Monthly Archives: November 2008
Commentary #25 – The Happening (2008)
M. Night Shyamalan’s first R-rated movie! M. Night Shyamalan’s first R-rated movie! Those were the words that sent people to theaters in – what’s the opposite of “droves” – to experience some stupid thing about angry plants making people walk backwards before killing themselves. And Marky Mark as a science teacher. We know he’s smart because M. Knight makes him wear an awkward sweater vest.
Finally crossing the line into Ed Wood territory, Shyamalan actually expects the audience to feel fear and tension when he stages his characters running away from light breezes. Oh, and instead of a stupid twist ending, the ending is just stupid. In the end, The Happening has all the terror and gravity of a fabric softener commercial AND a criminally underused Alan Ruck. We love Alan Ruck. (IMDb)
TO SYNC WITH MOVIE: Start this commentary 10 seconds after starting movie.
Could Be Applied To A Few Different Actors
Who Says Communists Don’t Have A Sense Of Humor?
From the Yahoo! Movies article “From Russia With Scorn: Bond Girl Denounced by Communists”:
…the Communist Party of St. Petersburg, which in an open letter on its website condemned [new bond girl Olga Kurylenko] for aiding “the killer of hundreds of Soviet people and their allies.” The group’s statement describes 007 as “a man who worked for decades under the orders of Thatcher and Reagan to destroy the USSR.”
They seem halfway serious, which only makes them twice as adorable. Awww! They think Olga is a traitor! Isn’t that just precious!