Are you kidding me?

Rating: 1/10 (14 June 2008)

So, I looked to my friends several times during the movie and exclaimed that "The Happening" is a "Godfather" quality flick. It is destined to be the next "Gone With The Wind". Wahlberg surely should be compared with Brando! n OK, seriously...this movie has to be THE worst movie that has ever been made. My pick for this award has until now been "The New Rose Hotel", but not anymore. Really! But I'll say this...it is so bad that it is a must see! Kind of like when you smell something repulsively putrid and you take it to your friends and say, "Hey, smell this!"
I can't say anything that hasn't already been said here, and maybe not as eloquently, but I had to say it one more time.
This movie has an unfathomably bad screenplay and dialog, deplorable acting, and an amazingly stupid plot. I suspect that the actors are not necessarily that bad, or miscast, just over-directed by a director that has long lost his touch and vision.
We know that Hollywood is long out of new ideas, but the producer of this little gem might have put a little more thought into this endeavor.
Shyamalan made really good movies in "The Sixth Sense", "Signs" and "Unbreakable". What happened? He should move on and be content with being a "one-hit-wonder". "The Happening" was just offensive. I just can't say enough bad about this movie.
Reminds me of the sunny afternoon we walked down a busy Boston sidewalk and spotted a guy lying in an alley pleasuring himself. It took weeks to get that image out of our minds. I hope it doesn't take as long to let go of "The Happening"!