Dark Water!!!

[JayBee]

If you have been feeling too good lately, and are starting to get anxious and guilty about being too upbeat and happy(remember, Buddha says Life is Suffering), then go see this movie! It will give you a healthy dose of bleak, depressing life in the big city.

In NY City, life is dark and dreary, as people live in ratty, buildings where everything needs a coat of paint(sounds like Chiang Mai! are there any painters in that town), and look like giant-sized animal cages. Old rattling elevators with broken buttons, and leering teenagers don't exactly spruce the place up, either. The people are all either smiling cyncial phonies, weirdo misfits, old alkies, neurotics, or psychos. What a nice place to bring up kids!!

But, really, this is a story about leaky pipes. That is where the dark water comes from. In a nutshell, the plot is a pretty lady breaks up with her anger-management-course-deficient hubby, moves into a ratty old apt. because the rent is only $900 a month(she shoulda just took the kid and jumped on the next flight to LOS), but the leaky pipes drive her psycho crazy big time.

The only seemingly not too wacko guy in the movie is her divorce attorney, who she hires out of the phone book. For some reason, he doesn't have an office and drives around NY all day and night, using his car as his office. He doesn't even have a secretayr, and he tells her she can call him 24/7. Where do you get an attorney like that? Besides all of that, he seems like an awfully good attorney, which begs the question of why he has no office or secretary and is constantly lying to people about it. Nevertheless, he turns out to be the hero of the story(apparently he's got a thing for the lady, but he never tells her or makes a move on her), and when he saves the day, it looks like our dark, dreary story is going to have a happy ending after all. DON'T GET YOUR HOPES UP!!

This is a remake of some old Japanese movie. You've heard of the Japanese. They're the bushido/harikari/bukkaku people. This film fits right in that groove, except for there is NO SEX at all. I think there is some deep underlying theme about sacrifice, honor, and Japanese stoicism. Either that or maybe it is a just plain weird and depressing movie!

I rate this movie one thumb down and one thumb sideways. The special effects are pretty good. Like how did they get the veins on Jennifer Connelly's forehead to bulge out like that so much. Well, it is either special effects, or she is a very good actress. If the latter is true, then she really needs help picking out her next script! And also, she should give some acting lessons to the girl who played her daughter! But John C. Reilly does a nice turn as a super-sleazy real estate agent.

JayBee

P.S. If you're wondering how I pick which movies I see, I just go to my local theater and see whichever one starts next when I get there!!

[marc26]

when doesnt john c reilly do a nice job. one of the best actros out there. isnt my lovely jessica alaba in that too.

[JayBee]

Originally Posted by marc26

when doesnt john c reilly do a nice job. one of the best actros out there. isnt my lovely jessica alaba in that too.

No Jessica Alba. Just Jennifer Connelly. No offense to Jen, but she's no Jessica Alba. Besides that, Jen is not my type. Jessica is my type(in my wet dreams!).

I actually went to the theater to see Jessica Alba in The Fantastic Four, but got there too late, as usual, and that's how I ended up seeing Dark Water!