Is The Happening really that terrible? Has M. Night S lost it?

The Happening is the worst reviewed movie of the year so far with 23% on the Rotten meter, and 13% on the Top Critic meter. Seriously, is it that bad?

Then that means M. Night S has made three bad movies in a row: The Village, Lady in the Water, and The Happening.

Has M. Night S lost it? I think he's running out of ideas and trying too hard now.

I've never liked any of his movies.

The Village wasn't that bad. I'd say average at best.

But I haven't seen The Happening. I promised my friend I'd go with them, but now I'm not sure if I should go or not.

WORST

MOVIE

EVER

IT MADE ME CRY IT WAS THAT BAD :cry:

Seriously. You're better off buying a bullet to put through your skull.

I liked the movie up until the last 20 or so minutes.

The ending and explanation was just lame, tree life's version of the Red Tide... I was waiting for aliens or something.

I liked it a lot better than The Village. Dear God, that was far worse than this one.

I saw it yesterday. We had a laugh, but only because the only people there were me and a group of mates so we were just laughing at how awful it was. The guys acting is just awful. Like, even towards the end of the movie hes like "Something strange is happening?!" and his voice goes up at the end of nearly every sentence he says in the movie.

I thought it was terrible, but funny at times (even though it wasn't meant to be funny): not only was the story not so hot, but the acting really killed it for me -- it's as though that woman was only told to open her eyes and look like a retardernie1989

which woman Zooey Deschanel??, because yes she isn't very good. She wasn't bad in Tin Man but that's all she's done ok.

[QUOTE="ernie1989"]I thought it was terrible, but funny at times (even though it wasn't meant to be funny): not only was the story not so hot, but the acting really killed it for me -- it's as though that woman was only told to open her eyes and look like a retardferrari2001

which woman Zooey Deschanel??, because yes she isn't very good. She wasn't bad in Tin Man but that's all she's done ok.

Yes, she's the one I'm talking about -- she was just annoying to look at.

He really ought to make a movie where the big twist of the plot is actually the lack of a twist. That'd be a major WTF for me, no doubt.

M. Night seems to have declined in quality, ever since The Village, and all its predictable mediocrity. Not sure about Unbreakable, but The Sixth Sense and Signs were pretty good.

I was going to see it only for the x-files advertise just before the movie. Maybe, I will left just after the ads lol!

The Happening is the worst reviewed movie of the year so far with 23% on the Rotten meter, and 13% on the Top Critic meter. Seriously, is it that bad?

Then that means M. Night S has made three bad movies in a row: The Village, Lady in the Water, and The Happening.

Has M. Night S lost it? I think he's running out of ideas and trying too hard now.

ASK_Story

That's FAR from the worst reviewed movie of the year.

The Happening is the worst reviewed movie of the year so far with 23% on the Rotten meter, and 13% on the Top Critic meter. Seriously, is it that bad?

Then that means M. Night S has made three bad movies in a row: The Village, Lady in the Water, and The Happening.

Has M. Night S lost it? I think he's running out of ideas and trying too hard now.

ASK_Story

What was wrong with The Village and Lady In the Water.

The Village got a bit boring, but it was extremely interesting.

Lady in the Water was freaking awesome; every single one of those characters was memorable, and the storyline was essentially just a fairy tale. It was great!

I was going to see it only for the x-files advertise just before the movie. Maybe, I will left just after the ads lol!

Franko_3

that was also at the Hulk movie, actually.

M. Night said that he gets all of his ideas from nightmares and stories that he tells to his kids. He mixes the ideas together and creates a story. That's what I heard atleast, I don't know the truth to that. Anyway, I liked Sixth Sense and Unbreakable very much, Signs was not bad, I enjoyed it, The Villiage was an average movie. Lady in the Water is where it went downhill for me, haven't seen "The Happening" yet, but I hear it's horrible. I usually trust the reviews on IMDB and Rotten Tomatoes....

[QUOTE="ASK_Story"]

The Happening is the worst reviewed movie of the year so far with 23% on the Rotten meter, and 13% on the Top Critic meter. Seriously, is it that bad?

Then that means M. Night S has made three bad movies in a row: The Village, Lady in the Water, and The Happening.

Has M. Night S lost it? I think he's running out of ideas and trying too hard now.

MrGeezer

That's FAR from the worst reviewed movie of the year.

Maybe I should have said, the worst reviewed anticipated movie from a big name director and actors.

when did he ever have it? signs was ok but thats it. i dont think im going to see the happening. if someone i know rents it then i might watch it but i already know what causes people to kill themselves in the movie. trust me its stupid.ConkerAndBerri2

He had it with the Sixth Sense. That movie was great.

Signs was ruined by the ending, but he still had potential at that point. He keeps putting out crap though and I am wondering how much more crap he is going to put out....

Signs, The Village, and Unbreakable were all awesome for me. I've never seen Sixth Sense before but I already know the twist.:| I will see The Happening tho.battlefront23

You should still check out the Sixth Sense. That is such a great movie and no it doesn't totally revolve around the twist. It is sad seeing that movie and seeing all the crap Shamalayn has put out since. He could have been one hell of a director....

The Sixth Sense is a terrific film, but this guy is like a one trick pony.

The village is an awful film and epitomises what is wrong with this guys films: "Stars" given little material to work with, poor and improbable stories and little to no scares.

Signs was okay until you saw 'it' and also the ending was bad.

Yes, it was really that bad; I wish I had not gone. The sad/funny thing is that my local "free paper" (The Boise Weekly) is so liberal that it gave the movie 3.5 popcorns (of 4), citing important social continuums and a message for a green earth that was poignant and not shoved in your face. I wonder if he actually watched the movie...YourOldFriend

lol. It measures it in popcorns.

Nope. It's worse, to the point of becoming an entertaining bad film.

This coming from someone who considers Lady in the Water a legitimately good movie.

Did he ever have it?supercubedude64

My thoughts exactly. Signs was kind of entertaining, but really lame lol. You had to know it would be bad when they kept advertising it as his first R rated film.

Bad dialogue. "Ohhhh cheese and Crackers!" lmao. That one had the theater going. Bad acting. I honestly thought wahlberg would so much better than that. Zooey shouldn't even be an actress. However I still kind of enjoyed it lol. Maybe it's because I don't pay for movies. This could have been a great one. What really sucks is that Shyamalan wrote the screenplay with wahlberg specifically in mind for the lead role according to imdb.Coffee_Blade

[QUOTE="Coffee_Blade"]Bad dialogue. "Ohhhh cheese and Crackers!" lmao. That one had the theater going. Bad acting. I honestly thought wahlberg would so much better than that. Zooey shouldn't even be an actress. However I still kind of enjoyed it lol. Maybe it's because I don't pay for movies. This could have been a great one. What really sucks is that Shyamalan wrote the screenplay with wahlberg specifically in mind for the lead role according to imdb.A_Tarkovsky

I've read that EVERYONE was horrible in that movie.

Don't know if that's true or not, since I'll be damned if I support this film. But if it's true that EVERYONE is horrible in this movie, I'd be more inclined to blame that on the director. Especially considering that some of these people were nominated for Oscars in previous films.

The Happening is the worst reviewed movie of the year so far with 23% on the Rotten meter, and 13% on the Top Critic meter. Seriously, is it that bad?

Then that means M. Night S has made three bad movies in a row: The Village, Lady in the Water, and The Happening.

Has M. Night S lost it? I think he's running out of ideas and trying too hard now.

ASK_Story

No, it wasn't that bad at all. I actually enjoyed it. Also, I don't think The Village was terrible, it just wasn't what people were expecting. I'll give you the Lady in the Water, though. That **** was just plain awful.

[QUOTE="A_Tarkovsky"][QUOTE="Coffee_Blade"]Bad dialogue. "Ohhhh cheese and Crackers!" lmao. That one had the theater going. Bad acting. I honestly thought wahlberg would so much better than that. Zooey shouldn't even be an actress. However I still kind of enjoyed it lol. Maybe it's because I don't pay for movies. This could have been a great one. What really sucks is that Shyamalan wrote the screenplay with wahlberg specifically in mind for the lead role according to imdb.MrGeezer

I've read that EVERYONE was horrible in that movie.

Don't know if that's true or not, since I'll be damned if I support this film. But if it's true that EVERYONE is horrible in this movie, I'd be more inclined to blame that on the director. Especially considering that some of these people were nominated for Oscars in previous films.

But the two best horrible performances come from Mark Wahlberg (who had the theater howling with nearly every line) and whoever played the crazy old hag Mrs. Jones (which kept reminding me of that song). Special mentions go to the dude who liked hot dogs and the possibly-gay army guy.