What Happened?

Rating: 1/10 (23 September 2013)

In this horrible global warming and nature spellbound movie, Mark Wahlberg (Elliot ),Zooey Deschanel (Alma), John Leguizamo (Julian ) and Ashlyn Sanchez (Jess); are survivors of an unknown attack that is said to have started in New York 's Central Park. The unknown threat is plaguing the planet with confusion and the current population is no longer thriving in numbers. They are trying to make it to the place that is not experiencing whatever is happening. The basic theme is the human population is being threatened by an unknown source and only the remaining population will be able to stop what is happening.
Elliot (Mark Wahlberg) is a teacher who should be a student of acting with this boyishly played role. His friend Julian (John Leguizamo) has joined Elliot with his daughter Jess (Ashlyn Sanchez) in what is happening. Leguizamo must have been confused in the reading of the script, he is just not one to take serious for helping mankind. Elliot has baggage of his disconnected girlfriend Alma (Zooey Deschanel) who is tagging along and is of little help with what is happening.
This horrible rendition of global threats and population predisposition has no bar under the movie I AM Legend , in which we (the audience) at least had a hold of what happened. The dark comedy that Mark Wahlberg did not display control over got lost in a show tune at the door. Not to mention his bad acting. There are few scenes that have a tacky approach to what was happening in the minds of the reaming population that is still in the dark about what happened. The misuse and over usage of the word "happening" could have just been edited out entirely. Seriously the look on Elliot's face when calming his friend Julian down made me feel like I was going to hear the director say "cut". I do not know what's happening with that.
The location of the natural surroundings added a personal feel to the soon to be dollar movie. The angles of the camera gave the sense that the entire population was in a panic and at risk with what was happening.
The viewing of this movie can be prevented. If you want to know what is happening do not bother watching the movie The Happening. At the end of it you will find yourself asking the same question from the beginning. What is happening?