Rarely do I ever take the time to post something about a movie that I don't like, but I feel it important to warn the world about the worst movie I've seen in a long time. Wes and I have had awful luck lately when it comes to movies. I can't remember the last movie that wowed me. And this last weekend we saw a movie that left us shaking our heads for days. M Night Shyamalan's, "The Happening." You can thank me later for saving you $9.50 for a movie ticket, and $15 for popcorn and a soda.
Mark Whalberg, or Marky Mark as I still call him, is a pretty good actor in my opinion. He's done some decent movies. However, this was not one of them. He plays a nerdy, high school science teacher which is pretty unbelievable in itself. My high school science teacher was no where near that hot, and salivated as he lectured. The whole premise for this movie is that all of a sudden, people in the New York area start killing themselves in a zombie-like state. So Marky Mark and the rest of the funky bunch do their best to head away from where this is all happening. Shymalan threw in some idiotic love story too between Whalberg's character, and some other actress from the movie "Elf." Long story short (for you anyway, I had to sit through the whole darn thing), the plants and trees of the world are emitting some sort of toxin that prevents us from self preservation. I literally had to sit through the first hour of people killing themselves with my hands over my eyes. They showed every possible way to kill yourself, and it was disgusting and disturbing. I felt like screaming, "I GET IT, ALREADY!"But no. Mr. Shymalan had to show you over and over again. The movie ends with the toxin disappearing in America and reappearing in Europe. Wes was pretty pissed that he bought a movie ticket and ended up watching 2 hours of M. Night's dogma and political views on the environment. When the credits rolled, the audience moaned and cursed. I don't think there was one happy movie goer in the theater. Sigh.
O well. We went home and watched "27 Dresses" that evening. We needed something light and mind-numbing to take off the edge. Cute enough chick-flick, if you ask me. I don't think we'll be going to the theater again until "The Hobbit" is released.
Mark Whalberg, or Marky Mark as I still call him, is a pretty good actor in my opinion. He's done some decent movies. However, this was not one of them. He plays a nerdy, high school science teacher which is pretty unbelievable in itself. My high school science teacher was no where near that hot, and salivated as he lectured. The whole premise for this movie is that all of a sudden, people in the New York area start killing themselves in a zombie-like state. So Marky Mark and the rest of the funky bunch do their best to head away from where this is all happening. Shymalan threw in some idiotic love story too between Whalberg's character, and some other actress from the movie "Elf." Long story short (for you anyway, I had to sit through the whole darn thing), the plants and trees of the world are emitting some sort of toxin that prevents us from self preservation. I literally had to sit through the first hour of people killing themselves with my hands over my eyes. They showed every possible way to kill yourself, and it was disgusting and disturbing. I felt like screaming, "I GET IT, ALREADY!"But no. Mr. Shymalan had to show you over and over again. The movie ends with the toxin disappearing in America and reappearing in Europe. Wes was pretty pissed that he bought a movie ticket and ended up watching 2 hours of M. Night's dogma and political views on the environment. When the credits rolled, the audience moaned and cursed. I don't think there was one happy movie goer in the theater. Sigh.
O well. We went home and watched "27 Dresses" that evening. We needed something light and mind-numbing to take off the edge. Cute enough chick-flick, if you ask me. I don't think we'll be going to the theater again until "The Hobbit" is released.
2 comments:
Thanks for the review Nikki. The previews made it look sooo good and now I'm not sad to miss it. Sorry you had to sit through the two hours of crap though in order to save the rest of us :). You are so self-sacrificing! :)
CONGRADULATIONS!!!Its gonna be a girl!!!ha ha jk What ever it may be i'm sure he/she will sleep right through the night!!he he
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