Was M. Night Shyamalan attempting to make a SERIOUS movie with THE HAPPENING...?

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Was M. Night Shyamalan attempting to make a SERIOUS movie with THE HAPPENING...?

Posted: 5/24/10 at 9:38pm

...or was the movie he was making INTENTIONALLY laughable? Was he making fun of the genre? If so, brilliant! If not...I am VERY worried....

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--Aristotle

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Was M. Night Shyamalan attempting to make a SERIOUS movie with THE HAPPENING...?

Posted: 5/24/10 at 10:03pm

I liked it. I thought Betty Buckley was awesome. It was just Mark Wahlberg who made some odd choices. Starting with the voice. What was with the voice?

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Was M. Night Shyamalan attempting to make a SERIOUS movie with THE HAPPENING...?

Posted: 5/24/10 at 10:23pm

Why're you eyein' my lemon drink?

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Was M. Night Shyamalan attempting to make a SERIOUS movie with THE HAPPENING...?

Posted: 5/24/10 at 10:24pm

I have been meaning to rent this and just put it in my queue. I have not heard great things about it but I want to see it. I was kind of done with him after "The Villiage". I enjoyed it but I came out thinking his next films aren't going to be that great so I probably won't see them. But this one had me curious.

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Was M. Night Shyamalan attempting to make a SERIOUS movie with THE HAPPENING...?

Posted: 5/24/10 at 10:44pm

Quick run from the wind!!

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#6

Was M. Night Shyamalan attempting to make a SERIOUS movie with THE HAPPENING...?

Posted: 5/24/10 at 10:56pm

I liked The Village. Hated it until the end and then the whole thing paid of for me and had to go back and watch it again.

This has been on my list to see for a while. Maybe I'll bump it on Netflix. I forgot Buckley was in it.

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Was M. Night Shyamalan attempting to make a SERIOUS movie with THE HAPPENING...?

Posted: 5/24/10 at 10:58pm

I liked The Village too.

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Was M. Night Shyamalan attempting to make a SERIOUS movie with THE HAPPENIN

Posted: 5/24/10 at 10:59pm

The common problem with everything Mark Wahlberg is in is Mark Wahlberg is in it.

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#9

Was M. Night Shyamalan attempting to make a SERIOUS movie with THE HAPPENIN

Posted: 5/24/10 at 10:59pm

After that "lemon drink" line I BUSTED out laughing!

I found the writing and Mark Wahlberg's delivery the most laughable. Those two factors led me to believe that this film was not meant to be taken seriously.

I would label this film a suspenseful comedy.

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"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle

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Was M. Night Shyamalan attempting to make a SERIOUS movie with THE HAPPENIN

Posted: 5/24/10 at 11:11pm

I'm a huge Zoe fan!

Its number 400 something on my Netflix que. I'll watch it sometime next year, probably.

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#11

Was M. Night Shyamalan attempting to make a SERIOUS movie with THE HAPPENIN

Posted: 5/24/10 at 11:21pm

Zoe was great. I hated her in Tin Man, but I've pretty much liked her in everything since. Her performance in The Happening was a nice contrast to Mark's since she was able to talk to the kids, and everybody really, without sounding condescending.

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Was M. Night Shyamalan attempting to make a SERIOUS movie with THE HAPPENIN

Posted: 5/24/10 at 11:40pm

I have "ink" on the way so I will see "The Happening" this weekend as I put is at #2.

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#13

Was M. Night Shyamalan attempting to make a SERIOUS movie with THE HAPPENIN

Posted: 5/25/10 at 8:12am

This was just plain awful. I must admit the plot was fairly interesting,and could have been a highly suspenseful Sci-Fi film if executed better, and the opening scenes were well done, but then it fell apart. Starting with the script, the acting...I could go on. Wahlberg was totally miscast. And I love how they were turning around and looking back when they were running, excuse me, it's the wind! What the hell are you looking at?

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Was M. Night Shyamalan attempting to make a SERIOUS movie with THE HAPPENIN

Posted: 5/25/10 at 10:32am

I was enjoying the first half of the film, but by the end, Shymalan lost me with what appeared to be a complete loss of imagination. Buckley's head-butt had me howling with laughter. I'd still rank it above Unbreakable, which bored me to tears. I actually liked The Village, implausible as it was, but one of his most maligned films, The Lady in the Water, is one of my favorites. I found it rather charming and I've enjoyed watching it several times.

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Was M. Night Shyamalan attempting to make a SERIOUS movie with THE HAPPENIN

Posted: 5/25/10 at 10:38am

and Victoria Clark (The Light in the Piazza)...as Nursery Owner's Wife?!?

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Was M. Night Shyamalan attempting to make a SERIOUS movie with THE HAPPENIN

Posted: 5/25/10 at 10:46am

I saw it when it was in theaters, and loved it. I have no issue with Wahlberg, in anything. Betty Lynn was excellent in her role.

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Was M. Night Shyamalan attempting to make a SERIOUS movie with THE HAPPENIN

Posted: 5/25/10 at 10:47am

My only issue with Wahlberg is when he tries to act.

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Was M. Night Shyamalan attempting to make a SERIOUS movie with THE HAPPENIN

Posted: 5/25/10 at 10:48am

LOVED The Buckley in this movie...and that's about it.

Shyamalan, like George Lucas, seems to have retreated into a world so far from people he doesn't know how to write them anymore. Maybe he'll get a co-screenwriter to punch things up for his next effort because it's not like his movies have bad ideas, just bad writing.

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Was M. Night Shyamalan attempting to make a SERIOUS movie with THE HAPPENIN

Posted: 5/25/10 at 11:04am

When someone says they 'loved' Betty Buckley in this film...or that she's 'fantastic', I tend to agree.

But only because her performance was so mind-blowingly absurd as the reduce me to a giggly little girl with butterfly barrettes in her hair. As was the entire movie.

I love it like I love MOMMIE DEAREST.

#20

Was M. Night Shyamalan attempting to make a SERIOUS movie with THE HAPPENIN

Posted: 5/25/10 at 11:14am

Hey, she was the only actor in this thing who looked like they were having any fun.

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"Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they've been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It's an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing.” ~ Muhammad Ali

#21

Was M. Night Shyamalan attempting to make a SERIOUS movie with THE HAPPENIN

Posted: 5/25/10 at 11:17am

Oh, I don't know. I think Leguizamo had a palpable sense of joy when he got to (SPOILER) slit his wrists.

#22

Was M. Night Shyamalan attempting to make a SERIOUS movie with THE HAPPENIN

Posted: 5/25/10 at 11:53am

I really liked Zoe in this!

#23

Was M. Night Shyamalan attempting to make a SERIOUS movie with THE HAPPENIN

Posted: 5/25/10 at 11:55am

Liked as in 'I like Zooey as a person and, hence, support everything she does'? Or liked as in 'She's giving a great performance!'?

Cause if it's the latter, grrrrrrl, we need to TALK!

#24

Was M. Night Shyamalan attempting to make a SERIOUS movie with THE HAPPENIN

Posted: 5/25/10 at 12:01pm

^^^ "liked her" in the "oh she's so cute and sweet and awkward with the big googly eyes" kinda way! LOL LOL

#25

Was M. Night Shyamalan attempting to make a SERIOUS movie with THE HAPPENIN

Posted: 5/25/10 at 12:04pm

The committee accepts that answer and grants you a reprieve.

I mean...any film that has Mark Wahlberg as a SCIENCE TEACHER??? CO.MED.Y.