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[Count Dookkake]

So it's basically day of the triffids?

Except the plants don't walk.

 

[G-Fex]

It's obvious they're watching cause they love the Marky Mark.

Dude can't go a movie without looking so pissed.

 

[mAcOdIn]

M. Night Shamalalalalalan should really do a remake of Night of the Lepus, there'd be nothing more awesome than never seeing the monster terrorizing everyone just to reveal it's a giant rabbit at the end.

 

[Lumpy Onion]

Kinda enjoyed it. It felt like a feature-length episode of the Twilight Zone. Not a great film, but I certainly didn't go into the overall revulsion the majority of people watching did. Nor would I give a damn if someone I loved dared to watch it.

Oh yeah, and Knowing was one of the most enjoyable Sci-Fi films I have seen in recent memory. I never understood all the hate it received.

 

[Steve Youngblood]

Kinda enjoyed it. It felt like a feature-length episode of the Twilight Zone.

All of Shayamalan's movies feel like that! I really miss Rod Serling.

 

[ItAintEasyBeinCheesy]

Movie wasnt to bad, quit your bitchin OP.

 

[baultista]

The Happening wasn't really that bad... it was just a little cheesy. I would gladly re-watch that movie if people who hadn't seen it insisted on watching it.

 

[jim-jam bongs]

Shyamalan needs to make a movie where the twist is that it doesn't turn out to be terrible.

 

[Darklord]

The Happening was shocking. What are you people talking about? Some of the dialog was so weird and stupid. There was no tension, there was no story, there was nothing expect a bunch of people moving along trying to out run the angry plants who control the wind somehow.

 

[mAcOdIn]

Shyamalan needs to make a movie where the twist is that it doesn't turn out to be terrible.

Hey, Sixth Sense was good.

 

[MilesWebber]

Did anyone ever figure out why Mark Whalbergs acting is SO BAD ON PURPOSE in that movie?

 

[Fimbulvetr]

Shyamalan needs to make a movie where the twist is that it doesn't turn out to be terrible.

<insert good movie here> by M. Night Shyamalan.

The twist is

Spoiler

it wasn't written by M. Night Shyamalan.

 

[ItAintEasyBeinCheesy]

Hey, Sixth Sense was good.

Unbreakable as well.

 

[mrkgoo]

Did anyone ever figure out why Mark Whalbergs acting is SO BAD ON PURPOSE in that movie?

This movie is terrible, but at the very least it's so terrible it's laughable. I still laugh at the famous clip of Mark talking about the girl at the pharmacy that seems like a pointless anecdote.

Also, if I remember, it seemed like the two main actors were actually in the same scene only a handful of times. I kept remembering noting that a lot of the dialogue scenes were just one actor onscreen, as if they were just talking to noone.

Anyway, I had the displeasure of seeing Aliens V Predator Requiem last night, and that is so bad as well.

 

[Peff]

Did anyone ever figure out why Mark Whalbergs acting is SO BAD ON PURPOSE in that movie?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Rq-7zEVuwI#t=0m38s

 

[mrkgoo]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Rq-7zEVuwI#t=0m38s

I only ever saw the movie on a plane, so lots of parts I can't remember. That is great. Anyway, this clip also demonstrates what I was talking about above - that the actors never feel like they are in the same scene as they are shot without the other actor onscreen. Maybe they filmed all the parts separately :lol

 

[Spotless Mind]

I love this movie. There's an endless supply of hilarity. I'll never forget the scene with the lion. :lol

Zoey's performance was just bizarre.

 

[MilesWebber]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Rq-7zEVuwI#t=0m38s

:lol Related video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvmytj56Tck&NR=1

 

[Mr. Sam]

I must purchase this movie.

Edit:

:lol Related video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvmytj56Tck&NR=1

The best part is when he compares it to The Exorcist or The Godfather. Just no.

 

[mrkgoo]

:lol Related video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvmytj56Tck&NR=1

Brilliant.

You knwo, seriously, it's like shyamalan was getting a bit self conscious and wondered if people actually liked his movies or if it was just his name so he set out to make an actually terrible movie and see if people would see it for what it was.

 

[Pulgo1]

After I watched The Happening, I felt stupid. Seriously, I felt just a little bit dumber than I already am and obviously I must be stupid for sitting through the whole thing.

 

[womfalcs3]

Nicholas Cage is the only reason that movie is even watchable. Everything else about it does suck though. Howeer, I'd watch the hell out of the The Happening if it starred Nic Cage as the lead.

Nicholas Cage makes everything watchable.

 

[soul creator]

surprised no one's posted it yet

http://i50.tinypic.com/256xob8.jpg

Spoiler

didn't know it was almost 2 megs

 

[Fersis]

Zooey Deschanel .... yeah, i HAVE to watch this movie.

Cute as a kitten? Check
Kickass first name? Check
French last name? Check

So cute.

 

[McLovin]

i assume something happens in 'the happening'?

Sure something happens... at the end you realize that you wasted approximately 1 and 1/2 hours of your life. Also that you will never ever get them back.

On a serious note though its not the worst movie ever. They could have done worse.

 

[G-Fex]

holy shit why do people act so weird in his movies?:lol :lol

 

[womp]

The fat elf kid from Santa Clause 2 getting blown away by the shotgun and the most suspenseful scene involving a tree and a swing to be found in a movie ever were the best parts (Besides Zooey).

Wahlberg talking the plastic plant was pretty emotional as well, but only because I felt bad for Wahlberg himself...Not his character in the film.

 

[Great Rumbler]

The Happening + Rifftrax = Comedy Event of the Decade

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8PxA6IVdYo

 

[trinest]

i assume something happens in 'the happening'?

Nothing happens in the happening and thats the thing.

 

[DIrtyWeasel]

Somehow, this thread made me want to watch this movie.

 

[Count of Monte Sawed-Off]

Somehow, this thread made me want to watch this movie.

Watch it. I only saw it when it hit HBO and then I only watched it to see how bad it was. It did not disappoint in that regard.