I Love a Good Story

We watched several movies this weekend, and if Eddie doesn't wake up soon, I'll review them on the Circle of Friends today. Otherwise, maybe tomorrow. I love movies. I love them because I love to be told a story - it's the same reason I love to read, and I think history is so interesting. I'm the person who doesn't mind if you tell me your good stories several times, because a good story is a good story. One of the movies we watched this weekend was Lady in the Water. M. Night Shyamalan is one of my favorite storytellers. I've really enjoyed every single one of his movies - the pacing, the symbols, the way things all tie together. People seemed disappointed when the Village came out and didn't have a big huge surprise twist ending. I think that's dumb - a good story doesn't have to have a whiplash inducing turn, it just has to, well, tell you a good story. I loved the questions posed by the Village, and I thought the whole thing was gorgeous. I didn't think that Unbreakable had a huge twist - any comic book fan saw that coming, but what a great story! Although the Sixth Sense rocketed Shyamalan to fame, allowing him more leeway to make the next couple films, it set expectations that each of his movies would rock you with a major twist. Each of his stories unfolds just right, some with surprises, some without. I feel bad for Night, more than living up to what he should be - writing great stories, and instead facing the demon of "it's not as good (READ: scary, surprising) as the first one". I hope he'll keep telling me good stories.