long, long way from home.

[cwpcakee]

Oh Ophelia

[brycedhowards]

bdh filmography → lady in the water | story "You believe you have no purpose. You help all that live here. You have a purpose. All beings have a purpose."

[capturetheraine]

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[novelmonger]

4, 10 and 21 for the movie asks?

4. An actor who's performance elevated an otherwise lower quality movie?

Lady in the Water isn't a terrible movie, but it does have issues, and isn't one of my favorites from M. Night Shyamalan. But Paul Giamatti plays the main character, a traumatized man with a stutter who seems very dumpy and average and pathetic, but ends up actually being the one who saves the day in his own way. The climactic scene where he finally tells the whole story of the tragedy that led to where he is now has always stood out to me as proof of what a good actor he is. He really makes you believe that this is a real guy who's really been through these things.

10. One of your favourite animal acting performances?

I kind of want to say Jed, the wolf-dog who famously performed in White Fang and The Thing. But as I've only seen those movies a couple times, I think instead I'm going to say Air Bud. The first Air Bud movie was so important to me as a kid, and I can't even really explain why, but it was. And Buddy is such a sweet dog, and does such a good job of emoting in that movie without any sort of CG or voiceovers or anything else to assist him. Nope, that's just a very smart and talented dog who, together with his trainers, captured my heart as a lonely seven-year-old who really really wanted a dog of her own.

21. A movie you never want a sequel to?

This might seem counter-intuitive, but I'm going to say my favorite movie of all time, The Fall. It's almost perfect already, and I don't know how or why anyone would want to make a sequel anyway, but...yeah. Don't ruin near-perfection, please.

Movie Lover's Ask Game

[radishprincesss]

the lady in the lake

[lesbiangummybearmafia]

When I tell people to not wake my bitch and that's she not even human I'm not kidding. She's a cross between these two beings.

I don't recommend fucking with her, it's not pleasant experience.

[ubourgeois]

Lady in the Water (2006) dir. M. Night Shyamalan

[hypocrisyofandrewdobson]

ANDREW DOBSON IS A LADY IN THE WATER FAN?!

Y'know what? That strangely makes sense...

I know, right? Once you give it a second, it’s like one of the most unsurprising thing about him.

[howtomakeyousee]

[cwpcakee]

'Hamlet' by William Shakespeare. Act 4, Scene 7, by Queen Gertrude.

As one incapable of her own distress,

Or like a creature native and endued unto

that element. But long it could not be

Till that her garments, heavy with their drink,

Pulled the poor wretch from her melodious lay

To muddy death.