
You might want to stay home and clean out the fridge, instead. It would be much more entertaining, and you probably won’t feel like you have wasted 91 minutes of your life!
I just got back from seeing M. Night Shyamalan’s new movie, “The Happening“. The only thing that happened during that movie - was me feeling guilty for spending $6.75. As I said earlier this week - I really, really wanted to like this movie. After a promising start of a career - MNS went on to make some disastrous mistakes (can anyone say “Lady in the Water“?).
I knew this movie wasn’t going to be pay-full-price-movie-good, so I decided to hit the matinee instead. And to be honest, I probably wouldn’t have even spent $1.00 at the Red Box to rent it - had I known what this dumb-ass movie was really about.
I want sooooooooooo badly to tell you what this “mysterious toxin” is that’s making everyone inexplicably kill themselves. It was so bad…I actually heard people (besides myself) snickering, and laughing out loud.
If you’re at all interested in the “spoiler” of the movie, then leave me a comment, I’ll answer you there.
If you LOVED “The Village” and “Lady in the Water” - then this is the movie for you! But, if you actually enjoy movies, and prefer to NOT be tortured…I would definitely SKIP this movie. I felt bad for Mark Wahlberg and Zooey Deschanel...this will go down as one of those “what was I thinking” movies.
UGH…it was painful!!!
Message for Mr. M. Night Shyamalan:
Good sir,
I truly loved “Sixth Sense“. I might even say I loved “Signs“. “Unbreakable” wasn’t unbearable, but that might have been because Bruce Willis was in it - and I’d pay to see him do just about anything.
But then you bring us “The Village“, the mind-numbing “Lady in the Water” and the unbelievably TERRIBLE “The Happening“.
I am REALLY amazed that there are studios that still allow you to make movies. I honestly don’t know how this movie made it past the drawing board.
I think you make an amazing director - but I am begging you to quit writing. It’s just not happening… no pun intended.
Jocelyn
Posted Friday, June 13th, 2008 at 3:15pm
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