A Movie ahead of it's time

Rating: 7/10 (23 June 2008)

Before watching this movie don't go on the internet and read reviews about it at all. Because if you do it this way, you will not be truly open minded to what the movie is trying accomplish. And before watching this movie really ask yourself how you feel about the state of the world today, considering all the talks of it ending in 2012.
I thought Mark Walberg and Zooey Deschanel did a great job with the movie. The problem that I had with M.Night's previous work "Lady in the Water" was simply, the characters didn't act normal, and they all seemed to strive to be too peculiar due to the fact that this was an M.Night movie. I saw this to be the problem in the first 10 minutes of the "Happening", but it was quickly rescued starting with the believable acting role of John Leguizamo. In the end it was additionally all brought together by the very complicated relationship of Walberg and Deschanel(Which was great!) The reason I say this movie was ahead of it's time is because it directly deals with scaring one not by folkloric trickery, CGI, or funny shaped monsters, or super sudden and expected killing patterns, but by the scientific possibility of something that could totally happen to our planet.
Of course majority of the thrill seeking youth won't be excited after having seen this one, as it doesn't have to do with a Big Bad Wolf, along with three little Piggys, or some super predictable eerie killing creature that can't be stopped until the end. Even adults who don't broaden their minds will have a hard time grasping hold of this film. People always want the norm, and things to happen in the natural order of the standard desire. After watching this movie I know that the fact that M.Night can scare me by the howl of the wind, and the crinkle of leaves and plants is a true art form in itself.