To M. Night Shyamalan

The Happening and other comments

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[LewiTunes]

a cameo appearance is the least of the problems in The Happening... he was in fact 'joey' who says Hello on the phone.

Clearly his worst movie.

IMO

1. Sixth Sense

2. Unbreakable

3. Signs

5. The Village

10. The Happening

[UpDownMostly]

I know, but that's not good enough for me. He's gotta be in there somewhere!

[genmama1955]

I'm going to watch Lady in the Water now. I did like the Village, and all his other movies.

[UpDownMostly]

Well remember Lady in the Water was the production of a fairy tale he told to his kids and it was really something he did for them and other kids. I loved it actually, i watch movies to be entertained. Lady in the water was entertaining to me.

[astralweeks88]

I didn't like The Happening as much as his other films. To me, it seemed to suffer from poor casting. It was the first movie of his where I didn't relate to any of the characters; I wasn't moved by them. Perhaps the greatest appeal of Shyamalan's films is that they're emotionally very rich experiences; like The Village, Unbreakable or Lady in the Water, moving from comedy to tragedy to moments that get under the skin. Unfortunately I didn't get that from The Happening.

[psychobabble1000]

@TTillman3 oh my god,what an intriguing premise! sorry but a sixth grader could have come up with that one.

[psychobabble1000]

I am not a film critic,but I am educated in film. this man is not a genius or an intellectual,his films are not entertaining or intelligent.he is great at convincing people that they are intelligent.they are mostly dreary. he is great at mood and pulling good performances out of the actors(mostly) but he cannot write to save his life! get someone else to write for him and he could be onto something but I don't think his ego would allow that.

[YT0Vits]

As a fan myself,I have to ask:who cares about the cameos?They have nothing to do with the quality of the movie,nor how good filmmaker he is.

[ichigoxmarura15]

You know he didn't make a appearance in Wide awake either.

[Flaw55]

M. Night Shyamalan was in the happening. He was the voice on the cell phone when Alma picked it up.

[Jonashottie7]

This guys voice is cool. It's like Ben Stein with a lower voice.

[TTillman3]

No one looks at the subtext in his movies. Like in The Happening--an event from nature causes people to brutally kill themselves, right? Well in regards to how we've treated the environment, what are we doing as a civilization BUT killing ourselves?

M. Night's genius is in mixing popular entertainment with more thougth provoking themes. Much like Spielberg, although I hate comparing the two.

[dajeffect]

look the happening was bad but this guy does make top movies and he makes you think regardless if you like them or not

[TSXboy26]

I think this movie was horrible!! The acting was so bad it seemed like a comedy.