| Posted by: Trail_Blazer at July 30, 2008, 12:02 am | | Topic: The Happening Forum: JoBlo | | *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 ) 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. |
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