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Nov. 22nd, 2009 10:02 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
akashiverI just watched The Happening while grading some quizzes, and boy, what a terrible, terrible movie.
I mean really, it was terrible.
The worst part is I don't get is *why* it had to be so terrible. Admittedly, the premise is a hard sell, but the movie doesn't even try to sell it. In fact, there are numerous scenes where Shyamalan seems to be making fun of his own movie. The man's practically turning to the camera and shouting "heh - you see this? This doesn't make sense either!" Yeah, we know, Shyamalan. And MSTK3ing doesn't work well when a) the movie is deliberately bad b) it's your own movie, you dumbass.
I feel like watching The Birds to cleanse my mental palate and remind myself how "When Nature Attacks!" films *should* be done.
I mean really, it was terrible.
The worst part is I don't get is *why* it had to be so terrible. Admittedly, the premise is a hard sell, but the movie doesn't even try to sell it. In fact, there are numerous scenes where Shyamalan seems to be making fun of his own movie. The man's practically turning to the camera and shouting "heh - you see this? This doesn't make sense either!" Yeah, we know, Shyamalan. And MSTK3ing doesn't work well when a) the movie is deliberately bad b) it's your own movie, you dumbass.
I feel like watching The Birds to cleanse my mental palate and remind myself how "When Nature Attacks!" films *should* be done.
