tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18173351.post2192627108250503860..comments2023-11-11T21:26:46.689+00:00Comments on This Side of Sunday: The HappeningJon Couttshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01728055140831842717noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18173351.post-41193019539555178552008-06-25T14:41:00.000+01:002008-06-25T14:41:00.000+01:00i like matthew's extremism (and jeff's over at Wat...i like matthew's extremism (and jeff's over at Watch It) but agree with tanti. considering i can sit through entire comedies and not laugh once and people out there for some reason give them good ratings, i have to at least say this movie was okay.<BR/><BR/>i wasn't as into the emotionlessness of those first few scenes. the zombie thing didn't work for me. i think the falling from the building would have worked if not for the commercials. the landscapers hanging was a very eerie scene very well done. and all of mrs. jones. so it wasn't a total loss. <BR/><BR/>i'd forgotten about the lion tamer. oh my. that and the grass blowing. that's not a tv movie, that's Youtube quality.Jon Couttshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01728055140831842717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18173351.post-43874750267658103402008-06-25T00:40:00.000+01:002008-06-25T00:40:00.000+01:00Maybe it's just that I've seen so many terrible mo...Maybe it's just that I've seen so many terrible movies lately (see my post with short reviews of movies on the plane) it's hard for me to hear this movie called terrible. It wasn't brilliant by any stretch and it wasn't as engaging as some of his other work, but I enjoyed moments. Let me state some moments I thought were good to see if I'm out to lunch here:<BR/><BR/>The early scenes of people being affected were really creepy to me. The whole emotionless way they were committing such an emotional act worked for my viewing experience. The girl shoving the hair thing into her neck slowly, the copy shooting himself, the bodies hitting the ground, the people hung in trees later on who had clearly made great effort to hand themselves. I just don't see how these scenes are terrible filmmaking. <BR/><BR/>What was terrible was the attempt at making blowing grass scary, that missed the mark. The lion eating the Zoo employee was one of the lamer movie scenes I've witnessed. It was almost as poorly done as all of 10,000 BC.<BR/><BR/>There ya go, just some thoughts. I'll post these over at Watch It too.Tony Tantihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14619319927519736211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18173351.post-31507404239972721952008-06-24T07:47:00.000+01:002008-06-24T07:47:00.000+01:00I've had a long and harmonious relationship with M...I've had a long and harmonious relationship with Mr. Shyamalan. Those first three films were excellent. However, after The Happening I've decided that it's time for us to split up. There is no excuse for making a picture that terrible. I feel genuinely betrayed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18173351.post-7138066718728441972008-06-24T02:29:00.000+01:002008-06-24T02:29:00.000+01:00i didn't realize his funding was dropping. it woul...i didn't realize his funding was dropping. it would be insane if he was unable to make first rate movies though. i hesitate to think it is racism. that would be a shame. isn't he kind of a lone ranger? i have no idea. maybe he just doesn't hobnob with the right people. i could sympathize with that.<BR/><BR/>jeff is right though, the lack of funds does not explain all the problems here, unless he's trying to tank it so they'll realize he needs to spend money to make money.Jon Couttshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01728055140831842717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18173351.post-15008483502168792802008-06-24T02:27:00.000+01:002008-06-24T02:27:00.000+01:00yeah, mrs. jones was out of place, but that's exac...yeah, mrs. jones was out of place, but that's exactly what the film needed at that point. it was so old and boring. finally there was something interesting going on!Jon Couttshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01728055140831842717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18173351.post-87528198051050579092008-06-23T23:52:00.000+01:002008-06-23T23:52:00.000+01:00I don't know Dave, lack of funding does not begin ...I don't know Dave, lack of funding does not begin to describe what wrong in this movie for me.<BR/><BR/>I agree with a lot of what you said here Jon. Except, don't you think those scene's with Mrs. Jones were a little out of place? It felt like a random sequence of creepy events that didn't add anything to the movie except cheap thrills.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18173351.post-1410524245986885812008-06-23T21:25:00.000+01:002008-06-23T21:25:00.000+01:00I actually liked The Happening as you know, but I ...I actually liked The Happening as you know, but I didn't love it, and my enjoyment of it was marginal.<BR/><BR/>Interesting that you loved the Mrs. Jones scenes so much, to me that part of the movie was totally distracting because even though it was done well it just didn't fit with anything else and I didn't find out nearly enough about her. That could have been a good movie all on its own, family gets lost, has to stay with weird lady etc... Kind of Miseryesque.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, I still wonder what he might have been able to do with more money for this one. Will anyone fund his movies now if they wouldn't before? My last comment at Watch It shows my latest theory, hollywood racism has caused him to get less funding for his last two movies which have caused them to suffer visually.Tony Tantihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14619319927519736211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18173351.post-18631557881180190522008-06-23T16:22:00.000+01:002008-06-23T16:22:00.000+01:00I was very disappointed with this movie. I really ...I was very disappointed with this movie. I really wanted to like it; I really liked his past movies. even the ones the critics didn't; for example "The Village" or even "The Lady in the Water". But I finally had to admit that it was no good.Philberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10454156659046037606noreply@blogger.com