The Happening

[koolmike]

M. Night Shyamalan's next movie looks pretty good. Saw the trailer when I went to see IRON MAN. Hope he redeems himself...his last few efforts were crappy IMO.
Anyone else see the trailer?

http://www.imdb.com/video/trailer/vi2430796057/

[BooBerry]

Looks good. Interesting story too.

[Metapher]

A early review of it:
http://www.collider.com/entertainment/reviews/article.asp/aid/7903/tcid/1


I'm saying it again, it rips off this:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=GFjWjAz49Z4

[IKickAssForTheLord]

yea I saw this a awhile ago.... I still don't know what it is 'bout.

[Tarantino]

Well it definitely looks interesting, but Mark Wahlberg's poor line deliveries and grammar are laughable.

"We lost contact."

"With whom?

[Lucio Argento]

Looks like a piece of shit like the rest of his movies.

[K.I.N.G]

I'll see it.

[woodenheart]

^^ me too

[Joker]

His movies have let me down more than once.....I'm still upset about lady in the water,but I'll give him another chance because just like the other movies this one does look good.

[dead breed]

He has great interesting ideas...BUT he just fucks up his movies imo The endings just make me go BLAH!

But this looks interesting Ill go see it even though the ending is going to be PURE crap..I can almost guarantee the ending is going to be crap. It'll probably end that Mark is dreaming all of this while hes in a padded cell or something fucking horrible.

[koolmike]

:lol:

[RustedChainsaw]

Still not sure what the hell this is about. From the poster, it reminds me of "Twister", or some other natural disaster movie. My cousin says it's about a deadly plague or something. Mass hysteria. The commercials are also confusing. So, I'm not interested in seeing it. For now anyway.

[BooBerry]

OK spoilers kinda sorta below!!!


From everything I've heard on it, there's a mass plague indeed, but it's not a disease. It's a spore from certain trees that when people breathe it it makes them crazy. First they get all dazed and blank, then they are urged to commit suicide.

The only thing I'm confused about is what Marky Mark and the kids are running from and he says "They're coming" or something like that. Perhaps the spores affect animals?

[choptop2]

M Night is hit or miss. I've give this a rental. Trailers look promising.

[Slasher Freak'97]

The film looks good BUT what he is doing with it by not showing us anything, is a VERY SAD ATTEMPT at Earning Money. & it disgusts me for him to scoop this low. But yet the flick Reminds of the War of the Worlds (2005).

[BooBerry]

The film looks good BUT what he is doing with it by not showing us anything, is a VERY SAD ATTEMPT at Earning Money. & it disgusts me for him to scoop this low. But yet the flick Reminds of the War of the Worlds (2005).

:scratch:
It's called marketing & money making. Besides that, it's very doubtful M. Night has anything to do with the way the movie is being advertised.

And since when is keeping every detail of the plot disgusting? That's just nonsense.

[Dr. Awesome]

Every movie i've seen of his has been total crap, but I was never interested from the beginning with those movies. This on the other hand looks interesting so I'll def. rent this plus I like ol' Marky Mark so yeah.....

[Slasher Freak'97]

:scratch:
It's called marketing & money making. Besides that, it's very doubtful M. Night has anything to do with the way the movie is being advertised.

And since when is keeping every detail of the plot disgusting? That's just nonsense.

I never said that the Plot disgusts me, i said how the company is advertising the movie disgusts me)!

[Slasher Freak'97]

Every movie i've seen of his has been total crap, but I was never interested from the beginning with those movies. This on the other hand looks interesting so I'll def. rent this plus I like ol' Marky Mark so yeah.....

Yeah, his films are Not earning too much at the box office, maybe he oughta relax a bit & make his alittle more normal & stop trying to be so dam extreme all the time, its obviously not working ever since the Sixth Sense, but i heard 2 BAD Early REVIEWS on this one so i dunno, Starting to worry about Poor M. Night here)!

[opterasis]

Right, compromise his artist vision to make more money. The sign of a true director.

[Horror movie fan]

Saw the trailer and it look pretty crappy butr maybe it will better.

http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/ff145/tzombiephotos/JasonUnmasked.gif

[hackerslacker]

New Red band trailer...

http://www.joblo.com/video/player.php?video=redbandhappening

NOW thats what im talkin about!

[Get Some]

that trailer was fuckin sweeet

[BooBerry]

To all you neigh-sayers...

I say good day!

[darkoverlord]

im looking forward to this movie.

[nikjbax]

Very exciting and I can't wait until it comes out besides the strangers its going to be the next best suspense movie this year!

[Triff89]

Just seen the trailer for the first time today. Im not interested.

[BooBerry]

Just seen the trailer for the first time today. Im not interested.

:stone:

[K.I.N.G]

Looks shit to me, bunch of people running away from nothing.

[BooBerry]

... they're running away from spores I tells ya! Spores!

[K.I.N.G]

Gotta watch out for them damn spores.

[ZION]

M. Night = 1 hit wonder.

[dead breed]

Very exciting and I can't wait until it comes out besides the strangers its going to be the next best suspense movie this year!

your back eh? ...nice sig

Back on topic:

The ending of this movie will be shit, some shit ball twist. He always does this with his movies, makes you look forward to watching it, then you get half way through the movie and you're like fuckkk I want my $ back.

[hackerslacker]

your back eh? ...nice sig


your back? I have never heard of him.

[dead breed]

slasherfreak97 or whatever he/she calls themself = scream fan

[koolmike]

There's another movie coming out that's similar to this one, only the plot is everyone in the world goes blind all at once, at the same time...wicked concept...forgot the name of the movie.

[BooBerry]

The ending of this movie will be shit, some shit ball twist. He always does this with his movies, makes you look forward to watching it, then you get half way through the movie and you're like fuckkk I want my $ back.

I remember reading somewhere that this one actually doesn't have his trademark twist ending. Some reporter was trying to figure it out in some interview and he said there isn't one.
And I think his films have gotten progressively better each time, save for Lady In The Water, which I didn't like.

There's another movie coming out that's similar to this one, only the plot is everyone in the world goes blind all at once, at the same time...wicked concept...forgot the name of the movie.

Blindness... :ahheh: w/ Julianne Moore. And it's not the whole world, just one town that's quarantined.

[JerkyPuck]

I'm not a huge fan of MNights....but I will certainly give the man his due on being a great storyteller and a talented director. I just haven't gotten into any of the storylines, because of content solely, since Signs. Loved 6th Sense though...that movie is so much more than a twist ending. Incredibly acted and directed throughout. The Happening looks promising though.

[satanocat]

kinds looks like the andromeda strain, but i dont know. it does look like you just have to see to movie to find out what is goin on. i dont know i will rent it

[K.I.N.G]

slasherfreak97 or whatever he/she calls themself = scream fan

You don't know shit.

[dead breed]

You don't know shit.

:lol: ?

[slimeisacharacter]

Worth a rental, maybe.

That said, he really needs to look at who he is doing business with. The marketing department coverage of some of his films has a great deal to be desired; this and the Lady in the Water being perfect examples of "WTF are they thinking?" marketing practices.

[neverscared]

New Red band trailer...

http://www.joblo.com/video/player.php?video=redbandhappening

NOW thats what im talkin about!

i will only go see this movie because mark wahlberg is in it.:bigthumbup:

[woodenheart]

i will only go see this movie because mark wahlberg is in it.:bigthumbup:

me too and also like the floating bodies!

[thrEE6MAfia]

at first this looked pretty dumb, untill i saw teh trailer witht he lady pulling out the pin from her hair and slowly pericein her neck with out :eek2: and the dude lying in front of his lawn mower, ouch
hopefully with will be some what gorey

i wonder what the "twist" ending will be
my guess is that Marky MArk will wake up and the whole movie will be a dream, basicly what ive come to expect from M.Night movies
:D

[K.I.N.G]

Okay, that trailer has made me a little bit excited to see this.

[xxsic4slipknotxx]

I'm actually kind of looking forward to it, it seems to have a creepy vibe to it.

[steelba]

It looks lame with people floating around everywhere :dsp:

[koolmike]

They're falling off buildings yo.

[BooBerry]

Okay... where did it show people floating? I didn't see anyone floating.

EDIT: Wait, are you guys talking about the people "floating" above the road? It's pretty ovbious they've just all hung themselves from the trees. Lay off the drugs kids. (36 and IKAFTL disregard this ;o)

[dead breed]

Yeah Mike, but there's also a scene where they are floating in the trailer.

[koolmike]

My trailer?

[steelba]

TV trailer shows them floating.

[Get Some]

i think this movie looks good, the R rated trailer is insane, the twist will prolly ruin the movie though

[LgOr]

TV trailer shows them floating.

I dont know why but that'd be fuckn hilarious.

[Cannibal]

i think this movie looks good, the R rated trailer is insane, the twist will prolly ruin the movie though

From what I've been reading, there is no twist in this one.

An early review leaked and it says that the movie is terrible.

[ASoron0424]

I don't think Shyamalan has made a major disappointment yet. I know I'm in the minority of people who didn't think Lady in the Water was absolute shit, and just as much (if not worse) of The Village, but I think he does a pretty good job with his movies, and to date, an exceptional job with most of them. 3/5 isn't bad...

[ASoron0424]

quoted the wrong post, But I mean to refer to someone saying there's a shot in the trailer of everyone floating.

Are you talking about when they're falling off a building?

[steelba]

In the televised commercial it shows people floating around the city.

[koolmike]

I still haven't seen that. Provide a link.

[steelba]

I'm sure b00's right and they're hanging from nooses. I'm just fuckin around now.

[woodenheart]

I brought up the floating ,yeah it looks like their hung, you only see them from allitle above the waist down. Now they are on a dirt road and we are seeing them "float" down this dirt road. Whether or not your seeing them through "your eyes" as you walk or they are floating...I don't remember any trees though, sorry if this confusing but it is on the TV ad and it caught my eye as being creepy

[K.I.N.G]

There's no floating people.

[dead breed]

wtf they make it look that way in the trailer on tv.

PLEASE NO ONE SPOIL THE ENDING OF THIS MOVIE REMEMBER **** SPOILER ***** WARNING

[stronews]

Definitely want to check this movie out!

[K.I.N.G]

wtf they make it look that way in the trailer on tv.

PLEASE NO ONE SPOIL THE ENDING OF THIS MOVIE REMEMBER **** SPOILER ***** WARNING

I repeat, there's no twist ending. There's no ending to spoil.

And the floating people are just people jumping off the building.

[DarkHallway]

M. Night Shyamalan is way too pretentious to watch.

[harryshairybob]

I just got back from seeing it today and I liked it enough to say a flat 7 out of 10 (10 being best) although I don't think the movie met it's full potential it definitely had some creepy to it. My vote :nod: worth paying to see.

[woodenheart]

I still want floating people..............

[Late For Reality]

Should I waste $8.50 on this?

Is it as good as The Strangers?

[choptop2]

I've heard the movie turns into an analogy for Global Warming.... :rolleyes:

Any truth to this??

[K.I.N.G]

Nope.

[BooBerry]

Just got back from seeing this. Was pretty good, but not as amazing as I was hoping. Just seemed like the story wasn't explored enough. And the acting and the dialogue sucked in a lot of parts. People saying things you would never hear people say.

Had some nice death scenes even though they shot a lot out of frame. And I'm expecting some deleted deaths for the DVD.

And it did get a lil' preachy in some parts. We get it, trees are killing people because people suck. You don't need to blatantly say 'maybe it's global warming... nuclear power plants... ect ect."

7/10.

[Tarantino]

Worst film of the year, everything about it was terrible... I had to bite my tongue from laughing at it the whole way through. It was really hard to take seriously when the acting, script, direction, violence was so unintentionally hilarious. The boom pops up at least three times in the movie, I'm pretty sure the entire thing was a joke...

the lion scene
"Killadelphia"
"Show us yo faces!"

ugh, awful

[hackerslacker]

i heard this got some bad reviews. I was actually going to give another Night movie a shot :(

[Chief Falling Rock]

I hadn't been to work an hour and I'd already heard how much it sucked.

[smokey]

Yeah this keeps getting crap write ups over here.

[Johnny the homicidal maniac]

Can't be worse than 10,000BC....

[smokey]

I will probably still end up going to see this.

[mr32]

Dont waste your money!

[smokey]

Dont waste your money!

That bad huh?

[RustedChainsaw]

Is it even worth a rent?

[Tarantino]

Only if you're drunk and prepared to make fun of it with friends.

[opterasis]

The gf really wants to see this. Hopefully I can convince her to just wait till it hits bluray.

[slimeisacharacter]

Better than lady in the water.... take that as you will.

[Joker]

Someone should just spoil the ending,and save me from wasting two hours of my life someday.

[realizm]

def going to pass

[slimeisacharacter]

Someone should just spoil the ending,and save me from wasting two hours of my life someday.

Why save you the suffering we endured?

[Joker]

Why save you the suffering we endured?

Kindness :nod:

[FrighT MasteR]

The movie started off pretty strong, in my opinion, with numerous unexplained suicides, but over time the story never really developed much and before you know it, we're hit with some sort of half-assed reasoning and the movie is over.

M. Night has a lot of good ideas, but fails to fully execute and end them properly, with this being the prime example. There's almost no tension in the flick, and the characters seemed fairly underdeveloped. It seemed as though the entire project was a bit rushed.

Either way, I found it interesting and liked the first 30-or-so-minutes. It's just too bad that the rest of the film didn't offer as much as the first part seemed to promise. 6/10

[Snuggle]

Someone should just spoil the ending,and save me from wasting two hours of my life someday.
Trees!
:ahheh:

[K.I.N.G]

:lol:

[XdrewX]

I enjoyed this one a lot more then anyone in my theater that's for sure! haha But I agree with Fright about how it felt rushed and the characters were underdeveloped but I still cared for some of them. Fucking hated the wifes acting oh my god....

[FrighT MasteR]

You talkin' about wide-eyed Zooey Deschanel? Yeah, I couldn't help but laugh every time she fidgeted with that cellphone. :mhehe:

[Cannibal]

Fright, did you acquire the R5 torrent that's just popped up? If so, how's the quality?

[violent d]

Movie shoulda been called Leaf Me Alone but at least it was better than Lady in the Water and The Village.

[smokey]

Movie shoulda been called Leaf Me Alone but at least it was better than Lady in the Water and The Village.

I actually did not mind lady in the water and the village. Maybe there is hope for this film yet :ahheh:

[slasherman]

***maybe spoilers*** im just typing this to stay safe



Did anything actually happen in this movie??? I was convinced that I actually blacked out and missed every significant part of this movie. Then I realized that there were no significant parts in this movie! Character development was non-existent save a few poorly written scenes. Did M. Night beg the MPAA for an R rating because I saw nothing to warrant an R... This movie was garbage... avoid unless you are into being disappointed.

[FrighT MasteR]

Just a head's up, after you type your spoiler you can simply highlight it and click the red stop-sign-lookin icon. It will do the spoiler block automatically for you :bigthumbup:

[Searcher]

I liked the movie, about as much as Fright did. It was a bit disappointing in the way that there was no real climax. It was mildly creepy in some spots.
I did find amusing the billboard ad for new homes that said "You deserve this!"

[smokey]

Going to have to wait to rent this now. They have stopped showing it around my way.

[LgOr]

this was a solid piece of crap

[Cannibal]

Terrible movie.

[darkoverlord]

Horrible movie.

[txjeff07]

Just finished watching this movie, I can't believe I made it all the way through. This movie terrible, even Marky Mark sucked in it. M Night Shymalan sucks

[Vincenzo Incendio]

It wasn't as bad as it's Rotten Tomatoes score led me to believe. At least it was only an hour and a half.