I just saw Lady in the Water. Based on what I'd learned already, I was braced for the twist, and ...there really wasn't one. The message, such as it was, was muddled, as it tends to be in his movies. I think this one's the weakest of his offerings.

Also, casting yourself - with a major speaking part - in your own movie? Is lame.

and cereal, because I remember that creepy episode of Little House - I hadn't even remembered that it WAS Little House, because it's about the only episode of it that I do remember. I knew the baby's father was her father, too, even at the young age I was then.

Also, casting yourself - with a major speaking part - in your own movie?

That's what bugged me about Signs. I think director cameos are cool and cute, whatever, but he was a goddamn pivotal character. That's not a cameo. If you want to be Hitchcock, film yourself walking a dog and be done with it.

So let's see. He's hypersensitive to criticism, yet he deliberately, subconsciously does the exact things that will ensure he will get more criticism. Who does that remind me of?

Oh, wait. That would be me.

Harry Potter movie fans: Oh no!

I need to start collecting!

I wonder if they are pulling a Disney?

::hugs HP cassettes, cds and hardbacks close.::

My excessive having of HP material does not extend to the movies. whew!

I have them all already. Well, except for the first one, cuz, why? But still, they crazy.

Also, casting yourself - with a major speaking part - in your own movie? Is lame.

Spike Lee, Kevin Smith, Woody Allen, Ed Burns, Zach Braff, Orson Welles, Mel Brooks, Clint Eastwood...

Heh, Strega read my mind. (Except I'm not sure Kevin Smith counts as giving himseld a major speaking part.)

Spike Lee, Kevin Smith, Woody Allen, Ed Burns, Zach Braff, Orson Welles, Mel Brooks, Clint Eastwood...

I think I would put Ed Burns on the M. Night side of that equation.