The Happening

**Beeyahoi** · 06-19-2008 07:03 AM

I actually JUST came back from seeing it in theaters.

Firstly, aside from Mark Wahlberg, Zooey Deschanel, and John Leguizamo, this movie has the ABSOLUTE WORST acting of any movie I have ever seen.

Seriously... it's like crappy high school drama class bad. Especially the iPhone lady in the small town restaurant scene.

Also, from about the halfway point, you learn NOTHING about what is causing people to kill themselves or why. It's just a mystery, and we "may never know".

And honestly, it's really just an extended version of the previews. Every "poeple killing themselves" scene was in the previews, and alot of the plot.

And despite all this, for some reason I would reccomend that people see it and form their own opinions, because it wasn't ALL bad.

**Mes Tarrant** · 06-19-2008 07:07 AM

I love rottentomatoes.com and here's their reviews:

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/10007985-happening/

Soooo I'm not paying to see this.

Oh and the link Nina posted is brilliant.

**Halocuber** · 06-19-2008 09:06 PM

I seen it , when I was in the U.S. last week , it was a really good movie.

**Amethyst Star** · 06-23-2008 04:53 PM

It Happened. I give it a 6/10. It definitely wasn't the kind of movie I normally see, but some friends wanted to go and they said they'd help pay for gas. I've seen worse movies, but I'd recommend to anyone who wants to see it to just rent it when it comes out. Rent it on Netflix or Blockbuster if you can; no sense wasting gas money to go get it, either.

(And I like most movies I see, so a 6/10 is a low score from me.)

**ZmillA** · 06-23-2008 10:27 PM

I was really disappointed, and I liked all his others (lady in the water was all right)

**Original Poster** · 06-24-2008 12:16 AM

Originally Posted by kichu

God, you have horrifying taste in movies. What was the point of The Happening? The movie should NOT exist. Honestly, I will totally listen to what you have to say about it and consider it. I'm really curious to know.

but...

...that was mean.

Yeah but you don't give any explanation, you just bash my taste in movies. What was bad about Cloverfield? That was the most intense roller-coaster movie I've ever seen. And what is good about 6th sense? It's completely obvious what's going on from the beginning.

And I love The Happening. I just got told to see it and didn't read about it because I gave up on M Night Shamalalansb after Signs and The Village. I didn't know what the fuck was going on the whole time, so it was the shit.

**kerrilee07** · 03-31-2009 06:49 AM

I actually thought it was a decent movie.
I agree, bad acting,
but the point of it was interesting.

**TweaK** · 03-31-2009 07:43 PM

I'm starting to think you're a robot, programmed to make a new account on Dreamviews to find threads of films that have been out for well over half a year (usually more), then revive them by posting some meaningless post in 1-3 lines.

I like it.

**Emi Chan** · 03-31-2009 09:16 PM

Originally Posted by TweaK

I'm starting to think you're a robot, programmed to make a new account on Dreamviews to find threads of films that have been out for well over half a year (usually more), then revive them by posting some meaningless post in 1-3 lines.

I like it.

LOL..

**Black_Eagle** · 04-03-2009 03:20 PM

You're being ridiculous. On an online forum like this, you can't just go around reviving threads like this not adding to them. There is a sticky in the announcements forum about what is acceptable regarding thread zombification. There are very few people who have become as disliked as you on this forum in 35 posts! We dislike you for genuine reasons. Post reported, hope you get banned. If you don't get banned, then I suggest you clean up your act.

Lul, I might as well add what I thought about the movie. It was complete crap. It was so bad that I was confused on whether or not to think it was bad. I thought the acting was literally some sort of joke weaved into the plot. The most ridiculous part of the movie had to be when they all watched that lion rip that guy's arms off on an iPhone. Not one of Shamalan's best works.

**Howie** · 04-03-2009 04:22 PM

Please read the rules and not act like we are in kinder garden.

**Rakjavik** · 04-03-2009 07:29 PM

Me and my boyfriend watched this together. Off the top of my head, I can't think of a worse movie. The acting was terrible, and the plot was twice as bad as the acting. I would have rather sat down and watched teletubbies for the duration of the film. I would have rather bathed in a tub full of elephant excrement while listening to crying babies then watch this film.

**TweaK** · 04-04-2009 12:05 AM

Maybe you should try not to have such a huge ego. Maybe you should not go on super-offensive stance every time. And maybe you should read the announcement about necroposting.

**Zhaylin** · 04-06-2009 01:09 AM

Maybe Necroposting should be renamed something more obvious lol. I, seriously, completely miss most subtle hints and plays on words. I almost didn't read the Sticky because I assumed it was unimportant (though I should've known better because it WAS a *sticky*). My curiosity eventually got the best of me and I was genuinely surprised by the information lol.

I LOVED the Happening and the Village. I liked Cloverfield. My hubby and I have an inside joke about the "Lady in the Water". To us, it symbolizes the very worst of things (i.e. "How did your trip to the dentist go?" ..... "It wasn't nearly as bad as that drowning lady!")