LADY IN THE WATER

What more is there to say about the latest M. Night disaster? I’ve always regarded him as one of the most interesting directors around, but this time he really let me down. To be more precise, he snapped right in front of our eyes.

How many senseless plots and embarrassing stereotypes can he pack into ONE FILM?! The most eerie scene for me was when Cleveland (played by Paul Giamati, the poor thing did all he could to save the film) pretended to act like a child (biting in a chocolate-chip cookie carelessly and not wiping his mouth after taking a gulp of milk) in front of the dragon-lady/psycho/Korean neighbor mom (Relax, I’m not talking about your mom) in order to get the “important piece of information”. WHAT KIND OF &^%$ BULL-SHIT IS THAT?! Since when do Asians (especially the SUPER DUPER ASIAN ASIANS) eat chocolate chip cookies and milk?! Mr. Shamalan, if you are going for accurate stereotyping, I suggest you to opt for sweet rice for the scene. After all, isn‘t that the rice patty hat look you are after?

So I basically thumb-wrestled with my hubby then with myself for the rest of the film and dreamed obsessively about Bulgogi (Korean barbecued steak), Samgye-tang (Ginseng chicken soup), and some good ol‘ Mandu (dumplings).

This movie makes me want to have:

KOREAN FOOD. I GOT HUNGRY JUST BY LOOKING AT THE CHEESY DECORS IN MRS. CHOI’S APARTMENT. THEY REMINDED ME OF ALL THESE DELECTABLE KOREAN RESTAURANTS ON 32 STREET. THE ONLY THING MISSING IN HER APARTMENT WAS A FAKE WATER FALL.