"Lady in the Water"

Saw the previews, it looked skeery. :shock:

Agree! But at least bsmart's avatar is not skeery anymore.

I don't watch scary movies, but I did see the Village and liked it.

I don't watch scary movies, but I did see the Village and liked it.

I haven't watched scary movies for years. The Exorcist did me in...

I haven't watched scary movies for years. The Exorcist did me in...

I like vampire movies though. Not gory ones though. The sexy vamp kinds. ;-)
I actually thought the Village was funny.

I like vampire movies though. Not gory ones though. The sexy vamp kinds. ;-)
I actually thought the Village was funny.

OK, now I HAVE to see that one! :clap_1:

I like funnies!

OK, now I HAVE to see that one! :clap_1:

It is awesome. I can't believe you haven't seen it.

The name of this movie could lead one to think a vampire story is in the offing, but Vampire's Kiss is not that kind of movie. It is the story of Peter Loew (Nicolas Cage), a driven yuppie literary agent, who is slowly but inexorably going insane.

Loew puts on a consummate businessman facade by day, and club hops by night, with little in his life of any importance but one night stands and the pursuit of money and prestige.

Loew religiously sees a psychiatrist. During these sessions the watcher is first introduced to his declining mental health through a series of increasingly bizarre tirades that eventually begin to scare even his psychiatrist.

At home, Loew's has allowed his apartment to run to shambles. Throughout the movie the apartment's decline mirrors the protagonist's own. In one scene, probably Vampire's Kiss' most infamous, Loew catches and eats a cockroach in his apartment (Cage actually ate a cockroach during the filming of the scene, which reportedly required three takes).

Early in the film, Loew meets Rachel (Jennifer Beals) at a night club, whom he takes home. It is never made clear whether Rachel is a real person or solely a figment of Loew's deranged mind, but she quickly overpowers Loew, reveals vampiric fangs, and "feeds" on him. Soon thererafter Loew reveals that he believes he is changing into a vampire.

A subplot concerns a secretary working at Loew's office, Alva Restrepo (Maria Conchita Alonso) who is terrorized by Loew. Through plot machinations, Maria comes to falsely believe she has been raped by Loew. The movie spends some time showing a small slice of life of the working poor immigrant through Alva's character.

At Vampire's Kiss' conclusion, Loew is so far gone he is one of New York City's walking crazies; speaking to himself and wandering the streets and using his now disastrous apartment only as vampire's cave to hide from the sun. Loew finally meets an ignominous and fitting end that should be saved for viewing.

At Vampire's Kiss' conclusion, Loew is so far gone he is one of New York City's walking crazies; speaking to himself and wandering the streets and using his now disastrous apartment only as vampire's cave to hide from the sun.

Well I definitely have to see it and I wonder how someone got hold of my diary and wrote a movie :funn:

BSsmart, back to lady in the water, did it have a a political undertone like the Village, or was there just a lady in the water scaring the cockapoo out of the lady of the house?

BSsmart, back to lady in the water, did it have a a political undertone like the Village, or was there just a lady in the water scaring the cockapoo out of the lady of the house?

There was a definite political undertone...dealing with global, social, and cultural leadership in the face of societal dissent and near collapse. There was reference to Martin Luther King and Ghandi. The basic character structure of the bedtime story for which the movie is based, is in my opinion similar to a constitutional monarchy type politcal system. There is also a religious undertone in the movie, similar to that in Signs, in which we find the main character freeing himself of guilt and anger which had built up from the occurrence of a horrible event sometime in the character's past.

i liked the village also, but most people i know didn't care for it. i will probably buy lady in the water when it comes out on dvd

i liked the village also, but most people i know didn't care for it. i will probably buy lady in the water when it comes out on dvd

I think the town hall used in the setting of The Village looks like the Town Hall in Rosemary Beach.

Definitely agreed that The Village was the best. And bsmart is right, town hall does look an awful lot like the one in Rosemary Beach. hmmm....

There was a definite political undertone...dealing with global, social, and cultural leadership in the face of societal dissent and near collapse. There was reference to Martin Luther King and Ghandi. The basic character structure of the bedtime story for which the movie is based, is in my opinion similar to a constitutional monarchy type politcal system. There is also a religious undertone in the movie, similar to that in Signs, in which we find the main character freeing himself of guilt and anger which had built up from the occurrence of a horrible event sometime in the character's past.

Wow Bsmart, quite the scholarly review! :clap_1: Looked at the trailer on the web site and it doesn;t really seem that scary at all. I will have to see it.
The television ads always market his movies as scary. I wish they would tell more of the story.

I don't generally like skeery movies either, but I really like M. Night's movies, especially "Signs." And like Paul Giammati too, so I'm sure I'll find redeeming qualities in "Lady in the Water."

i loved signs too. i would love to have one of the foil hats they put on that looked like giant hershey kisses !

I like Sixth Sense too. Was M Knight featured in this movie as well? I love how he works himself in like Hitchcock used to.