Comments on: Review: The Happening http://www.cinemaverdict.com/2008/06/14/review-the-happening/ Spreading film criticism all over the web Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:06:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Ben http://www.cinemaverdict.com/2008/06/14/review-the-happening/comment-page-1/#comment-169 Ben Tue, 17 Jun 2008 13:58:59 +0000 http://www.cinemaverdict.com/2008/06/14/review-the-happening/#comment-169 In my local paper, I gave this one a D, but only because giving it an F would equate it with Lady in the Water, which is even worse than The Happening. In my local paper, I gave this one a D, but only because giving it an F would equate it with Lady in the Water, which is even worse than The Happening.

]]> By: adam arseneau http://www.cinemaverdict.com/2008/06/14/review-the-happening/comment-page-1/#comment-168 adam arseneau Mon, 16 Jun 2008 19:25:33 +0000 http://www.cinemaverdict.com/2008/06/14/review-the-happening/#comment-168 Honestly, I can't figure out where the praisers are even coming from. It's a heartbreaking film. The man oozes directorial talent, and some of the compositions in the film are magical, but it just tears itself apart in the script department. The day M. Night lets an actual writer write his films, he'll be a force to be reckoned with. Hopefully, Hollywood will still agree to pay for his films by then... Honestly, I can’t figure out where the praisers are even coming from.

It’s a heartbreaking film. The man oozes directorial talent, and some of the compositions in the film are magical, but it just tears itself apart in the script department.

The day M. Night lets an actual writer write his films, he’ll be a force to be reckoned with. Hopefully, Hollywood will still agree to pay for his films by then…

]]> By: Michael Stailey http://www.cinemaverdict.com/2008/06/14/review-the-happening/comment-page-1/#comment-166 Michael Stailey Mon, 16 Jun 2008 15:56:25 +0000 http://www.cinemaverdict.com/2008/06/14/review-the-happening/#comment-166 Glad to hear you say that because the reaction to the film seems to be split right down the middle. Some consider it a brilliantly poignant eco-thriller and others a cinematic exercise in futility. Glad to hear you say that because the reaction to the film seems to be split right down the middle. Some consider it a brilliantly poignant eco-thriller and others a cinematic exercise in futility.

]]> By: adam arseneau http://www.cinemaverdict.com/2008/06/14/review-the-happening/comment-page-1/#comment-165 adam arseneau Mon, 16 Jun 2008 15:37:46 +0000 http://www.cinemaverdict.com/2008/06/14/review-the-happening/#comment-165 Man, you were nicer on the film than I would've been. :D Every time a character opened their mouth, the movie (almost without exception) sucked away more and more of audience's desires to stay stationary in their chairs and sit out the film. Eventually, the pressure differential between screen and audience would reach critical mass, but luckily, the film endedbefore things get dangerous. Another five minutes, and the cinema doors would have blown off their hinges with the force of hundreds of exiting patrons leaving en masse. Poor M. Night. We hardly knew ye. Man, you were nicer on the film than I would’ve been. :D

Every time a character opened their mouth, the movie (almost without exception) sucked away more and more of audience’s desires to stay stationary in their chairs and sit out the film. Eventually, the pressure differential between screen and audience would reach critical mass, but luckily, the film endedbefore things get dangerous.

Another five minutes, and the cinema doors would have blown off their hinges with the force of hundreds of exiting patrons leaving en masse.

Poor M. Night. We hardly knew ye.

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