Fiberawptic
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Ok, i didnt see a thread for this...
I rented the Happening because im a big M. Night Shyamalan fan (Signs is one of my favorite movies of all time). I rented it with low expectations because my sister saw it and said it was terrible, and even the trailer made me a bit skeptical.
But i must say, wathcing it with low hopes really helped my feelings of it. I thought it was pretty good and better than what i thought it would be. Its an apocolyptic movie and isn't really scary or frightening, but just flat out bizarre.. The back drop for why 'the world is coming to an end' is kinda weak and pathetic when you think about it, but mainly the way the film was executed was good, thanks to M. Night himself.
The characters are pretty good. Mark Wahlberg who i also like is pretty good in it considering hes playing such a wimpy guy instead of his usual hard ass. Theres a little girl who didnt do much, but wasn't annoying thank god. A character i did have a problem with was the wife who was annoying at times, and had the really wierd buldging eyes. the characters seem a little unrealistic but that almost seems intentional because its shown in the movie quite a lot. It almost seems they are supposed to be exagerated, with some of the reactions the actors cast which seem overdone...
There are some slightly 'scary' scenes but nothing hardcore.. its pretty graphic as well.
Id have to say the unique thing about this film is the style it presents as well as the mood, and 'take' on how regular people might survive in a world coming to an end...
overall, its not a bad film, id give it a 6.5 which isnt bad considering i thought it would be around a 2. its an enjoyable movie with just some akward moments and fair-share of flaws....
I rented the Happening because im a big M. Night Shyamalan fan (Signs is one of my favorite movies of all time). I rented it with low expectations because my sister saw it and said it was terrible, and even the trailer made me a bit skeptical.
But i must say, wathcing it with low hopes really helped my feelings of it. I thought it was pretty good and better than what i thought it would be. Its an apocolyptic movie and isn't really scary or frightening, but just flat out bizarre.. The back drop for why 'the world is coming to an end' is kinda weak and pathetic when you think about it, but mainly the way the film was executed was good, thanks to M. Night himself.
The characters are pretty good. Mark Wahlberg who i also like is pretty good in it considering hes playing such a wimpy guy instead of his usual hard ass. Theres a little girl who didnt do much, but wasn't annoying thank god. A character i did have a problem with was the wife who was annoying at times, and had the really wierd buldging eyes. the characters seem a little unrealistic but that almost seems intentional because its shown in the movie quite a lot. It almost seems they are supposed to be exagerated, with some of the reactions the actors cast which seem overdone...
There are some slightly 'scary' scenes but nothing hardcore.. its pretty graphic as well.
Id have to say the unique thing about this film is the style it presents as well as the mood, and 'take' on how regular people might survive in a world coming to an end...
overall, its not a bad film, id give it a 6.5 which isnt bad considering i thought it would be around a 2. its an enjoyable movie with just some akward moments and fair-share of flaws....
