For the most part, response to M. Night Shyamalan's The Happening has been pretty brutal. People are calling it arguably his worst film.

Has anyone seen it? Any unofficial org reviews?
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I saw it.


Summerizing it now.

Haven't seen it and if I had I wouldn't tell you.

Hope that helps!

The movie wasn't scary.

The emotional stakes in the movie were not all that belieavable.

There were certain really great visual scenes--done rather stylized, but they 'worked' regardless. The problem is that they made the movie seem less real and gritty and more dream like.


**** SPOILER BELOW *****

The entire premise of the movie is that mass suicides are happening all over the north east of the United States, because plants are releasing a chemical that causes us to switch off the rational portion of our brains which keeps us from killing ourselves and being animalistic.

Before anybody rolls their eyes at this concept, plants actually have evolved over time to do things which are NOT that far fetched from the concept in this movie. Plants release all number of chemicals that make insects behave in various ways by altering their brain functions, and we even use certain plants for their hallucinogenic and other various properties now. It's not unplausible that plants could evolve defense mechanisms which cause them to just release those chemicals airborn.


Mark Walberg also gives a good performance and looks absolutely hawt in this movie--I love the additional age on his face. The boyish quality is still there , but he also looks more like a man now. What an ass he has on him--not quite Thomas Jane's ass, but still a great ass. Great ass.

great ass.

The ending was stupid though. And overall, the movie is NOT a great movie. Its one of his weaker ones. But I liked the premise--just not the execution.


Mark Walberg has a great ass.



Is to Is-NOT a great movie edit
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2the9s said:

Good morning, 9s.

Imago said:

I'm going to intentionally use a word incorrectly...

That was the most schizophrenic film review I've ever read.

The premise is perhaps the most intriguing part. It's a stretch, buy, hey, it's ostensibly sci-fi. What I've heard, though, is that the suicide scenes are supposed to be disturbing, but they start to come off as funny. Also, someone was going on about absurd shots of "evil plants" and the ominous wind that carried their neurotoxins. Please tell me these things are unbased

Lammastide said:

Imago said:

Lammastide said:

The suicides are sometimes hilarious.


**** SPOILER ALERT ****


The suicide at the zoo was hilarious

The lawnmower suicide was hilarious

And the 'reations' to those suicides appeared to have been directed by George Lucas.

Mark Walberg has a great ass.

Not as good as Thomas Jane's ass, but great.

Lammastide said:

All I know is that Raj, Rerun, and Dwayne were up to their old tricks until Dee came on and wasn't having any of that.

What on earth is a Lammastide anyways? Sounds like it might have won the best in show at a herding competition in Peru or something.

Imago said:

A la 2 Girls, 1 Cup! I'll definitely see the film now!
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Imago said:

It's a foreign language portmanteau word. "La" means "the" or "there." "Masti" is Punjab for "God's grace." And "de" means "to venture" or "go" in Sanskrit.

Loosely translated it means, "There but for the grace of God go I."

2the9s said:

HA! Now I KNOW you haven't seen the film!! Rerun would never do anything like this project. He's... like... a cardinal or something now. (Check out his red hat )

You false prophet, you!!


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2the9s said:

Ebert & Roeper & Mr. Grumpy Toes

Movie was okay..made you think a bit, about the planet. Yes that was a 'GREEN' comment.

But it wasn't scary, and there were hokie parts to it.

I enjoyed the HULK much better.

MoniGram said:

I'd fuck Ed Norton before I fucked Mark Walberg for sure. Ed looks like he'd be a good bottom. Mark looks like he'd be too bossy about it.

"Oh, daddy, do it like this... no... hold it... no deeper. no wait... this way... yes, daddy, yes... no wait...."

Imago said:

Imago said:

But how do you feel about Mark Walberg's ass? I don't think you have mentioned it yet.

Sowhat said:

Well, it's not Thomas Jane's ass--but it's great.

Imago said:

one thing i couldnt understand was ...WHY were they running around in fields OUTSIDE if it was airbourne????

Take shelter indoors for christ sake!! SHEESH!

Imago said:

wow, you've really committed to ghey haven't you?