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New Trailer: M. Night Shyamalan’s The Happening
Posted by Neil Miller (neil@filmschoolrejects.com) on May 3, 2008
Once again, I feel the need to be honest with all of you — I have absolutely lost interest with the work of M. Night Shyamalan. After the rather dull Lady in the Water, I was no longer interested in being sold one thing, only to have it twist uncontrollably into something else all at once, all in the last moment. It worked with The Sixth Sense and Unbreakable, but has run its course since.
That said, I am moving toward his next release The Happening with some trepidation, as it appears to be nothing more than a 90-minute movie about paranoia. And after reading a little blurb over on Defamer earlier today, I realized that it is just that — 90 minutes of people getting hysterical, most likely finding out that they are all already dead in the last moment. It brings about a yawn attack and makes me want to go back to watching clips of Iron Man, a film I’ve already seen twice.
I’m not saying that it won’t turn out to be a good film — every film has a shot — just don’t get your hopes up. Of course, this is just my opinion. I urge you to check out the trailer above and then leave your own opinion in the sound off area below.
The Happening hits theaters on June 13. It stars Mark Wahlberg, Zoey Deschanel and John Leguizamo.
Trailer courtesy of MSN. View the teaser poster below:
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4 Comments
May 3rd, 2008 at 8:35 am
I understand that MNS is likely keeping things under wraps, so a part of me admires that - but exactly how many shots of people turning to look at something SURPRISING! do we have to see in one trailer? Pull that trick a few times and it builds tension. Show it 72 times within 2:25 and it becomes a low-rent magic trick.
Oh, and I wish they’d used the word “happening” maybe four more times, too. ‘Cause I’m stupid and I didn’t understand the title, I guess, so it’s nice that they explained it to me.
May 3rd, 2008 at 11:22 am
I’m gonna give M. Night another chance even though I wasn’t that dissapointed with Lady in the Water, but I really enjoy his films plus I would hope with Mark Whalberg, John Leguizamo, and Zooey Deschanel it would be at the very least if the not the greatest movie, a memorable one.
May 3rd, 2008 at 11:25 am
I have faith. After his masterpiece the Sixth Sense and his two excellent followups, I predicted that he could be the Hitchcock of our time, but unfortunately I may have jinxed him. I think as long as he keeps his mind out of fairytale land (because yes, Lady in the Water and The Village were absolutely awful), he can show himself as one of our most gifted directors.
May 3rd, 2008 at 5:23 pm
He drives me nuts. I liked The Sixth Sense, but for too long now he makes two hours plus of nothing with a twist like “Oh, these were almonds not peanuts?”
“The Lady in the Water” was miserable.
My suspicion is this new film is two hours of nothing followed by the revelation that Lindsey Lohan is President of the United States. That would send anyone over the edge.