Don't watch all the previews or You see too much

Rating: 5/10 (17 June 2008)

I'm a fan of his movies. The Sixth Sense was one of my all time favorite films and I liked Unbreakable, greatly liked Signs, The Village was good and the Lady in the Water was watchable but I have to say that The Happening was ruined by my seeing all the previews put out ahead of it. Too much of the film is given away. I like Mark Whalberg in tough guy roles but not cast in this movie. A sensitive family guy type would have been a better choice. Zooey cast as his wife was also wrong for me because I think of her in upbeat comedy and/or romance and not the sorrowful, bewildered wife character that this movie called for. The "Happening" is explained and believable but I think because we are expecting something much more complex... simple gives rise to the other reviewers saying they stopped taking the film seriously.
Next time I'd say get the right actors to portray the right mood and keep the highlights from all the advertising.