The Happening. Directed by M. Night Shyamalan. Written by M. Night Shyamalan. Release Date: 13 June 2008. Country of Production: United States. Key Cast: Mark Whalberg (Eliot Moore), Zooey Deschanel (Alma Moore), John Leguizamo (Julian).I'll get straight to the point: The Happening sucks hardcore. I try at all times to see the good in a film, particularly when I sit down to write a public review. There is nothing redeeming about this movie. It's heavy-handed in its message, the acting is unnaturally bad, and the concept is so repulsively stupid that M. Night had to write paragraphs of clunky, expository dialogue just to hope an audience might find his concept remotely plausible.
I get it M. Night. People are hurting the environment. Thank you for bringing that to my attention. You are truly a pioneer of social change. Oh wait, absolutely everyone in the public eye has been discussing the green movement for years now. Way to suit up for the fourth quarter. It's not even a specific environmental problem that's being addressed. Every single plant in the world simply recognizes, magically, that human beings are a specific threat in need of neutralizing.
Listen, M. Night, I think the hype from Sixth Sense has officially subsided. No one is waiting on pins and needles to see what your next masterpiece will be. Just slow down, take your time, and write a decent movie. Not even a great one. A decent one. It's time to get back on track.
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You said it, man. What happened?! He had such a cool Rod Serling thing going on for a while, and then, woah! You know?
This movie did suck. And I'm getting a little tired of being beaten over the head with this environmental baloney. If you're going to make it about global warming and environmentalism, do it with the balls that Gore gave 'ya, but otherwise, don't make it the freaking twist ending! And by that I mean, I'm still holding a grudge against Happy Feet.
It's like if you read Battlefield Earth and then in the last chapter realized that the whole book had been an elaborate recruitment for a religious cult.
The Happening Drinking Game....
TAKE A DRINK WHENEVER….
Someone talks on a phone
Wind blows trees and grass
News is reported on the television or radio
Someone commits suicide (2 drinks if it’s really creative)
TAKE A DRINK WHEN YOU SEE…
A gun
People freeze
People running
A close up on Mark Wahlberg or Zooey Deschanel
TAKE A DRINK WHEN SOMEONE SAYS…
“bees”
“toxin”
“plants”
“attack”
CHUG YOUR DRINK WHENEVER…
M. Night Shyamalan has a cameo (if you can spot it)
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