The Happening - 3 Tubs

I'm not too disappointed at the condition of the theater after this movie, but I'm very disappointed at the movie itself. The previews looked great; the movie, a waste of nine bucks. After The Village and Lady in the Water, I'd hoped that M. Night Shyamalan would return to his roots and give us a great story with a twist. There was no twist, and the story was boring. The only evil you see is wind blowing through the trees and bushes. People jumping off buildings or laying down in front of lawn mowers, or landscapers hanging from street lights isn't terrifying. The Happening is as much a disappointment as The Strangers - a movie I won't even comment on since no one is coming to see it; and rightfully so.

Shyamalan usually tries to bring out faith and humanity in his movies. Mark Walburg did OK showing emotion in this movie, but his co-star Zooey Deschanel looked straight out of the silent movie era with her forced facial expressions. I suspect that Shyamalan has a thing for her because he loved doing closeups of her face. Night also does his cameo as a dinner date with Zooey's character. Anyway, whatever Shyamalan was trying to accomplish, it didn't work. I wasn't the only one disappointed in the film; most of the people I overhead exiting the auditorium expressed their disappointment as well.

On the positive side, the theater was easy to clean after the movie, except for a couple of fat ladies who struggled but failed at shoving handfulls of popcorn into their mouths. I've seen babboons do the same thing with food. They'll try to get everything in their hands into their mouths. The cheeks will bulge like Jiffy Pop bags about to explode. The babboons do this because they're afraid somethings going to steal their food if they don't consume it immediately. These women each had a tub of popcorn and were in no danger of being poached upon by other movie goers. If they had eaten like humans, there would have been more popcorn in their bellies than on the floor.