-The Sixth Sense is a masterpiece of the twist ending. It is one of the best thrillers made in the last few decades anddeservedlygot the nomination for Best Picture in the 1999 Oscar race.
-Unbreakable showed promise but was a slight step down from M. Night Shyamalan previous effort. Despite its flaws it was intriguing and satisfactory.
-Signs was Shyamalan's first truly "Sci-Fi" film and in that respect it delivered and went on to be a box office smash.
-The Villagecontinued this promising director's careerwith a mediocre outing. It was a good story with good production values but felt slightly contrived with its unsatisfactory twist ending.
-Lady in the Water barelyskidded by on the sheer fact that M. Night Shyamalan was telling a fantasy bedtime story. The movie abandoned reality or any guidelines and became its own creation. Again this barely worked.
The Happening has NO EXCUSE! Without further a due Shyamalan's latest movie goes beyond being his worst film to date and runs further to a point where I call it the worst film I have seen intheaters.
My Mind nearly blew as the sour, rotten,unfinishedmovie reeled before my eyes. The premise and director's name made me spend $9.75 to watch the film but after a short 10 minutes it was clear this movie was headed down a deep dark UNFULFILLING path. Without spoiling the movie (the movie tells you the twist 10 minutes into the mess -which by the way is not a twist at all-) The Happening is a shallow movie about the forces within the environment. It is laughably bad. From the boom-mics being visibleat the top of the screen to Mark Wahlberg talking to a tree The Happening is sunk from the get go. The sheer plot is totally jacked and you know what? Screw it! I will tell you because you need to know how bad it is. **SPOILERS** Trees and plants work as a united force by releasing toxins into the air to make human beings commit suicide because we mistreated nature. In other words the scariest moment the movie has to offer is watching a "menacing" tree blow in the wind. **End Spoilers** The movie is garbage. The production values are horrendous, the acting is pitiful (believe me you will feel sorry for mark wahlberg) and the script is pathetic. The idea is intriguing but with a script this bad there is no way this film could have ever gotten off the ground. The film literally had our audience of 700 laughing at least a dozen times. This is a bad movie. Plus they say the word "happening" over a dozen times over the course of the film.
1 out of 5