Once again M. Night disappoints.

Rating: 3/10 (13 June 2008)

This is only one man's opinion, but i can't see anyone enjoying this pile. Don't get me wrong, this movie isn't the worst he's made (lady in the water, the village) but it sure makes me wonder why he's still getting work. There are tons of flaws to be found in 'The Happening', even the name doesn't make sense (much like the rest of the film) or the R rating for that matter.
For the life of me, I have no idea why this movie had an R rating, every time someone kills themselves the viewer either got to see some feet and hear a gunshot or the picture cut away to others characters reactions. The one scene that could have given this movie an R rating was the one with the lions, but still it was probably the worst death scene in the movie and probably should have been cut out. they didn't even swear once throughout the entire movie which brings me to my next point.
The dialog is horrendous! I don't care who you are, where your from, what you think and like, nobody acts the way that the characters in the movie do. for example, the little girl in the movie cries once when she knows her parents died, yet about 5 minutes later she seems relatively fine, no bad thoughts in her brain. the amount of calm in the movie makes me wonder in Mr. M. Night has ever truly been scared in his life, because his screen writing suggest that he hasn't.
I could go on about this for pages, but my fingers would get tired, so to sum this up.... The acting is sub-par Marky Mark gives one of his worst performances, and even johnny Legs (one of my favorite actors) disappointed. The dialog is horrible. The cinematography is completely lack luster. There is not one scary part in this movie, not even a cheap thrill, in fact the spookiest part of the movie was the mirrors trailer before it. Also, if your into gore and are hoping to find a rated R gore fest, look somewhere else. And the final kicker, this entire film made Absolutely no sense, and had Absolutely no point for the most part. The idea the plants cause people to kill themselves is just plan stupid. If you really want to see, I cant stop you. but if you go, you should probably sneak in, I know i would be pretty angry if I had to pay to be bored for 2 hours.