interesting idea, terribly executed

Rating: 4/10 (9 February 2009)

i have liked shyamalans movies so far, thought sixth sense was overrated and thought lady in the water wasn't as bad as people were making it out to be. just like with lady in the water, the happenings idea and story are good, but something is missing. in this case it feels like he came up with the idea for the story and then ran out of ideas when it came time to continue the movie past the initial reveal of whats happening. i know its not shyamalans style but instead of people killing themselves it would have been better if people were killing each other. instead we got people killing themselves and since everyone offed themselves now the survivors are running around from what appears to be... the wind. a large portion of this film was just people running from nothing really, they didn't now what they were running from for most of it and there wasn't an actual thing to chase them.
mark wahlbergs stab at more "dramatic" acting didn't turn out so well. his answer for dramatic acting was raising his eyebrows and or squinting or ending a lot of his sentences with an upward tone in his voice. he felt VERY out of place in this movie. i hate to say it but his place is in more action like roles where he doesn't have to be dramatic. either way im anxious to see what shyamalan comes up with next.