M. Night Shyamalan's "The Happening"...

[Conqueror Worm]

Thoughts on this flick if you've seen it...

I got into a serious debate with one of my mates over this flick over the weekend...

I'm interested in hearing other peoples thoughts...

[intricatic]

My boss went to see it and he said it had him creeped out/completely mesmerized from the first scene. I'm still hoping to be able to see it sometime soon.

[Annie]

haven't actually heard much about it myself but i love M Night Shyamalan's movies so i know this one has to be good

[soblessed53]

Even though this is M Night Shyamalan's first 'R' rated movie,i'ts one I plan to see.

[Conqueror Worm]

I will refrain from making any comments about this movie until you peeps have actually seen it...

[soblessed53]

I like what Roger Ebert had to say about it

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0949731/...read/108812606

but I may wait to catch this one on DVD.

[Conqueror Worm]

Alright...

Since Roger Ebert pretty much gave a synopsis of the whole flick...

I will say my piece...

Then have my pie and eat it too...

Or something like that...

*shuffles papers on desk and gives the appearance being busy... *

Did I like this movie?...

Yes I did...

I watched it more than once...

Why did I like it?...

And I guess this all goes back to the argument I had with a friend of mine who happens to be a film critic...

(we're not real film critics in RL... i.e. we don't get paid for it... although we certainly should imo... )

I liked it because it worked...

Why did it work?...

Because of the clever usage a plain old ordinary people in unusual circumstances...

Trying to figure out a way to survive something they didn't understand...

And the only tools that these peeps had to get by on...

Was what they could deduce through their own reasoning while witnessing the horror unfolding around them...

M. Night Shyamalan spoke volumes in simplicity in this flick...

And if you plan on sitting down and being blown away by what is unfolding on the screen due to fancy cinematographic gimmickry...

Then yes...

You will feel as my colleague did...

That it was a major let down...

Or has he put it...

"As s**** as big s**** taking a s****... "

IMO...

With all the new ways to stimulate peoples visual cortex through technological means...

And all the other fancy crap that gets thrown into movies...

How should I say this...

I think as a whole...

Maybe the majority of movie goers have become somewhat jaded...

It has to be bigger...

Better...

More guns...

More explosions...

More sex...

More killin'... etc...

And then you have a slew...

Of uninteresting films dropping day in...

And day out...

Because this is what movie makers think people want...

Day of the Dead (2008)...

I'm looking at you...

Now getting back to "The Happening"...

This film worked for me for the simple fact that I enjoyed it...

I wasn't trying to be wowed and wooed by a director that was trying to impress upon me...

That what was happening on the screen was one of the coolest things I had ever seen...

I was watching a story unfold...

The Happening is a good horror film that would've felt right at home on a big drive-in movie screen back in the 80s...

That doesn't mean that it's not a relevant horror movie right now...

Because it is...

[Conqueror Worm]

Has no one else here seen this flick?...

I'm interested because I just sent a copy of the review I posted here to my mate...

And he made some interesting observations about the flick and the reasons why he didn't like it...

Part of the reason he didn't like the film is because of what he concluded while watching it...

Based on the observations of the group that we are following through the movie...

They came to their own conclusions as to what was happening based on their backgrounds and ideologies...

I can honestly understand how this might happen...

Because imo it's part of the twist in the flick...

You've been somewhat tricked into relating to the characters perceptions rather than drawing your own conclusions as to what might actually be going on...

I like this...

Because it allows the viewer to either go with the flow...

Or stand back and thoughtfully consider the possibilities of what might actually be occurring were you to find yourself in a similar situation...

And bearing in mind that I saw the movie more than once...

I may have been better able to see this than someone who just sat through it one time...

And went with the information that was given to them by watching how the characters responded to the situations in the film...

It's a very big world...

And there are a lot of unknowns...

If anyone else gets a chance to see this flick...

I would be interested in reading your take on it...

[Annie]

its not playing here yet but when i see it i'll let you know my thoughts

[Conqueror Worm]

Originally Posted by Annie

its not playing here yet but when i see it i'll let you know my thoughts

Cool...