[url]http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0949731/[/url]

What does everyone think? I honestly haven't gotten around to seeing the last couple M. Night movies, but I think the previews for this look good. Plus I like Marky Mark as an actor.

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I dont know man, the trailers for "The Village" were so wicked when I first saw 'em..... and that movie was a let down of epic proportions. And that shit.... lady in the pond or some crap..... what was the nonsense. I couldn't even see it for 17 minutes it was so retarded. Naked woman appearing in a pool and the wolf from never ending story running around.....I'm waiting till this hits Netflix.

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M Knight Shamalamadingdong has been a huge let down. How they keep funding him is a wonder in its own.

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[quote=Localizer;613170]How they keep funding him is a wonder in its own.[/quote]

that is a horror mov(i)e in of itself

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[quote=Localizer;613170]M Knight Shamalamadingdong has been a huge let down. [/quote]

:roflmao:

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everything will be perfect

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^^ ? i like his movies

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wow, the critics are tearing this one apart... a shame, i was kinda hoping this would be a little creepy. :Scared2:

"The true disaster on display in [I]The Happening[/I] is Shyamalan's career hitting rock bottom."

[URL]http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/10007985-happening/[/URL]

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i think a hit like The Sixth Sense is to hard to top ... thats his biigest peoblem ... but his films are good , maybe they dont feel as scary ... the one i trully didnt like was Lady in the Lake very very weak stuff . Very though reviews I think ill give him the chance and ill watch this .... we'll see

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[quote=Localizer;613170]How they keep funding him is a wonder in its own.[/quote]

Yeah I think that's the bigger surprise than watching his movies! Dingdong is probably one of those types you either hate or love, and there must be a crazy bunch of fanatics out there who can't let go of 6th Sense and attend every new movie.

Remember reading a scathing review of the Village that observed Dingdong liked to make movies which exists in their own lil pocket universe/world, and is withdrawn from normality. Except his movies are never outright fantasies, and have weak plots that only serves to alienate Dingdong from his audiences once the veil is lifted.

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wow, this was a bad movie, i mean the whole idea of the movie kind of started really good, but at one point it becomes really really bad, some bad acting, some stupid lines, i mean, damn, i had high expectations for this movie.

really disapointed.

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m night is trying to get over comments like that by saying this is the best intentional B movie ever made.

[url]http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080611/film_nm/happening_dc[/url]

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[quote=Cj Tari;614987]wow, this was a bad movie, i mean the whole idea of the movie kind of started really good, but at one point it becomes really really bad, some bad acting, some stupid lines, i mean, damn, i had high expectations for this movie.

really disapointed.[/quote]

thats what usually always happens to his movies.

good ideas, good starting, everything else is shit.

only movie of his that i happen to really like is Signs.

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really ? I thought Signs was pretty retarded. The only good thing in the movie was the acting of Joachim Pheonix and the anti-semite.

storyline was really sad and without any real direction. just a snippet of the life of a pastor's family through an alien attack, which just saying it aloud makes it seems even more stupid. Beings flying millions of light years come to earth and start banging on doors to break in just to kill ? whatever happened to them laser cathode ray light pulse shooters?

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yes, they mastered interstellar travel, but still fight hand to hand. that always bothered me.

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[quote=thesightless;615330]yes, they mastered interstellar travel, but still fight hand to hand. that always bothered me.[/quote]

lol good point.

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It's sad actually that sci-fi and fantasy movies in hollywood are flopping. Hell there hasn't even been a good movie with awesome twists like Seven. People can come up with great ideas but fail to execute. I would one day love to see The Moon is a Harsh Mistress or River of Gods turned into movies - but only with the right directors and cast and with a timeline for production that envelopes quality in film.

I mean, whatever happened to flicks that elevated these genres to heights like Dark City, 5th element, Sin City, etc...

Bunch of god dammed pussies in hollywood with no imagination now, all riding the superhero bandwagon. It's a sad time for hollywood.

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[B][COLOR=red]BEWARE: [/COLOR][I]The Happening[/I][/B] was a great, big, steaming pile of terrible...

wtf is wrong with this M.Night guy, what was he thinking?

I knew when I heard "It's just one of those things in nature that we'll probably never understand", at least twice in the first hour of the movie, then we weren't going to get anything resembling a logical explanation for what was going on... So then, I was waiting for one of his trademark cliches or odd plot twists near the end; and when neither materialized, I hated myself for even sitting through it...

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it was ok... the story was fucking retarded but there were some good/creepy shock factors in it.

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I happened to like the village...a lot. But didn't really dig 6th sense... Does that mean I would be more apt to like or dislike The Happening? The concept of it has me very intrigued.

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the concept is unique but extremely far fetched. if you can get past that, the movie would probably be ok. i just thought the idea was pretty stupid, though. the movie never explains why what started happening happened.

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this movie is a bunch of horseshit !!

he doesnt appear on this one or does he ?

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[quote=Localizer;615959]It's sad actually that sci-fi and fantasy movies in hollywood are flopping. Hell there hasn't even been a good movie with awesome twists like Seven. People can come up with great ideas but fail to execute. I would one day love to see The Moon is a Harsh Mistress or River of Gods turned into movies - but only with the right directors and cast and with a timeline for production that envelopes quality in film.

I mean, whatever happened to flicks that elevated these genres to heights like Dark City, 5th element, Sin City, etc...

Bunch of god dammed pussies in hollywood with no imagination now, all riding the superhero bandwagon. It's a sad time for hollywood.[/quote]

Sunshine was the last decent sci-fi movie I saw, but that had a lot of mixed feedback even on here.

Anyway Shymalan doesn't do sci-fi movies, he just does this weird out stoner shit that makes no sense and exist in his own little pocket universe. Even sci-fi has more accountable explanations and physics than Shymalan's little pinkie.

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Who is funding this guy? Halfway through this nonsense and just gutted I'm putting myself through it.

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Caught this on the small screen last night - enjoyed parts of beginning but all round- crap, the wife just never looked scared at all throughout - crap!

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this has been getting shit reviews, dont know if i will even waste my time with it now.

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one of the worst high budget films I have seen in recent days...and as you all seem to wonder who financed it . . . it was ding dong himself.

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yeah, I've given up on this guy after that water lady bull shit, lol after the 6th sense his movies have all been massive let downs

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[quote=Steve Graham;666902]yeah, I've given up on this guy after that water lady bull shit, lol after the 6th sense his movies have all been massive let downs[/quote]

with every new movie he puts out he gets progressively worse

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what a piece of shit, i thought that with markymark, jon liguzamo, and zooey deschanel that it must have been a good script, but this was awful

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pissed at myself for watching it

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never saw it. glad i said fail just by viewing the preview.

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:bed:

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Movie ended and I said WTF!! Waste of 2 hours of my life.

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crap movie!

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[QUOTE=coleby761;668847]Movie ended and I said WTF!! Waste of 2 hours of my life.[/QUOTE]

thats why you ALWAYS keep beer handy when watching unknown movies / shitty directors. At least you dont waste the 2 hours :p

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Good point only problem is i normally don't remember the end cause of it then rent it again thats why i also read the reviews!

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I see not bad but the finish not frenetic.Maybe the second episode ??:D:D:D

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this is not one of his best films. The reveal is so obvious and happens not even half way through the film. Leaves the last half extremely predictable. Although the very last scene is somewhat rewarding