Review of Lady in the Water

LADY IN THE WATER - STORY: An everyday man must conquer his own demons to help a woman from a water-based culture.
LADY IN THE WATER - MESSAGE: Trust your observation, do the right thing no matter how it looks, help those who are doing important things in the world.
LADY IN THE WATER - WIN: The movie brings belief and wonder and lofty ideals. It manages to bring these things to the world of the mundane, changing everyone whose lives were touched. It shows us the positive side of a wide mix of people. It is interesting that the hero's final lack of withholding communication and emotions brought the healing in another, which, although strictly technically weak, can in fact happen given that Man is a spiritual being at the core.
LADY IN THE WATER - LOSE: There were some unanswered questions, presumably for suspense. There are some arbitrary vias to the use of logic, power and prowess (such as one who defends, one who interprets, etc) but these are necessary to the weaving of the story and don't stand out too much. Innately anyone is capable of knowledge (interpreting), healing, etc., without such vias.
LADY IN THE WATER - EFFECT ON ME: I was very encouraged to see a spiritually correct film make it to the screen. I was happy at the good ending. I was encouraged to see, almost as role models, people who dropped their fixed ideas to self-lessly help a non-human against terrific odds and who showed group cooperation despite their diversity. I enjoyed seeing how a desired, lofty idea could be brought to the screen (such as the water lady's prediction of the M. Night character's novel changing the world), and in such a way that people could accept it (due to the humor of his "sister" right after.) This shows a way of writing that respects the reality of the status quo but gives us a glimpse of higher concepts.