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348559, M. Night Shyamalan's THE HAPPENING (TRAILER)
Posted by xbenzive, Wed Feb-06-08 12:29 PM
Dude lost again?

You be the judge.

I think it's a mixture of Suicide Circle meets Stephen King's The Cell.


http://horror-fanatics.com/articles/2008/02-04-happeningtrailer.html


348560, lol, what did he lose??
Posted by Ceej, Wed Feb-06-08 12:31 PM
348567, Lady in the Water
Posted by xbenzive, Wed Feb-06-08 12:44 PM
need I say more...
348568, u said again
Posted by Ceej, Wed Feb-06-08 12:46 PM
348577, I meant to say...
Posted by xbenzive, Wed Feb-06-08 01:06 PM

Since his last film, which was O.K. I would think people have no interest in him. So when I was questioning the audience, do you think he lost again? (mainstream wise) by looking at the trailer. I apologize if I'm not clear.

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348578, Okay I got ya
Posted by Ceej, Wed Feb-06-08 01:10 PM
I thought u were sayin he lost again based on the trailer
348569, Nothing too encouraging. Or discouraging, I guess.
Posted by stylez dainty, Wed Feb-06-08 12:50 PM
Hard to tell.
348570, i know he gets a lot of hate, but i still check for him....
Posted by DawgEatah, Wed Feb-06-08 12:50 PM
... i won't run out opening night, but i'll keep my ear out once it opens and go from there.




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348572, i hate his fantasy kiddie horror films. this one looks gully though.
Posted by Majhik101, Wed Feb-06-08 12:55 PM
348580, I think I'll see this
Posted by jbenok, Wed Feb-06-08 01:18 PM
Just as long as Wahlberg doesn't pull another "Shooter"

348621, GENIUS!!!!
Posted by Basaglia, Wed Feb-06-08 02:27 PM
348718, NUMBERS
Posted by Deebot, Wed Feb-06-08 07:36 PM
348625, I'll prolly check for it
Posted by spades, Wed Feb-06-08 02:53 PM
348630, What a twist! (c) Robot Chicken
Posted by REDeye, Wed Feb-06-08 03:06 PM

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348634, does look like Suicide Circle
Posted by KnowOne, Wed Feb-06-08 03:18 PM
n/m
348642, I'd only see it for Zooey.
Posted by jigga, Wed Feb-06-08 04:00 PM
348653, NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOPE!!!! don't start with them pleas
Posted by Basaglia, Wed Feb-06-08 04:21 PM

the night 'bout to return to hitsville and y'all niggas scared. nope. you are.

i'mma talk

348676, Man I sat through ole boring ass Winters Passing for Z.
Posted by jigga, Wed Feb-06-08 06:00 PM
>the night 'bout to return to hitsville and y'all niggas
>scared. nope. you are.

Scared? Shit I wanna be scared again & hope he does return to hitsville since he's been on that nyetsville hiatus for way too long now. I dug 6th sense & Unbreakable had its moments as well till the end. But ever since Signs I aint been checkin for him. Zooey is the only reason I "might" now

>i'mma talk

i'mma listen!
348649, this shit looks dope
Posted by Cold Truth, Wed Feb-06-08 04:13 PM
lookin forward
348654, RE: M. Night Shyamalan's THE HAPPENING (TRAILER)
Posted by mrshow, Wed Feb-06-08 04:26 PM
Meh. Odds are it'll be better than Lady in the Water but theres nothing about this that looks too interesting.
348670, If it wasn't for Lady in the Water/The Village, you'd ALL wanna see this.
Posted by Frank Longo, Wed Feb-06-08 05:19 PM
Interesting cast, good premise... plus there's no way you can deny dude's directorial prowess. If the script's on point, this could be a huge hit.
348678, ^^^Forgot to add Signs to the Holy Nyetity
Posted by jigga, Wed Feb-06-08 06:02 PM
348682, Until the very end, I liked Signs a lot.
Posted by Frank Longo, Wed Feb-06-08 06:10 PM
It's when we get to the water/just swing away shit that it fall apart.
348684, Yes, if one-third of his total output didn't SUCK, I'd be excited
Posted by mrhood75, Wed Feb-06-08 06:14 PM
Would you actually be excited about a new film by a director where at least 33% of his output is lousy? And as for the rest of his movies, the only one I really 100% liked was "Unbreakable." I've never loved "Sixth Sense," and though I didn't hate "Signs," it certainly isn't a clear "W" for M. Night.

So until people I trust say this is a good movie, I'm passing it by like um the Pharcyde.
349084, I thought no one liked Unbreakable
Posted by lfresh, Fri Feb-08-08 10:24 AM
it's a fav of mine
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349111, as with most things, the people who hate are louder
Posted by REDeye, Fri Feb-08-08 12:34 PM
Unbreakable was a solid movie.

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349128, I liked it best of all his films
Posted by Marauder21, Fri Feb-08-08 01:28 PM
348704, if the sun wasn't out, it would be night.
Posted by REDeye, Wed Feb-06-08 07:00 PM
>Interesting cast, good premise...

Interesting cast, but not a must-watch cast.

What, exactly, is the premise? Honest question. I've forgotten since this was first announced, and the trailer doesn't give away a whole lot. People suddenly killing themselves is interesting, I suppose. But I thought it was some sort of environmental thing.

plus there's no way you can
>deny dude's directorial prowess.

No doubt. But not subscribing to the auteur theory, directorial prowess is not the highest thing on my list.

If the script's on point,
>this could be a huge hit.

That's one big giant "if", though.

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348694, fuck this. When's Avatar comin out??
Posted by soulgyal, Wed Feb-06-08 06:44 PM
348695, I think this will be good.
Posted by rorschach, Wed Feb-06-08 06:45 PM
Better than everything post-Unbreakable.

That being said, I love his trailers. You never really know the whole plot from just the trailer. He gives just enough to pique your interest.
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348703, Whelp, I'm shook.
Posted by Meese, Wed Feb-06-08 06:55 PM
'll be there with bells on, cell phone off.
348707, mass suicides? cameron frye? max payne with binoculars? i'm there.
Posted by PlanetInfinite, Wed Feb-06-08 07:08 PM

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348721, obviously i'm not going to watch this
Posted by The Damaja, Wed Feb-06-08 07:57 PM
or read any previews or reviews
knowing that he'll probably use another plot twist, why spoil the experience?
348740, looks like complete shit
Posted by AZ, Wed Feb-06-08 09:49 PM
348763, trailer's dope, i'm intrigued
Posted by bshelly, Thu Feb-07-08 12:57 AM
348769, Worst Tagline Ever...
Posted by dgonsh, Thu Feb-07-08 01:11 AM
"We've Sensed It. We've seen The Signs. Now, It's Happening"


348820, That really is horrible
Posted by Marauder21, Thu Feb-07-08 09:55 AM
"We've Sensed it. We've seen the Signs. An Unbreakable circle of terror. It takes more than a Village by storm. The Lady In The Water is going to . . . actually, just forget about that one."

Movie looks interesting, though.
348868, RE: That really is horrible
Posted by jigga, Thu Feb-07-08 01:44 PM
>"We've Sensed it. We've seen the Signs. An Unbreakable circle
>of terror. It takes more than a Village by storm. The Lady In
>The Water is going to . . .

...drown herself if this movie sucks as bad as the last one
348821, lol. i like it. it's very self-aware and i like my horror films dry like that
Posted by Majhik101, Thu Feb-07-08 09:57 AM
this film remind me of Invasion of the Body Snatchers though. i think i'll be seeing it.
348826, BRILLIANT!!!
Posted by Basaglia, Thu Feb-07-08 10:34 AM
348829, Marky Mark: Is this really happening?
Posted by Deebot, Thu Feb-07-08 10:37 AM
THE HAPPENING
348835, lol
Posted by universally_speaking, Thu Feb-07-08 11:23 AM
348838, Horror film taglines need to be somewhat self-aware tho.
Posted by Frank Longo, Thu Feb-07-08 11:49 AM
348883, (insert a "Marky Mark" joke here)
Posted by ZooTown74, Thu Feb-07-08 02:38 PM
like, "The Happening. Tonight, there will be NO Good Vibrations"

or

"The Happening: FEEL IT FEEL IT"
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348909, "The Happening: It'll be better than Shooter, maybe..." n/m
Posted by dgonsh, Thu Feb-07-08 04:33 PM
348924, He's the guy that's trying to figure out what's happening. I must be
Posted by jigga, Thu Feb-07-08 05:36 PM
the other guy
348960, "The Happening: DEFINITELY better than Rock Star and Four Brothers"
Posted by ZooTown74, Thu Feb-07-08 07:15 PM
NOPE, we makin' fun of Marky Mark, not Manoj
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348876, There is really only one appropiate response to a movie trailer
Posted by Buddy_Gilapagos, Thu Feb-07-08 02:08 PM
Either you want to see the film or you don't.

I think it would be way premature to say that a movie will be good or bad based on a trailer.
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348900, overly simplistic.
Posted by REDeye, Thu Feb-07-08 03:55 PM
The mind goes through way more than that.

>Either you want to see the film or you don't.

But *WHY* do you want to see it or not?

>
>I think it would be way premature to say that a movie will be
>good or bad based on a trailer.

It's certainly premature to say definitively. But you automatically make a judgment on whether you think you will like or not. And you determine, consciously or subconsciously, whether you will like it in spite of it being bad, or you think it might be good but you don't want to see it. Or you are in the mood for a crappy movie. Or I wouldn't want to see it if dude's name wasn't on it. Or on and on.

But it's certainly not as simple as you want to see it or you don't.

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348887, they are still saying 'director of the sixth sense'
Posted by housenegro, Thu Feb-07-08 02:59 PM
that isn't a good thing...that movie came out a decade ago.
349088, "from the quentin tarantino, the director of pulp fiction..."
Posted by Basaglia, Fri Feb-08-08 11:00 AM

L
349096, "And the twist is......"
Posted by da_illest_one, Fri Feb-08-08 11:13 AM
Aliens using mind control on humans....
349133, *70s references*...*guns*...*sassy black women* *and the word nigger*
Posted by Basaglia, Fri Feb-08-08 01:41 PM
349169, ok
Posted by lfresh, Fri Feb-08-08 03:27 PM
i'm in
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349174, Twist Ending: Nothing happens!
Posted by JRennolds, Fri Feb-08-08 03:34 PM
This dude is a hack!