Whew! Not Good. Really, Not Good.

Rating: 1/10 (11 July 2008)

The Happening can only be described by me as the willful destruction of an established BRAND. And that is a rather reluctant but honest commentary on this latest awful movie by M. Night Shyamalan. On one hand I am perplexed by the seemingly unfinished effort. On the other I am insulted that we (a loyal audience) may be taken for granted with this offering because he dared to unveil this tripe to us. M. Night did not do his homework nor his due diligence with this film, and it is painfully obvious from the poor dialog, the stupidly illogical story line and the grossly mischaracterized biology and ecology. This one may signal the end of the ride. Speaking as a fan of Mike Tyson who kept looking for a return to the brilliance of old "Iron Mike", I think that M. Night may have no fight left. Still, and thankfully so, the fleeting physical attributes of prize fighting are not needed for film-making. But you must have a similar passion to want to be your very best. Well, do you still have the passion M. Night? Or will you become as big a joke to the film-making arena as Mr. Tyson became to the prize fighting arena? Simply unbelievable!
And for those who contend that this is a solid effort that has been misunderstood, you must be more discriminating. You do M. Night's previous very good works a great injustice to say that this one is good. Stop it and drop the Kool Aid!