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July 9, 2008 Movie Review: The Happening
The first couple of words that come to mind when thinking about M. Night Shyamalan’s movie The Happening is…this could have been better! Mark Wahlberg was the only thing stopping myself from walking up out of the movie theater. The concept of the movie was good, but this movie was not the business. M. Night used to make such excellent movies such as Unbreakable, Signs, and The Sixth Sense. Once Lady In The Water hit theaters, it went downhill from there even though the movie bought in over $70 million dollars worth of tickets. Yes The Happening has sold over $60 million dollars worth of tickets world wide, but it doesn’t mean I am going to like the movie. To summarize it, a family is on the run from an inexplicable and unstoppable event that threatens mankind. M. Night is also known for his unique twists in his movies, but nothing was unique. If you haven’t seen the movie, don’t waste money on it.
Chad
July 9, 2008 at 3:53 pm
My favorite line of the whole movie was… “Are you eyeing my lemon drink?” God this movie was shiteous!!!
supergirlie
July 9, 2008 at 8:30 pm
my favorite scene was when the zoo keeper fed his arm to the lion…the movie sucked but it was laughable! I have hated M Nigh Shamalan since “the village”
Ms.NeeCee
July 9, 2008 at 10:26 pm
My favorite part in this movie was when the guy ran the jeep into the tree. The ending was a mess!
Allycat
July 10, 2008 at 4:05 pm
i would agree with suoergirlie here, this movie was very much simila to the village in that…it was UTTER and ABSOLUTE shite. yes i said it. shite. I walked out of the movie theatre thinking, “boy i would like punch some sense into M. Night’s head right now” as in seriously. I usually trust my RollingStone movie reviews but this time although it was rated a C- i wanted to see what was up cuz it looked so interesting. *sigh* rolling stone i apologise. It really WAS NOT HAPPENING!! and what the heck was up with that ending?!!!! crap i tell u, crap!