The Happening

[The Mothman]

Im not even going to see this. M. Night throws out so much crap. what an awful ad scheme too. "his first R rated movie" OOOoooooOOOoo. so what.

[stenchofdeath]

[QUOTE=heebiejeebies;715198]It was R-rated. That was actually the selling point in most of the TV ads.

In my country it got an MA 15+ rating. If it was R here then it would have had more violence and more gore and graphic scenes.

[Noah]

*SPOILERS BELOW*






I'm on the fence.... There were a lot of "poor" things about this... But I think a good amount of them were intentional by M. Night. It's not your typical hollywood horror/thriller. The reactions of the non-main characters seemed pretty realistic.... Seeing people die, and in their shock, they're not freaking out, etc.

I also loved the concept.... An "invisible enemy" basically. I wasn't too thrilled with Mark E. Mark's performance (I thought he looked really old in this for some reason) and also Zoey Deschanel did a horrid job too (though admittedly she's nice on the eyes).

But the movie was somewhat original (I know there've been killer plant flicks before) with the air toxins, and the way some of the death's were executed. I enjoyed what few death/blood scenes there were though. The highlight of the film was Dante from Clerks (Jeep Driver that John Leguizamo was riding in) flew through the windshield of his Jeep after driving into the tree! Great stuff there, and that death scene was grim and well executed.

I don't know what to think really.... I guess it wasn't as bad as I initially thought it was, after thinking about it some more. I like the fact it made me think, anyway. The characters were awkward, but they weren't your sterotypical movie chraracters either.... Though some of that dialogue was just beyond awful. I also thought the crazy old lady was a little bit over the top....

I definitely liked it better than The Village, and it's better than Signs (simply because Signs was about an alien invasion, when their weakness was water - and they're invading a planet that's 60% water or whatever it is, anyway :p)

I like more than half of Shymalan's flicks:

-Unbreakable
-Lady in the Water
-The Sixth Sense

This one was OK, Signs' concept was weak, and The Village was garbage.

[heebiejeebies]

Originally Posted by stenchofdeath

If it was R here then it would have had more violence and more gore and graphic scenes.

There actually might have been something to watch then.:D

[Ferox13]

The highlight of the film was Dante from Clerks (Jeep Driver that John Leguizamo was riding in) flew through the windshield of his Jeep after driving into the tree!

'I'm not even suposed to be here to day....'

[Hilti88NYC]

I must say I dont like any of this guys movies,until I saw the happening.

It was a creepy idea, and very original,which the horror community has lacked for a long time. it one remak e after another, one sequl after another, or prequel etc.....

Finally an original well thought out idea is thrown out there and every one hates it. Well a majority of posts I read everywhere other message boards etc...People are not liking this film. I also thought there was more of a meaning to this film, just by a comment made by some one at the end of the film. This film may have a deeper meaning.

I thought the plot was very good,the acting very good ( being I been a fan of Mark Walberg ). I think the whole point that the trees etc were fighting back against people which have become the enemies of the planet we live in, as we are destrotying it.Its natures planet and its fighting back.

Great plot,very original and solid movie.Death scenes were excellent as well.

I give it 7.5 out of 10 *'s, as I was very pleased with the film. I think people need to be a bit more open minded. Just a bit.

[Angra]

Originally Posted by Hilti88NYC

I must say I dont like any of this guys movies,until I saw the happening.

It was a creepy idea, and very original,which the horror community has lacked for a long time. it one remak e after another, one sequl after another, or prequel etc.....

Finally an original well thought out idea is thrown out there and every one hates it. Well a majority of posts I read everywhere other message bpards etc...People are not liking this film. I also thought there was more of a menaing to this film, just by a comment made by some one at the end of the film.So there maybe a bit of well thought out meaning to this film.

I thought the plot was very good,the acting very good ( being I been a fan of Mark Walberg ). I think the whole point that the trees etc were fighting back against people which have become the enemies of the planet we live in, as we are destrotying it.Its natures planet and its fighting back.

Great plot,very original and solid movie.

Some people would call it just plain stupid. But fair enough. To each his own..

[Hilti88NYC]

Originally Posted by Angra

Some people would call it just plain stupid. But fair enough. To each his own..

Thats cool, but Im one to really careless what anyone would call it. Its a matter of opinion and thats it.

To each his own,ya know:eek:

[The Mothman]

Originally Posted by Hilti88NYC

Thats cool, but Im one to really careless what anyone would call it.

nice grammar.

[vampira]

Yeah I would've thought it to be PG-13; but my dad's speculated that one of the main reasons that it was rated R was because of the scene where all the construction workers were falling off the building

Make sense??