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Oct 21 '08
Pros: Maybe one interesting scene. Nice looking cast. Cons: Storyline, plot and theatrical chemistry.
Summary: The Happening< b> is a modern day thriller that takes place in the United States with a catastrophe of sorts that affects people rsquo;s emotions without warning and no apparent reason. Citizens are going about their daily lives when all of a ... read more
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Dec 16 '08
Pros: Creative plot, wonderful characters, great cinematography, evocative atmosphere, intriguing conclusion
Cons: None.
Summary: A normal morning, the sun rising slowly over a bustling central park, people walking peppy canines, children running and screaming, gentle old men feeding pigeons, couples holding hands and walking. It’s a normal morning. Or is it? The leaves ... read more
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Oct 20 '08
Pros: Interesting Idea (Night has a lot of them). Cool suicides, Pretty to look at.
Cons: The Writing, The Acting. The Casting
Summary: Howdy Folks. Did I mention that summer is over and that the cottage is all packed up? I tried to find this under videos but it's not up there yet, so you'll just have to suffer with it here.I like The Night (he makes me ... read more
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Aug 17 '08
Pros: Mysterious sci-fi creeper
Cons: Makes stupidity coherent
Summary: In New York a woman in Central Park quietly stabs herself in the neck, while at a nearby building site men jump from the top floor to their deaths. At a city High School, Science Teacher Elliot Moore (Mark Wahlberg) teaches his class the basics of ... read more
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Aug 10 '08
Pros: …
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Summary: A lot of times we come into something and end up being disappointed. It’s funny how you can also come into something not expecting anything at all and still be disappointed. After watching The Village, also by M. Night Shyamalan, I came into The ... read more
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Jul 27 '08
Pros: guilt-inducing horrifically entertaining mass suicide scenes
Cons: everything else
Summary: M. Night Shyamalan’s unique vision for movies has given him early successes with The Sixth Sense, Unbreakable and The Village, but after the disastrous Lady in the Water, he looks ready to bury his career with this complete failure of a movie, The ... read more
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Jul 25 '08
Pros: The Cast and Crew
Cons: none
Summary: Well i have to recommend this movie to viewers, because this movie was absolutely incredible. this movie made me laugh, cry , and frightened. this movie was a great experience for me. and i highly recommend it for older viewers. the thrill of this movie ... read more
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Jul 06 '08
Pros: A message is actually laying deep below the layers of the movie.
Cons: Tacky acting and scenes that should have sceard me had me laughing.
Summary: I was so excited to see this movie after all of the hype about it on the tv's, busses, and amoungst friends.. But arriving at the bigscreen with popcorn in hand I must say i was dissapointed. The concept of the movie was interesting but its delivery was ... read more
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Jul 01 '08
Pros: Acting, themes
Cons: More than a little heavy handed in the implications
Summary: SPOILER WARNING: In this review I explain at the very beginning what it takes the characters most of the movie to figure out. If you really want to be surprised, stop reading now. "The Happening" is about nature coming up with a novel way to ... read more
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Jun 30 '08
Pros: Very creative concept.
Cons: Kind of slow at times.
Summary: Well, When I saw the preview of this movie, I knew I just had to go see it. I figured it be a suspensful sci-fi movie that had some sort of extra-terristial object possesing humans to kill themselves. Oh but I was sadly mistaken. It turns out, it was ... read more
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Jun 27 '08
Pros: Interesting premise
Cons: Doesn't really go anywhere
Summary: Critics and fans alike haven’t been so harsh about an M. Night Shyamalan movie since…his last one, Lady in the Water. I recently saw The Happening and kind of liked it, though it certainly is not his best movie – that distinction is ... read more
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Jun 24 '08
Pros: Excellent thriller, original concept, definitely kept me entertained.
Cons: Weak acting, poor plot at some points.
Summary: Having seen all of M. Night's films, and loving all of them, I was very eager to see The Happening the first night it came out. Overall, the film chronicled a group of individuals trying to avoid a phenomenon in which individuals kill themselves. The ... read more
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Jun 20 '08
Pros: If you understand the message, you may find the interest in it.
Cons: People may think it's disgusting because there are too much people commit suicide.
Summary: I do like The Happening. I think this film give me two important message. The two messages are love and the power of nature. These messages are good for people to think about what things do they need to change. First, there are a lot of people ... read more
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Jun 20 '08
Pros: interesting premise, surprisingly suspenseful
Cons: stupid, poorly researched, so auteurish it's amateurish
Summary: SPOILER WARNING: One reader felt my original review had spoiled a key plot point, though that reader had not seen the movie and I disagree with that assessment. I have, however, rewritten this review to put the whole issue to bed. I offer this warning, ... read more
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Jun 19 '08
Pros: Fairly frightening, suspenseful and original
Cons: R-rated material feels out of place and the script could use some work
Summary: M. Night Shyamalan has had a rocky track record as of late. While The Sixth Sense was a huge hit both financially and critically, his films have slowly been declining in critical praise and box office performance ever since, which was apparent from Lady ... read more
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