The Happening

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I don't get it - I watched this movie yesterday in a packed house with people who seemed to be enjoying themselves. They were scared, they jumped in their seats and they laughed at the many humorous moments. Everything seemed to work and I wasn't alone at the theater in having fun with this film. Mark Wahlberg and cast are totally believable innocents, so much so that you really care about their almost-naive characters. It's definitely the most Hitchcock-like of Night's efforts to date ("The Birds" comes to mind). I must have missed his cameo though. Now I see these bad reviews all over the place, and I just don't get it. I think people just need to let go of the expectation of a 'Sixth Sense'-style bombshell, chill and enjoy themselves. Like I did. Good flick!

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I'm a sci-fi fan and its been a drought for us on original science-based fiction. Everything is a remake, based on a book or comic or a sequel. So it was with that objective in mind, I was eager to see the "The Happening". The premise of this movie had the makings of a top notch science-based movie. Leaving the theater, I am left asking what happened? This was not sci-fi, as the trailers lead me to believe, in even the most liberal use of the genre categorization IMO. Sci-fi fans will be much let down and should not see this movie looking for that element to be developed. So its not sci-fi, it could still be a good movie right? Well unfortunately it is not. The trailers also made this movie look a bit like Signs, which many people hated but I liked. Signs is all I'm going to say about Shyamalan, I'm not going to get into the "high-brow" critiquing of the director or whatever. I never care about any of that, for me a movie is about entertainment and if its worth my time. For many of you, whether a movie is worth your money is probably also significant (since you pay so much for movies). This movie is not worth your time or money. It wasn't even worth the >US$3 I paid to see it in THX, DLP, DTS, reserved seating, etc and it definitely wasn't worth my time. Movies, for me, are about story and how well that story is told. Effects, actors and the rest are all elements of telling the story and how they do is ultimately how well the story is told. The only time I was actually into this movie was in the beginning. I actually thought this would be a great movie at that point, but after around 10 minutes or so, that was it. It was then an hour and a couple dozen or so minutes of nothing. I wasn't drawn into the story, there was no air of suspense or tension, there was nothing. I know the approximate time marks because I checked my watch a half dozen times during this movie. I was so disengaged that I suggested to my girlfriend we sneak into the theater's bathroom for some actual entertainment, but she declined :(. I have to compare this movie a bit to Signs, because that was what I went in thinking this movie would be like. So if you find my review totally off, then this is where the disconnect would be, but I don't believe I am anywhere off base here, as my girlfriend (who I saw the movie with) totally agrees with me. While many people didn't like Signs, I found that it created a nice atmosphere of tension with climaxes and plot elements which kept me involved and engaged. That was totally lacking in this movie. It was more like a superficial attempt to do that, using those jump out and say "boo" elements which are so trite and overused, but lacking anything that set the sage to have those "boo" moments mean something. I felt that Mark Wahlberg and Zooey Deschanel were underwhelming. Knowing Wahlberg's ability I almost can't help but blame other people. However, even with a bad script or poor direction I expected more from Wahlberg. This is one of those bad movies where you expect someone like John Leguizamo to be able to steal the show. Sadly, even he was flat and his character's role was slightly confusing. I wouldn't be surprised if Leguizamo's acting was hampered by his own difficulty with understanding his role in the story. Instead of a 0, this got a 3 from me because there was some good. The first 10-20 minutes were interesting, there were some really beautiful shots and there was nice use of elemental effects. Nothing worth your time or money though, I wouldn't even recommend this as a rental, it was that bad.

I never understood why critics (and audiences) were so hard on M. Night Shyamalan. I honestly believe that Lady in the Water and The Village are his best films (sue me!). That's why I overlooked The Happening's negative buzz, and went to see it on its opening day. To my surprise, critics were right (for the most part), and Shyamalan has disappointed me for the first time. The idea of an airborne toxic that causes people to unconsciously hurt themselves is genuinely original, creepy, and effective. Fittingly, Shyamalan comes up with the scariest death scenes in recent memory. My fiancée had to cover her eyes multiple times. Moreover, The Happening has a couple of excellent jump scares. Needless to say, Shyamalan is still excellent at composing his scenes. And as usual, James Newton Howard's score rocks. Unfortunately, that's were the good news ends. The very first scene of The Happening puts you right in the middle of the action. But that's probably why the film runs out of steam so quickly. This should've been a 75-80 minute film. Basically, nothing happens in the second half. We're just introduced to a couple of freaky, freaky characters. Mrs. Jones in particular did get huge laughs at my showing. And BTW, I was perfectly fine with the explanation the film came up with. After all, this is a super-natural thriller. Shyamalan was always able to get excellent performances out of his leads. I'd even say that's his trademark. However, Mark Wahlberg totally lets him down. He was terrible. He has same look on his face whether he's scared, joking, or thinking. The tone of his voice rarely changed as well. His turn single-handedly eliminates the emotional impact of a lot of scenes. Remember Lady in the Water's Healing scene? I cried like a baby when I saw that. The Happening has a similar "redemption" scene, but frankly, I couldn't care less. Deschanel was even worse. She was just standing there, reciting her lines. She got better near the end though.