Life through the eyes of emery

Two bad movies.. in a row!

Before you even think about watching these two movies, please read the following and save yourself some time.

The first one I watched last Wednesday was 'The Lake House' starring Keanu Reeves & Sandra Bullock. Reason being, it's Keanu & Sandra reunited after Speed! Gosh, little did I know that it was an adaptation (or copy) of the Korean movie, Il Mare. Hollywood remakes of Korean movies just doesn't do it... because if it was a Korean movie, you'd be more forgiving as it is often predictable - overdramatized, crying sobbing actors to the details of their mucus flowing out, lovey-dovey sugar-coated love stories etc. Put Keanu & Sandra in the picture and it just doesn't seem right. Nothing makes sense and was it even a romantic movie??? Doesn't help that they are living 2 years apart (however that happens) and 90% of the time are not shown together on scene anyway. Don't watch it!

So anyway, I thought that was bad, till M. Night Shymalan's 'Lady in the Water'. Watched it at midnight, thinking it was a scary movie.... and like one critic wrote "The most frightening part of the movie was how bad it was" LOL!!! Thumbs up for the sarcasm. The movie is nothing but a extremely try-hard to jive mythical bedtime story with modern day living - only problem is nothing jives. And I just don't get why he has to appear in all his movies - this one's really pushing it! I don't see great directors like Steven Spielberg appearing in his movies and yet he is famous. Love the movie critics' reviews below:

"There is something bizarrely compelling about the movie. It's slower than watching a train wreck but invokes that same level of disbelief." Los Angeles Times

"Crazy as this might sound, it turns out that self-indulgent ramblings designed to put your children to sleep are pretty much the opposite of art." The Globe & Mail (Toronto)

"Has the strengths and weaknesses of a one-man show." San Franscisco Chronicle

"You won't see anything else like it this summer, and you'd be really glad about that" One Man's Opinion

"None of this is fun to report from a critic's perspective. I'm a Shyamalan fan who greatly admires what he's trying to do, but Shyamalan's desperate desire to be the next Steven Spielberg has grown painful to witness." The Seattle times

Nuff said. You decide.

posted by emeryz @ 8:52 PM