JackFetch Posted December 7, 2007 Report Share Posted December 7, 2007 I've been let down recently by Shyamalan's movies, so I had almost zero hype for this one until I remembered reading about it over a year ago. This is the one where the Earth gets tired of us humans and tries to kill us all off by using the plants and trees to release toxins that make us kill ourselves. I heard really good things about it. In the 20th Century Fox release, starring Mark Wahlberg, Zooey Deschanel, John Leguizamo and Betty Buckley, a couple goes on the run from an apocalyptic crisis that presents a large-scale threat to humanity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dread Posted December 7, 2007 Report Share Posted December 7, 2007 I've been let down recently by Shyamalan's movies, so I had almost zero hype for this one until I remembered reading about it over a year ago. This is the one where the Earth gets tired of us humans and tries to kill us all off by using the plants and trees to release toxins that make us kill ourselves. I heard really good things about it. In the 20th Century Fox release, starring Mark Wahlberg, Zooey Deschanel, John Leguizamo and Betty Buckley, a couple goes on the run from an apocalyptic crisis that presents a large-scale threat to humanity. Let me guess: it's all a dream? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFetch Posted December 7, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 7, 2007 What I had read originally was that this would be his first movie without a twist at the end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drqshadow Posted December 7, 2007 Report Share Posted December 7, 2007 So the twist is that there is no twist! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missy Posted December 7, 2007 Report Share Posted December 7, 2007 ... or is there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFetch Posted December 7, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 7, 2007 He rewrote a lot of it so he might have added one. I think he needs to keep it out though. It ruins the movie when you sit there and focus on what the twist is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dread Posted December 7, 2007 Report Share Posted December 7, 2007 Personally, it's a little late for him. Sixth Sense worked for what it was. Even Unbreakable, a guilty pleasure, worked for me. BUt by the time The Village rolled around (of which there was also discussion of it being his first film without a twist), it was tiresome. He's a one-trick pony whose best work was an American Express commercial as far as I"m concerned. It's a good commercial though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rev_calibos Posted December 7, 2007 Report Share Posted December 7, 2007 Will probably just rent this.......got burned by Lady in the Water....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chops Posted December 7, 2007 Report Share Posted December 7, 2007 What I had read originally was that this would be his first movie without a twist at the end. I'm guessing the live action movie of Avatar: The Last Airbender will be his first one without a twist. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dread Posted December 7, 2007 Report Share Posted December 7, 2007 What I had read originally was that this would be his first movie without a twist at the end. I'm guessing the live action movie of Avatar: The Last Airbender will be his first one without a twist. The twist will be that the cartoon was live action all along...only in an alternate universe where live action really is animation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFetch Posted December 7, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 7, 2007 Avatar won't come out for awhile, and probably won't be called Avatar since Fox says they own that name for their own movie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrno_the_sinner Posted December 8, 2007 Report Share Posted December 8, 2007 As long as it's Avatar: The Last Airbender or Avatar: The Legend of Aang (UK title), I doubt there'd be a problem. Failing that, they could just go with TLAB or TLoA. And M. Night also wrote Stuart Little, which was free of twists as far as I know. He's at least capable of writing family fare. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFetch Posted February 5, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2008 The trailer! http://www.foxfilm.at/trailer/THEHAPPENING.wmv Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missy Posted February 5, 2008 Report Share Posted February 5, 2008 Well, I'm interested now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFetch Posted February 15, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 15, 2008 The new trailer. http://video.cineplex.com/?fr_story=c72ed1...9524f&rf=bm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tglancy Posted February 15, 2008 Report Share Posted February 15, 2008 Things are going to happen, but they will not be what they seem, until the end when it turns out they were, or were not. You heard it here first!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFetch Posted March 8, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 8, 2008 I've got a copy of the script from when it was called The Green Effect if anyone's interested. Stuff from the trailer is in it so it's still relevant. I put it up on Pownce if anyone wants to go that route. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFetch Posted May 2, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 2, 2008 New trailer: http://video.msn.com/video.aspx?mkt=en-US&...09-f04d335d546e Zooey Deschanel's confused looks are finally being put to good use in a movie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 2, 2008 Report Share Posted May 2, 2008 I'm still at a loss to explain why I am so attracted to that woman. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stavros Posted May 2, 2008 Report Share Posted May 2, 2008 New trailer: http://video.msn.com/video.aspx?mkt=en-US&...09-f04d335d546e Can't even shout, can't even cry The Gentlemen are coming by Looking in windows, knocking on doors They need to take seven and they might take yours Can't call to mom, can't say a word You're gonna die screaming but you won't be heard. That immidiately came to mind. Anyway don't be confused DW. Zooey is a crush of mine as well, ever since Hitchhiker Guide. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-T Posted October 23, 2011 Report Share Posted October 23, 2011 I know this is a megabump. So I got the DVD from Netflix. I've been meaning to see it for a while, and finally got around to it. It's a little silly but there was one scene that I just can't get over. Dude walks into the lion's den at the zoo. Offscreen, he loses an arm. OK, I can deal with that. Then, we see a lion rip his other arm off at the elbow... by lightly tugging on it. Does this guy's muscles, skin and tendons have the tensile strength of tissue paper? Come on, it doesn't work that way. See, here's the way it is. I can suspend disbelief for the movie, that there is a toxin that is making people kill themselves. But unless you provide some other explanation, you can't have a dude's arm get ripped off because a lion is lightly tugging on it. I'm 30 minutes in. The next hour is going to be a very, very long hour. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-T Posted October 24, 2011 Report Share Posted October 24, 2011 OK, we're polluting the earth so the plants teamed up to kill us. Gaia must have supernaturally sped up their evolution. She's going to get us for blaspheming her with our pollution! We need to show Gaia that we love her and will start respecting the earth. The logical first step is for all of us to sit in a drum circle, smoke some dope and sing songs about love and peace. And wear hemp. Just watch out for Eric Cartman and his drill. The only thing missing was for someone to say "Gaia damn it!" and be stomped on by an Ent for taking her name in vain. I wanted a movie, not a sermon. If I want a sermon, I'll go to church. Advocating for a cleaner environment is fine, but taking your environmentalism and ramming it down my throat for 90 minutes is not the way to produce an entertaining movie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxPower Posted October 24, 2011 Report Share Posted October 24, 2011 I can only assume you hated Avatar as well then... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-T Posted October 25, 2011 Report Share Posted October 25, 2011 I can only assume you hated Avatar as well then... Yes, I did hate Dances with Smurfs! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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