Why this film TRIED to be important and why it FAILED.

Rating: 3/10 (12 October 2008)

'The Happening' contains blatant ideologies of global warming and is trying to warn the American audience of the effects of global warming by scaring them into submission. I wouldn't go so far as to say this film is scary in any way, frankly it is poorly thought about and the idea that the wind and effectively climate change is chasing you is appalling. Also i don't think the thought that it makes you kill yourself is at all scary so why make a horror that just doesn't scare? Well the film maker has tried to warn the audience about the effects of global warming. In my opinion the idea behind this was a good one conveying messages through the medium of film normally works BUT the ideologies must be much more subtle and not forced upon the viewer. The film concentrates far too much on conveying it powerful ideologies and not on the generic and entertainment side of the film.
There are many obvious flaws in this film and i did not find it entertaining, i think that for this film to have worked much of it would need to have been changed. It needs to be more generically conventional, in fact it is so generically confusing that it is hard to completely tell what the film is trying to be. On IMDb it is listed as 'Mystery' well to be honest i agree with that it is a mystery.