Comments on: I actually really liked The Happening http://www.fabricegrinda.com/movies/i-actually-really-liked-the-happening/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:59:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Cristian http://www.fabricegrinda.com/movies/i-actually-really-liked-the-happening/comment-page-1/#comment-5580 Cristian Fri, 04 Jul 2008 19:58:27 +0000 http://www.fabricegrinda.com/?p=385#comment-5580 I agree with Fabrice. Actually I thought that the movie got too much negativity. While Mark Whalberg does seem to struggle a little bit to look like a teacher, his facial expressions are often key to his performances and again this is the case in "The Happening". A friend of mine who survived 9/11 told me that the images of the people jumping off the building brought back painful memories as he saw many people jump to their deaths that horrible day. I agree with Fabrice. Actually I thought that the movie got too much negativity. While Mark Whalberg does seem to struggle a little bit to look like a teacher, his facial expressions are often key to his performances and again this is the case in “The Happening”. A friend of mine who survived 9/11 told me that the images of the people jumping off the building brought back painful memories as he saw many people jump to their deaths that horrible day.

]]> By: Mike Jablecki http://www.fabricegrinda.com/movies/i-actually-really-liked-the-happening/comment-page-1/#comment-5534 Mike Jablecki Sun, 22 Jun 2008 03:28:49 +0000 http://www.fabricegrinda.com/?p=385#comment-5534 I agree the movie received overly negative reviews. His last movie, Lady in the Water, also suffered from poor reception, but I think we are seeing a maturation. He is letting go of the trick-twist ending that helped propel him to popular acclaim. This seems like the natural path for many a great artist. On a parallel note, the band Weezer recently released a new album, which was not generally well received. I am a big fan of their work, and this album struck me as a force to divide the true fans of Weezer from the people who just liked them when they made good pop. It seems like there is a similar situation with Shyamalan's work. I was actually a little disappointed that he did not keep up the slow, steady tension as well as in Lady in the Water. The latter for me was a movie equivalent of a long, evenly building, sonorous violin tone. While the fans of the twist ending films of Shyamalan found this boring and anti-climactic, I found it an amazing feat that I am waiting to see again. For me, the obvious fault, however, was one Marky Mark trying to be believable as a school teacher, or for that matter a character worth caring about. I've enjoyed some of his work, but this performance kept jerking me out of the moment that Shyamalan was trying to create. Despite Walberg, the movie still had a number of moving situations and I enjoyed once again Shyamalan's ability to paint ideas without ever directly mentioning them at all. I will be waiting for the next one! I agree the movie received overly negative reviews. His last movie, Lady in the Water, also suffered from poor reception, but I think we are seeing a maturation. He is letting go of the trick-twist ending that helped propel him to popular acclaim. This seems like the natural path for many a great artist.

On a parallel note, the band Weezer recently released a new album, which was not generally well received. I am a big fan of their work, and this album struck me as a force to divide the true fans of Weezer from the people who just liked them when they made good pop. It seems like there is a similar situation with Shyamalan’s work.

I was actually a little disappointed that he did not keep up the slow, steady tension as well as in Lady in the Water. The latter for me was a movie equivalent of a long, evenly building, sonorous violin tone. While the fans of the twist ending films of Shyamalan found this boring and anti-climactic, I found it an amazing feat that I am waiting to see again.

For me, the obvious fault, however, was one Marky Mark trying to be believable as a school teacher, or for that matter a character worth caring about. I’ve enjoyed some of his work, but this performance kept jerking me out of the moment that Shyamalan was trying to create.

Despite Walberg, the movie still had a number of moving situations and I enjoyed once again Shyamalan’s ability to paint ideas without ever directly mentioning them at all.

I will be waiting for the next one!

]]> By: Fabrice Grinda http://www.fabricegrinda.com/movies/i-actually-really-liked-the-happening/comment-page-1/#comment-5527 Fabrice Grinda Wed, 18 Jun 2008 14:35:53 +0000 http://www.fabricegrinda.com/?p=385#comment-5527 I thought it was ok, not great. Same with Indiana Jones. I was a bit disappointed in both cases - though it might be a problem of expectations. I thought it was ok, not great. Same with Indiana Jones. I was a bit disappointed in both cases – though it might be a problem of expectations.

]]> By: mike http://www.fabricegrinda.com/movies/i-actually-really-liked-the-happening/comment-page-1/#comment-5526 mike Wed, 18 Jun 2008 14:09:06 +0000 http://www.fabricegrinda.com/?p=385#comment-5526 fabrice, what about the hulk ? fabrice,

what about the hulk ?

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