The Happening
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Movie Reviews of The Happening
Movie Review: The Master!
Summary: 5 Stars
Forget the other reviews, M. Night Shyamalan does it again!
M. Night Shyamalan has done the alien thing, the dead people thing and all the other regulars, this movie takes a much different turn!
Basic storyline without giving anything away~
We stupid humans have pushed Mother Earth too far and now she is pushing back!
"The Happening" isn't just another cookie-cutter Hollywood movie.
Every M. Night movie gets bad press and every movie that he has made is now considered a classic!
The storyline is unbelievable, how does he come up with this stuff! The other reviewers were right about one thing, some of the acting is poor. Disappointing I know, considering it stars Mark Wahlberg. Several of the scenes could have been cut out for sure, but overall the movie is very, very good. I'm still thinking about the storyline, a week after watching it!
My favorite M. Night movies are "Signs" and "Lady in the Water", "The Happening" isn't quite on the level of those classics, but its definitely worthy!
Movie Review: Nature works in mysterious ways
Summary: 5 Stars
A short, but memorable, performance by John Leguizamo, as well as Betty Buckley, who perhaps has given the best performance of any actor in any of Shyamalan's movies.
One day in the Northeastern United States a mysterious toxin is released from plants affecting humans. Those affected are mysteriously instructed to kill others and then themselves. This story line is not all that unbelievable: entomologist Consuelo De Moraes has shown how the tobacco plant can release airborne chemicals triggered by a caterpillar's saliva to attract a parasitic wasp to kill the caterpillar.
True to the rules of scientific investigation as preached by Mark Wahlberg's character, who is a science teacher in a Philly high shcool, one of the variables in the story is the size of human groups that gets affected. So he experiments and observes. His interpretation of what happens makes for an exciting plot.
This is an exciting movie to watch and think.
Movie Review: Great Movie
Summary: 5 Stars
For any of those out there that want to be more than entertained by giant robots, Indy, or the other typical blockbuster movies, this movie is the one to watch! M Night brings a lot to this artistic film. It's not there to just be entertainment like typical blockbusters seen today, it's meant to make the audience think, interact with the characters, and to also be entertained (though it is not the main focus).
I do feel the acting was not the greatest at moments, but overall I loved the movie! I have believed something like this could occur in the world today, something catastrophic; so this movie played on a real sense of danger in today's world. Shymalan's direction was wonderful and the plot formulation was exciting.
I would suggest watching this movie to anyone I meet. I do, however, warn them that this is a serious movie and something to think about and appreciate as art, and not just entertainment. M. Night is an artist!
Movie Review: It can't happen here...
Summary: 5 Stars
I just appreciate M. Night Shyamalan so much, he is so inventive and purposeful, tragedy that leaves you somehow elated. I won't give away the story but it's a doozy: quite possible and in fact, would probably do us good if we paid attention. Wahlberg is very good as always and I'm a fan of Leguizamo when he's not trying to sell me sin. Deschanel is beautiful, but used mostly to just look pretty. The child actress is very cute but not very good at acting, maybe she needs more experience. M. Night is a little distracted in direction, the acting seems stilted and contrived at times, so I jump out of my suspension of unbelief, but when he is on and I'm in it, it's very good. The also more food for thought than just the obvious here, something to chew on later. The horror scenes are realistic and very creepy. The camera work is nicely done, some lovely scenes. In all, I enjoyed this very much.Movie Review: Night is a genius!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
I love movies. I see them as the art form of our time. The moving paintings of our renaissance that will be analyzed long after we are gone, if not appreciated properly in their own time. I firmly believe that Night's films are getting better. Each one is an evolution in his writing, directing and storytelling. In the Village he made us question the power of fear when America was gripped with fear after Sept 11. How prescient. He saw how this imaginary fear had crippled America and how love could overcome it. In the Happening he has done it again. Global warming is killing us! Not as dramatically as in his movie but ultimately the exact same thing. If it were as dramatic, we probably would have done something about it by now. His genius in the Happening is that the people are doing it to themselves. Just like us.