M. Knight Sampleamalayan

[RVR II]

It really isn't that bad.  The wind isn't the monster, it's the chemicals in the wind.  The enemy is not knowing, so fear is the enemy.

So the only thing we have to fear is fear itself?

I guess.  I'm just saying it isn't an action thriller.  There is no monster.

sooo... The bad guy/person/thing is.. Fear

The Hell kinda Crap is That?!

[RoninFox]

If you really need to know before watching the movie, and it is something you're told about half way through the movie...

The "monster" is a chemical compound that's given off by plants who have come to recognize humans as a threat.  Humans in groups set off the chemical into the air, and it makes those affected kill themselves.

[Conor]

and it makes those affected kill themselves.

Except when it doesn't.

[PlayMSTie]

I'm the most diehard M. Night fan there is -- I've liked every movie of his that I've seen, yes, even Lady in the Water -- and even I have to say that clip looked pretty bad. Mark and Zooey (I'm using first names because I don't think I can spell her last name) act like someone pumped them full of uppers right before shooting.

[RoninFox]

and it makes those affected kill themselves.

Except when it doesn't.

Well obviously.

[Darth Macho]

There's a lot that's wrong with The Happening, but I would say the biggest flaw is that in the movie nothing happens. Seriously, it's like some kind of Dadaist experiment on the audience.

[Piobman]

I'm the most diehard M. Night fan there is -- I've liked every movie of his that I've seen, yes, even Lady in the Water -- and even I have to say that clip looked pretty bad. Mark and Zooey (I'm using first names because I don't think I can spell her last name) act like someone pumped them full of uppers right before shooting.

I'm with you on that one. I like everything he does... sadly, after seeing this movie I found one I didn't like. I've definitely seen worse... but as everybody has already mentioned, nothing ever happens in the movie! Just lots of running and looking worried (acted badly). I pray the rifftrax makes this one watchable.

[bettertomorrowamy]

I'm the most diehard M. Night fan there is -- I've liked every movie of his that I've seen, yes, even Lady in the Water -- and even I have to say that clip looked pretty bad. Mark and Zooey (I'm using first names because I don't think I can spell her last name) act like someone pumped them full of uppers right before shooting.

But you haven't seen the movie!  You don't even know what they are doing.  Anything looks stupid out of context.

[Jonathan_Short_Torso]

It really isn't that bad.  The wind isn't the monster, it's the chemicals in the wind.  The enemy is not knowing, so fear is the enemy.

If you love M Night so much, why don't you marry him? 

[bettertomorrowamy]

It really isn't that bad.  The wind isn't the monster, it's the chemicals in the wind.  The enemy is not knowing, so fear is the enemy.

If you love M Night so much, why don't you marry him? 

But you're my first love. 

[OmegaR!]

Keep chasing that rainbow you two...

Waiting for the release...The hardest part

[Jonathan_Short_Torso]

But you're my first love. 

I'm sorry bta... but i'm in love with... another Swayze(cue cheesy pipe organ music).

[Gamera]

The sample looks great.  Kevin's low humidity line was a doozy.  Looking forward to this one.

[Rattrap007]

I'm the most diehard M. Night fan there is -- I've liked every movie of his that I've seen, yes, even Lady in the Water -- and even I have to say that clip looked pretty bad. Mark and Zooey (I'm using first names because I don't think I can spell her last name) act like someone pumped them full of uppers right before shooting.

But you haven't seen the movie!  You don't even know what they are doing.  Anything looks stupid out of context.

I've seen it. I know the context, and I'll vouce for its stupidity...

[Conor]

I'm the most diehard M. Night fan there is -- I've liked every movie of his that I've seen, yes, even Lady in the Water -- and even I have to say that clip looked pretty bad. Mark and Zooey (I'm using first names because I don't think I can spell her last name) act like someone pumped them full of uppers right before shooting.

But you haven't seen the movie!  You don't even know what they are doing.  Anything looks stupid out of context.

I've seen it. I know the context, and I'll vouce for its stupidity...

Yeah, the context is that a crazy guy who rambled on for some length about why he likes hot dogs theorized to them that he believed that plants were causing the mass outbreak of suicides, and so all of a sudden they've started to believe him.  Reacting to the wind rustling is just something they invented to be afraid of on their own.