The Happening

[PDXChris]

Unbreakable is a good damn movie. After that and 6th sense Everything he has done sucks!

I agree with Unbreakable and 6th Sense, but to me Signs was at least watchable compared to the others. I will check out The Happening on DVD just to see the train wreck I think it will be.

 

[earthsci]

I liked it.

 

[Zeno]

I just saw it today...eh? Not sure what to say. It was better than Lady in the Water & The Village IMO...6th Sense and Signs are MUCH better movies though.

 

[joeshmo]

M. Knight makes movies about slightly flawed people challenged by the unknown. He (properly) focuses on the people and the challenge and uses the unknown as the backdrop. Unfortunately, he tries too hard at the storytelling some of the time, but I always appreciate his movies in the sense that he's telling stories and not trying to throw up some eye candy under the guise of making movies.

Thats why I tend to like his movies. Story driven rather then gore, special effects, or artsy driven like most movies these days. They are also usually original and not the tired same plots that keep being recycled.

The only one I didnt like was the Village. It just seemed like the actors mailed in for that movie, and Knight fell into his own hype trying to give everyone a twist rather then an actual story. Lady in the Water was an actual story with an actual plot, with great actors.

I will still probably wait for The Happening on DVD. Wahlberg is not a favorite actor of mine and is pretty low on my list.

 

[abomb]

20% on RT.

 

[dreamcastrocks]

20% on RT.

I'll probably like it. If people go in expecting The Sixth Sense, they will be disappointed in every one of his movies until he stops making them.

Set your expectations lower.

 

[abomb]

I'll probably like it. If people go in expecting The Sixth Sense, they will be disappointed in every one of his movies until he stops making them.

Set your expectations lower.

After reading a few reviews, it seems expectations were near zero after Lady in the Water and he still failed.

 

[Chaplin]

I'll probably like it. If people go in expecting The Sixth Sense, they will be disappointed in every one of his movies until he stops making them.

Set your expectations lower.

Except that The Sixth Sense is based on it's brilliant twist ending. The movie itself isn't really that great taken as a whole.

The problem is that M. Night was consistently touted as the next Spielberg back in the day and he has failed horribly of living up to that billing. Part of it is media scrutiny, but another part of it is that he just isn't that great of a filmmaker.

Like it or not, it appears this movie will ruin what little career he has left.

 

[PortlandCardFan]

Saw it lastnight... Most here will hate it (I think)... Acting was subpar, story was okay, and it had a low budget feel to it.

A tad over 2 stars from me...

 

[RON_IN_OC]

I think M. Knights career jumped the shark when he made that AMEX commercial.

 

[Beaver]

Holy crap this movie sucked. Only good part was when the guy was attacked by the lions. STAY AWAY.

 

[Renz]

It was okay. Definitely not great, but not terrible. Worth a rental, IMO.

 

[Ryanwb]

Watch the "Mark Wahlberg talks to Animals" skit on SNL then watch the scene where he talks about bees to his class in this movie. Hilarious

http://www.hulu.com/watch/37753/saturday-night-live-mark-wahlberg-talks-to-animals

 

[Bada0Bing]

Just watched it. Holy Crow this movie was bad. I liked the premise, but the script and acting was horrible.

1:4500 says he appears in the movie somewhere.

Nope.

Holy crap this movie sucked. Only good part was when the guy was attacked by the lions. STAY AWAY.

Yeah, that was pretty silly. It often seemed like I was watching a spoof movie.

 

[mojorizen7]

Just watched it. Holy Crow this movie was bad. I liked the premise, but the script and acting was horrible.



Nope.



Yeah, that was pretty silly. It often seemed like I was watching a spoof movie.

That about sums it up for me too. Watching the actors go thru their lines was brutal....my 9 yr old daughter could've written a better script.