Continuity mistake: When Reggie is fighting back the green beast he is standing in very short grass. In the next shot he hears the great eagle coming and he looks towards the sky. When he looks back at the beast he is standing in very high grass which was never near him.
Lady in the Water (2006)
Ending / spoiler
Directed by: M. Night Shyamalan
Starring: Paul Giamatti, Jeffrey Wright, Bryce Dallas Howard, Bob Balaban
Cleveland Heep realizes he has gathered the wrong group of people in order to fulfill the legend and return Story home. After a failed attempt, Story is attacked and nearly killed by a scrunt. Mr. Dury's son Joey turns out to be the symbolist and Cleveland turns out to be the healer, The Guild turns out to be the seven asian sisters and finally reggie turns out to be the guardian. Cleveland heals Story and they set up for one last try to get her home. As they approach the pool the scrunt attacks again, this time Reggie is there to face it and it starts to back down. Right before Story is taken by the great eatlon the scrunt lunges forward and is attacked and killed by the tartutic from the trees. the camera shows Story being picked up by the great eatlon in the reflection of the pool.
Edward Rinderknecht
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Trivia: Shyamalan based the film on a story he told his children. This aspect of the production was questioned frequently, with one critic saying that if Shyamalan based his films on kid stories, he should go make films for Nickelodeon. Ironically enough, 4 years later he released "The Last Airbender" for Nickelodeon, which was considered to be one of the worst films ever released.
Question: What is the filmmakers's purpose in making Reggie (Freddy Rodriguez, the Guardian) only work out one half of his body? I don't get the symbolism.
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Answer: It's not a matter of symbolism, but of making the audience remember who he is. If Reggie was introduced as a normal guy in the beginning, with no significant feature, the audience may not recognize him when he's introduced as the Guardian. The working-out-one-arm thing makes him memorable enough to be instantly recognized again later when necessary.
It is not that it makes him memorable - It is like Mr. Heep says - that he wants to be special. "Every soul has a purpose." Reggie is striving to find his - only it finds him.