S&P Just Saw: The Happening (Review)

http://www.takezer0.com/2008/06/19/121/

We had just gotten off work and went to see The Happening. Is it a career nadir for M. Knight Shyamalan, or is it a boon to his future? How good will this movie look on his resume? Or how about we drop the pretentiousness and put it in plain speak: is it a good movie?

And here's a video on Frozen Grand Central by Improv Everywhere: http://improveverywhere.com/2008/01/31/frozen-grand-central/

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[Jfiore10]

Hey Sean, glad you sent your reveiw....I also just saw the movie...Im gonna agree with Peter on the poor acting....but just like his other movies, he gives you that creepy unez feeling the whole time....Nice reveiw guys!

[esotericsean]

Thanks! (btw, who are you again?)

[mujervirtuosapr]

this is the worst movie ever I think they are tryin to provoke a mass suicide or something it have no sense, nothing interesting to learn from, only blood and suspense.

[esotericsean]

Actually, it IS based on scientific fact. It's unlikely, but something like this COULD potentially happen. I disagree that it's a low quality concept, but I do agree that it isn't that high quality filmmaking.

[RaChAl84]

I stopped bothering with his movies after The Village... however, I think you should go to one of his movies prepared to be disappointed. I personally feel that he has begun a desperate grab at unique ways of scaring his audience and failed. Meh. So, was it worth the $10?

[esotericsean]

Well, if you haven't seen it how can you judge? It's definitely an improvement over LITW. I still have hope that he'll get back "on track" one day.

Yes, this was worth the $10, hehe.

[theslowchromehand]

the acting sucked, the plot sucked, it sucked.

[kilimats02]

agree

[Drunkenprophet23]

This move was balls

[subsaibot4512]

at 1 32 that house looks like a face freaked me out when i first watched this

[israelgaribaldi]

Yeah that movie was horrible, don't get me wrong the editing and the whole feel of it was awesome. But pretty much, this whole movie was just one big CONCEPT. He had a good CONCEPT for the movie but he had no reason, no climax, no answer. This whole time I was watching thinking it was going to explain something but it never explained anything. VERY DISAPPOINTING. 6th sense first place, signs second place, and the happening dead last.

[bloodydragon]

the bodies falling from the building was the only thing that dragged me to c the movie

[JoshandAll]

So what's the cause?

[ExpLoSiveFlyiNgMooS]

that movie was great.

[mastercheif1200]

their are 4 parts that scared me the garden hose pepole that hanged them selves the old lady smashing her head on the windows and the call wear the kid jumps out window and who could forget the lions at the zoo

[rongravy]

This movie was wayyyy retarded. I saw it only so I could be right in my arguments against M Night. That guy is a sham. The first of this movie was all that was worth watching.

Plants... Ha! I bet Al Gore types loved it.