Show Girls 2...?

Rating: 3/10 (13 June 2008)

OK, first of I am going to say that I have been satisfied with some of Shyamalan's previous movies, like The Sixth Sense and to some extend Signs. That said I cannot say that I found The Happening remotely satisfying... and I normally love these kind of movies were you are supposed to get the feeling that something huge and extraordinary is going on, whether it will be aliens, natural disasters or a strange virus. To get to the point... the acting in this movie is the worst I have seen since... well since I saw Show Girls. It was that bad. At times I was wondering if this was some kind of a new public joke, to see how long people were going to watch such bad acting. The plot seemed random at best and the dialog is... well it is.... my god it is bad. This is what you would expect from a school play (a really bad school that is). The movie constantly got you thinking things like, "what the hell was that all about", "what? WHAAAT?", "no your kidding me right?" and "please don't let it be the plants". I just got home from the cinema and to be honest with you, once again, I am shocked to see the score on IMDb. Over 6... who gives this movie over 6 in score. I will give this movie 3 stars (and then I am being generous). 1 for the first 5 minutes of the movie which was actually kind of good, 1 for at least trying to make a new sci-fi movie, since I strongly believe that we don't get enough of those, and at last but not least, 1 for making me laugh my ass off at certain scenes which was so weird, so misplaced and so poorly acted out that I was almost peeing myself. If you thought this movie was, well lets say average, then I can strongly recommend Show Girls. It has got a lot of the same qualities. Enjoy.