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Plot: A paranoid thriller about a family on the run from a natural crisis that presents a large-scale threat to humanity.
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MCT:December 2, 2008NOT INTERESTED
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MCT:October 13, 2008A Very Bad thriller that stars Mark Wahlberg and Zooey Deschannel.
This movie was so terrible that i couldnt believe i wasted $5 on comcast to watch it.
This was one of the worst scripted movies ever! The script for this movie i thought was so bad i wanted to kill M. Night Shyamalan for writing. Shit, i could write better scripts than him. All the talking scenes were stupid and poitless and why the fuck was this R-Rated agian? There's no violence barly and i dont think there was one swearing word, so why did people make such a big deal about M. Night making his first R-Rated film. This shit could have been PG for fuck sake. This movie was just silly and retarded! -
MCT:June 17, 2008I'm talking to a plant...and its plastic!''
A paranoid thriller about a family on the run from a natural crisis that presents a large-scale threat to humanity.
Mark Wahlberg: Elliot Moore
Zooey Deschanel: Alma Moore
The Happening is M. Night Shyamalan's take on the effects and unknown powers of nature. What we get is quite easily explained as a mess and film lacking any point or plausibility.
Being a fan of M. Night Shyamalan's Signs, Sixth Sense, Lady in the Water and The Village to name but a few, I was looking forward to The Happening. Unfortunately I was in for a rude awakening.
When the best parts are Mark talking to a plastic plant or an old woman suddenly appearing on screen scaring the fudge out of everyone then you should really become worried if your film has any substance. Sadly this happening seems like a soft breeze and a film with no backbone in its execution. We the audience spend the duration of the film waiting for a twist, a twist that unfortunately never comes. What we do get is a film with the quality of a flimsy piece of cardboard, that will fade from memory in a day or two. I expected better from M. Night Shyamalan and I had hoped the Critics were wrong, I attempted to see the best in Happening but there really wasn't anything at all.
Mark Walhberg as Elliot Moore wasn't convincing. He just does not DO a weedy teacher well. Half the time standing around looking confused or dumbstruck with a gormless expression etched on his face.
Zooey Deschanel who plays Alma Moore really did some terrible acting which sucked big time! Granted the script and material didn't help much and I'd say she's been better Bridge to Terabithia.
The Happening isn't worthy of the Cinema, not by a long shot. Go and see The Hulk which has more depth in it's first ten minutes than this does in its entirety.
M. Night Shyamalan has done fantasy, he's done Alien Origins, Supernatural, Isolation and these gambles have usually paid of. But Happening is where his luck runs out, his take on Nature fails to be intriguing or clever devoid of twists that he's so richly known for and any relevance to said Point is never explained.
Plants, trees and bushes getting there own back on humanity. A poor film. -
MCT:June 13, 2008super!
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MCT:June 13, 2008
Like a typical Shyamalan trait - The Happening is bred out of mystery, unravels through progression, and concludes far too swiftly for the steadiness seen prior. There is an abundance of potential that becomes apparent, but the capitilisation to make for a memorable picture is never taken heavily enough. Yet while the film tends to keep falling into its own pot-holes, it is the constant pervasiveness of paranoia and ponderance that takes place in the picture that keeps us watching and keeps us thinking. The film is simple, but its timeliness and execution of an ideal is truthful and thoughtful. Its depiction never meanders outside of reality, and while its subtext is easily edible, its digestion may prove a little harder to come to terms with.
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MCT:December 2, 2008
For me this was a disturbing film. Lots of moments where people are doing things out of the ordinary. I don't enjoy very much of Mr.Shyamalan's work and this film has very little to offer the common viewer. The plot really makes no sense and unlike most of M. Night's other movies, there is no twist. What you see is what you get.
Comments
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riseandfall2000posted 14 days ago -
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Creepy concept, ok movie, but confusing... This musta been a book before it was a movie. There are better movies to waste 90 mins on... ;-) Enjoy.
posted 37 days ago -
I don't care if you think it was crap or not.
I'm not messing with plants anymore. They might make me run myself over with a brush hog.posted 52 days ago -
I don't care if any of you think it was crap or not.
I'm not messing with plants anymore. They might make me run myself over with a brush hog.posted 52 days ago -
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It was ok in the beginning but I didn't like the end
and that something >>>>>>
What is it?????
I don't recommend anyone to see it
posted 68 days ago -
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What a terrible film. I have never been so bored watching a film. AVOID THIS FILM
posted 89 days ago -
well i was very excited to see this movie...but after watching it ...it is surely below expectations....although this movie is abt nature giving a warning......it could have been explained better...it was just abt ok not in the league of sixth sense and the signs...
posted 122 days ago
