# Lady in the Water is already a bomb...apparently. Possible spoilers **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 19, 2006, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-in-the-water-is-already-a-bomb-apparently-possible-spoilers/365179 "2006-07-19T15:27:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2006, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-in-the-water-is-already-a-bomb-apparently-possible-spoilers/365179/1 "2006-07-19T15:27:28Z")
Don’t like suspenseful movies, but I find [this](http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,204314,00.html) article about this movie rather interesting. Especially the part where Kevin Costner was up for consideration for the lead. If they ever needed a fall guy for a movie going in the toilet, he would be it. It will be very interesting to see how it does at the box office and how people like or hate it. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2006, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-in-the-water-is-already-a-bomb-apparently-possible-spoilers/365179/2 "2006-07-19T16:40:43Z")
This review sums up what I expect to be the general feeling. [Lady in the Water Review](http://www.aintitcool.com/display.cgi?id=23908) Basically, M. Night has a huge ego and needs to be controled. Disney was right to let him go. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2006, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-in-the-water-is-already-a-bomb-apparently-possible-spoilers/365179/3 "2006-07-19T17:38:11Z")
Based on this comment > [@](#): > > defend her against the bushy monsters trying to stop her (killer Chia Pets) I’m thinking that a better title for the film would be _Attack of the Killer Chia Pets_. 😃 In reading the reviews of the film, I’ve really gotta ask, “Is it _really_ based on the bedtime story he tells his kids?” Because if it is, then, well, they’re gonna need as much therapy as TomKat’s kid (though for different reasons). ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2006, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-in-the-water-is-already-a-bomb-apparently-possible-spoilers/365179/4 "2006-07-19T17:47:56Z")
Um, so people who are disposed to not like LitW are not liking it. In other news, Generallisimo Francisco Franco is stil dead … ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2006, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-in-the-water-is-already-a-bomb-apparently-possible-spoilers/365179/5 "2006-07-19T18:38:50Z")
Interesting (as an aside) that the reviewer supports Lissener’s take on Verhoven. > [@](#): > > It’s entirely feasible that M. Night is, simply, having fun with us – and possibly making fun of himself along the way. The problem is: it’s never clear what tone we’re supposed to go with here; that elusive balance between sincerity and smart satire (a la Verhoven) is never found ---
**Author:** ![aldiboronti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2006, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-in-the-water-is-already-a-bomb-apparently-possible-spoilers/365179/6 "2006-07-19T19:10:49Z")
> [@Evil Captor](#): > > Um, so people who are disposed to not like LitW are not liking it. In other news, Generallisimo Francisco Franco is stil dead … The significance lies in the fact that the number who don’t like his movies grows with each new offering. My own response to each movie he makes now is simply, “You gotta be kidding me!” ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2006, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-in-the-water-is-already-a-bomb-apparently-possible-spoilers/365179/7 "2006-07-19T19:54:14Z")
> [@](#): > > It’s entirely feasible that M. Night is, simply, having fun with us – and possibly making fun of himself along the way. The problem is: it’s never clear what tone we’re supposed to go with here; that elusive balance between sincerity and smart satire (a la Verhoven) is never found. “It’s a fine line between clever and stupid.” ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2006, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-in-the-water-is-already-a-bomb-apparently-possible-spoilers/365179/8 "2006-07-21T01:07:12Z")
Surely Samuel L Jackson was considered for the lead role? “It’s a Lady. In the Water. I have _had it_ with this motherfucking Lady in this motherfucking water!” ---
**Author:** ![Terrifel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c68b51/32.png) [@Terrifel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terrifel)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2006, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-in-the-water-is-already-a-bomb-apparently-possible-spoilers/365179/9 "2006-07-21T01:53:38Z")
> [@Evil Captor](#): > > Um, so people who are disposed to not like LitW are not liking it. Movie reviewers, you mean? ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2006, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-in-the-water-is-already-a-bomb-apparently-possible-spoilers/365179/10 "2006-07-21T03:16:27Z")
You know I must be the only person that actually liked _Signs_. I found it interesting that in all the TV ads for _Lady in the Water_ where they throw reviewers quotes up there none are from anything resembling a well known source and one, in English mind you, is from Telemundo. I mean even _Battle Field: Earth_ was able to scrape up some over the top positive quotes for posters. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2006, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-in-the-water-is-already-a-bomb-apparently-possible-spoilers/365179/11 "2006-07-21T03:29:16Z")
> [@Evil Captor](#): > > Um, so people who are disposed to not like LitW are not liking it. In other news, Generallisimo Francisco Franco is stil dead … Except that the review I linked to is written by a reviewer who gave positive reviews to every “Night” movie before this one. ---
**Author:** ![LorieSmurf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a587f6/32.png) [@LorieSmurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LorieSmurf)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2006, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-in-the-water-is-already-a-bomb-apparently-possible-spoilers/365179/12 "2006-07-21T03:46:53Z")
> [@Omniscient](#): > > You know I must be the only person that actually liked _Signs_ Heh. I’m the only person that liked _Unbreakable_ . ---
**Author:** ![Muad\_Dib](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/35a633/32.png) [@Muad\_Dib](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muad_Dib)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2006, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-in-the-water-is-already-a-bomb-apparently-possible-spoilers/365179/13 "2006-07-21T04:56:48Z")
> [@LorieSmurf](#): > > Heh. I’m the only person that liked _Unbreakable_ . Hey! I liked it as well. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2006, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-in-the-water-is-already-a-bomb-apparently-possible-spoilers/365179/14 "2006-07-21T06:22:13Z")
[He really sounds like an egotistical douchebag](http://deusexmalcontent.blogspot.com/) ---
**Author:** ![Charlie\_Tan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/charlie_tan/32/12582_2.png) [@Charlie\_Tan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Tan)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2006, 9:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-in-the-water-is-already-a-bomb-apparently-possible-spoilers/365179/15 "2006-07-21T09:11:21Z")
I said it here around the time **The Village** opened and I’ll say it again. MNS is a very, very tallented director. To bad he can’t tell a story for shit. Hopefully this flop will leave him in the hands of a producer that can controll his ego, and maybe he can start directing scripts written by equally talented writers. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2006, 9:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-in-the-water-is-already-a-bomb-apparently-possible-spoilers/365179/16 "2006-07-21T09:49:43Z")
> [@LorieSmurf](#): > > Heh. I’m the only person that liked _Unbreakable_ . I liked it. It was an origin story movie about an interesting hero with an interesting nemesis. I think it’s the only MNS movie that could support a sequel. **astro** : I didn’t read it that way. I read it more the way I think **Eutychus** read it: Verhoven ends up on the stupid side of the branch cut. ---
**Author:** ![Euthanasiast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Euthanasiast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euthanasiast)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2006, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-in-the-water-is-already-a-bomb-apparently-possible-spoilers/365179/17 "2006-07-21T11:03:49Z")
> [@LorieSmurf](#): > > Heh. I’m the only person that liked _Unbreakable_ . By far my favorite MNS film, and I couldn’t care less about comics. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2006, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-in-the-water-is-already-a-bomb-apparently-possible-spoilers/365179/18 "2006-07-21T15:13:54Z")
> [@astro](#): > > Interesting (as an aside) that the reviewer supports Lissener’s take on Verhoven. > > > [@](#): > > > > It’s entirely feasible that M. Night is, simply, having fun with us – and possibly making fun of himself along the way. The problem is: it’s never clear what tone we’re supposed to go with here; that elusive balance between sincerity and smart satire (a la Verhoven) is never found Personally, I would have put the parenthetical comment at the end of the sentence, for the sake of accuracy. ---
**Author:** ![ddgryphon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8c91f0/32.png) [@ddgryphon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ddgryphon)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2006, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-in-the-water-is-already-a-bomb-apparently-possible-spoilers/365179/19 "2006-07-21T15:35:16Z")
Quote: Originally Posted by Omniscient You know I must be the only person that actually liked Signs > [@LorieSmurf](#): > > Heh. I’m the only person that liked _Unbreakable_ . Hey, I liked both. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2006, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-in-the-water-is-already-a-bomb-apparently-possible-spoilers/365179/20 "2006-07-21T15:39:16Z")
At the risk of sounding like one of those “so and so can do no wrong” fan girls that we all know and hate so vehemently, I plan on seeing it, despite the sucky reviews and my own gut feeling about it. I haven’t exactly loved all of his movies(I’m looking at you, Signs) but I’ve found \*something \* to like in all of them. To repeat what someone already said, sometimes his stuff doesn’t work, but when it does, the pleasure I get out of it outweighs the negatives. So, yeah, I think this could be an overall sucky product, but he’s one director that I’ll always give a \*chance \*( and I’ll also freely admit when he’s missed the mark). [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-in-the-water-is-already-a-bomb-apparently-possible-spoilers/365179.md?page=2)