neilkale Reviews

Lost: What They Died For (2010) Season 6, Episode 16

Inconsistent Story lines makes some episodes seem forced.

[7/10 · 19 May 2010]

First of all let me comment on the episode itself before I talk about this season. For such an important episode it failed to deliver on many levels. The moment that the candidates finally meet Jacob was something I have been looking forward to. Unfortunately, this was perhaps one of the worst scenes in the history of the show. The candidates looked like they didn't really care about Jacob or about anything. I don't know if this was just bad acting/ bad script or maybe a little of both. None of them looked excited or surprised or even had any questions worth while. Overall this scene was far too short and meaningless.

The scenes with Widmores, Miles, Richard, Ben and the others meeting at Ben's old house seemed forced as well. It was almost like they were thinking "let's get all the side characters into one place and kill them off we don't need them anymore." This is obviously something they have been doing since the show started, but at least they were more creative about it before.

The only bright spot of this episode, and the entire season has been the "alternate universe" that Desmond is in. I am very interested in seeing how this is explained and relates to the "current time/place" on the island.

Lady in the Water (2006)

Highly Original

[7/10 · 22 July 2006]

If not for anything else, Shammy deserves credit for writing and directing a highly original film. In fact the whole film in my opinion is based upon originality. Throughout the film there is back and forth interaction between various narratives(The old Chinese women, the critic, and even the Lady in the Water) and those who are trying to put together the story(mainly Cleveland). Serving the theme of originality; the story never quite follows the narrative. There is always some detail from the narrative that doesn't quite fit, or which is interpreted in the wrong way. Shammy even goes as far as to add a scene where he ridicules the predictable events in most horror films( I'm pretty sure he himself is guilty of this in previous films). The film was very intelligent and the direction was superb as usual, but I felt there was something missing.