Top 9 of 2006 - Con't...again

#7 Lady in the Water

A lot of people didn't like this film and truthfully, I'm not sure why. It's a nothing more than an original bed-time story written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan. Who, also wrote and directed 'The Sixth Sense', 'Signs' and 'The Village.'

I guess I'm a sucker for those cool, dark and scary bed-time stories. Take 'Where the Wild Things Are' for instance. Great book. 'Lady in the Water' is very much of this genre. I have to believe that if this film or book had been made much earlier than now, it would've been met with more success. But this is a book that I would read my child when he/she is old enough to understand it, just as I will with 'Where the Wild Things Are.'

The plot basically entails the story of man named Cleveland who is a janitor at an apartment complex. One night, he comes across a woman who claims she's from another world, and that an evil 'Scrunt' is hunting her. Cleveland becomes convinced of her claims after a run-in with Scrunt himself. He therefore enlists the help of the apartment's residents to help the woman escape back to her world.

~Jonathon