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dianetavegia -> The Happening....... ICK (6/14/2008 6:26:53 PM)

We just saw 'The Happening' and boy is it NOT happening! Stupid, stupid story with lousy, lousy acting. It was a very long hour and half and not at all worth the $16.00 we spent.

Rated R because they used several buckets of blood, but otherwise clean.

Anyone agree? Disagree?

If you've not seen it, check out the ratings on Fandango. Boy I wish we had.

http://www.fandango.com/thehappening_103748/readuserreviews?status=1



4IMPersuaded -> RE: The Happening....... ICK (6/14/2008 6:37:25 PM)

I'm not one for scary movies -- except I did like the Sixth Sense. Very original. I doubt I would have seen this one, but after reading the reviews on your link... That's a definine Uh-uh.

Thanks for the tip!



teaspoon61 -> RE: The Happening....... ICK (6/14/2008 7:24:42 PM)

I was wondering about this movie. Thanks for letting us know it's not worth the time.

Also, I had never heard of FANDANGO. That's a cool site. I'll be sure to check it out before I waste any of my hard earned money.



relady -> RE: The Happening....... ICK (6/14/2008 7:47:02 PM)

WOW, not one person liked it at all! Guess that one will def be a DVD!

Diane, just a thought....did you see the Village? And what was your opinion of that one?



jodavi -> RE: The Happening....... ICK (6/14/2008 8:07:03 PM)

'will probably wait for the DVD. I've seen all M Night's movies and liked most of them and some did not like The Village but I really liked that one. Lady in the water was one [8|] movie. So with The Happening, 'will just wait on DVD.



dianetavegia -> RE: The Happening....... ICK (6/14/2008 8:12:20 PM)

I was disappointed with The Village when I saw it the first time but we bought it and I watch it very often (every other week??). I really liked it, once I was over the 'it's not a monster' surprise and thought it through.

I love Sixth Sense. Really enjoy Unbreakable. Signs is a favorite. We own all of those. I've not seen Lady in the Water because I heard too many say they didn't like it at all. I'm a real fan of M. Night, but what a disappointment this was.

Diane



alias007 -> RE: The Happening....... ICK (6/14/2008 8:55:57 PM)

Signs is one of my favorite movies, and I've liked all of M. Night's movies. Even Lady in the Water wasn't that bad IMO.
But I was disappointed in him for the way he allowed The Happening to be marketed. Every trailer emphasized how this was his first R rated film. I think he was trying to bounce back from the negative critical reviews he received the last couple of films by trying to follow the typical Hollywood formula for horror movies. Let's throw in more blood!
I personally liked his earlier style (building suspense slowly and leaving much to the imagination), and I wish he didn't feel the need to cater to the critics by changing his style.
Based on the reviews I've read, it didn't seem to help him much anyways. Maybe he should have been more concerned about pleasing his fanbase.



1love1God1way -> RE: The Happening....... ICK (6/14/2008 11:46:35 PM)

I can't stand M. Night's movies. I think they are awful.



henny -> RE: The Happening....... ICK (6/15/2008 4:12:34 PM)

"The 6th Sense" was OK and I liked "Unbreakable" (his best film), but everything he's done since then has been varying degrees of awful, so I probably won't bother with "The Happening."

That said, though, I think the critical backlash against him is a bit much at times. I think he's a competent director and he's very good at establishing moods -he's just a terrible writer and should quit writing his own films. His films seem to be becoming more absurd and unintentionally laughable as he goes along.

I think he'd increase his standing in Hollywood again if he started directing other people's scripts, or allowed better writers to tackle ideas that he comes up with.



henny -> RE: The Happening....... ICK (6/15/2008 4:28:34 PM)

PS:

This is by far the funniest review of the film I've seen.

It's chock full of spoilers, though, so don't read it if you want to see it (although it makes it sound so bad I almost want to see it just for its sheer badness):

http://www.tnr.com/politics/story.html?id=75893f9a-3391-4ab5-88c8-cf7e74bcd835



1love1God1way -> RE: The Happening....... ICK (6/15/2008 5:06:25 PM)

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ORIGINAL: henny

"The 6th Sense" was OK and I liked "Unbreakable" (his best film), but everything he's done since then has been varying degrees of awful, so I probably won't bother with "The Happening."

That said, though, I think the critical backlash against him is a bit much at times. I think he's a competent director and he's very good at establishing moods -he's just a terrible writer and should quit writing his own films. His films seem to be becoming more absurd and unintentionally laughable as he goes along.

I think he'd increase his standing in Hollywood again if he started directing other people's scripts, or allowed better writers to tackle ideas that he comes up with.


He made himself the savior of mankind in Lady in the Water. . .that's a bit. . . cocky. . . IMHO.



danas_mom -> RE: The Happening....... ICK (6/15/2008 10:54:18 PM)

Not my type of movie, but I do know several people who went to see it just to watch the X-Files trailer. They all thought it stunk too.



Brandy -> RE: The Happening....... ICK (6/16/2008 6:36:32 AM)

It was way too predictable, as is my problem with his last few movies.

When I can tell what is going to be the end problem in the first 20 minutes I get irritated.

The gore didn't get me.. it really wasn't that awful and certainly not worth the hype over it being his first R movie.

I definitely agree he needs to use someone else's scripts, THAT could be a great movie.

The little girl was a HORRIBLE actor.

And I was surprised at all the familiar faces I saw. The guy from Clerks was in it as was Abigail Breslins (signs girl) older brother.

Bonus to seeing it?
Sitting in front of Nick Stahl - John Connor from Terminator 3! Very nice guy, talked to him for a bit afterwards.



Starbucks880 -> RE: The Happening....... ICK (6/16/2008 7:38:58 PM)

This really was a bad movie, but at the same time it is almost worth it to watch because of how bad it is. Many parts were unintentionally funny and there were several of us in the theater laughing at times when we weren't supposed to. The acting was just atrocious--just everyone was bad. It is almost like he wanted to remake The Birds, but instead of birds, there are plants in this case--and no, this is nowhere in the same league as The Birds, which was a good movie. Besides the acting, the dialogue was just silly-like the whole movie and the music score was just off. I really think M.Night Shymalan (sp?) should think about hiring writers on his next movie instead of doing it all himself. One of the things I really liked about the premise was how subtle the message was [:D]



IonMoon -> RE: The Happening....... ICK (6/16/2008 10:00:04 PM)

I just got back from it. I wasn't really expecting much, so maybe that is why I wasn't horribly disappointed. It was an okay movie. Would have rather waited for it on video, but I don't regret seeing it.

I agree he could definitely use some help with his writing.

I just don't understand how he could make The Sixth Sense & Unbreakable... and then everything else he has made?!? The first two were amazing... everything since... mediocre. But they probably all could have been GREAT had he not tried to do it all himself. If he would recognize his own weaknesses and get some good feedback he could have fixed a lot of the mistakes.

Some of his dialogue is just SO amatuer and SO bad I believe if he lets others screen his scripts they MUST be telling him, so either he isn't getting feedback or he is ignoring it, IMO.

Tara P



IonMoon -> RE: The Happening....... ICK (6/16/2008 10:01:52 PM)

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ORIGINAL: Starbucks880

This really was a bad movie, but at the same time it is almost worth it to watch because of how bad it is. Many parts were unintentionally funny and there were several of us in the theater laughing at times when we weren't supposed to. The acting was just atrocious--just everyone was bad. It is almost like he wanted to remake The Birds, but instead of birds, there are plants in this case--and no, this is nowhere in the same league as The Birds, which was a good movie. Besides the acting, the dialogue was just silly-like the whole movie and the music score was just off. I really think M.Night Shymalan (sp?) should think about hiring writers on his next movie instead of doing it all himself. One of the things I really liked about the premise was how subtle the message was [:D]


Yeah... we had the inappropriate laughter going, too. My other complaint is that it was way too preachy. He does not do subtle well.

Tara P



abrocks22 -> RE: The Happening....... ICK (6/17/2008 3:36:34 PM)

yeah...the plot was easy to figure out...and the ending was bad, i had nothing good to say about it once it was over



reach -> RE: The Happening....... ICK (6/17/2008 4:49:15 PM)

I think this gets the award of the dumbest movie ever.

I liked Sixth Sense. Love Unbreakable. I ever tolerated all the other movies, once I got over what I wanted to see, and what he provied. (great plot that was dropped for something else). But this movie was horrible and I will not see another one in the theatre. I will wait for Netflix. I don't like wasting money like you spend to see a movie in the theatre for garbage like that.



Starbucks880 -> RE: The Happening....... ICK (6/17/2008 6:05:55 PM)

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ORIGINAL: reach

I think this gets the award of the dumbest movie ever.

I liked Sixth Sense. Love Unbreakable. I ever tolerated all the other movies, once I got over what I wanted to see, and what he provied. (great plot that was dropped for something else). But this movie was horrible and I will not see another one in the theatre. I will wait for Netflix. I don't like wasting money like you spend to see a movie in the theatre for garbage like that.

Yes, but what I don't get is how he can write something as great as Sixth Sense and then just go so far downhill on the others? It is as if he either forgot how to write or maybe Sixth Sense and to a lesser extent Unbreakable were just flukes? I don't mind so much spending money for bad movies--sometimes to brighten my day and ease stress, a laughably bad movie will help. That is part of the reason I saw The Mist--another bad movie, but yet also funny.



reach -> RE: The Happening....... ICK (6/17/2008 8:22:17 PM)

This movie was so bad. I thought if this was a in the "Scary Movie" series, then it might have been funny. LOL!

Was Sixth Sense & Unbreakable written by him?



Cinexcellence -> RE: The Happening....... ICK (6/17/2008 11:17:11 PM)

You can read my quick review HERE. I did like the overall concept and story, but I couldn't get past the horrible acting, dialogue, and script.



gambit -> RE: The Happening....... ICK (6/19/2008 10:33:27 AM)

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ORIGINAL: dianetavegia

We just saw 'The Happening' and boy is it NOT happening! Stupid, stupid story with lousy, lousy acting. It was a very long hour and half and not at all worth the $16.00 we spent.

Rated R because they used several buckets of blood, but otherwise clean.

Anyone agree? Disagree?

If you've not seen it, check out the ratings on Fandango. Boy I wish we had.

http://www.fandango.com/thehappening_103748/readuserreviews?status=1

Agreed. Worse movie of the year for me.



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