The Happening
I never heard about this movie before. I really like reading the summary or the synopsis of any movie before I decide watching it. Watching The Happening is one rare occasion that instead of reading reviews first, I watched it first.
The Happening is set in New York, in Central Park to be exact. A women sitting in a park suddenly kills herself. In a nearby location, another one shot himself to death. And in aconstruction site, workers started to jump to commit suicide. There is something going on and it is spreading. People suddenly lost their senses and started killing themselves. A teacher from Philadelphia together with his wife raced with the “virus” as they try to find out what it is. It was soon found out by the authorities that there is a toxin released by plants. It is their defense mechanism and they only release it when they fell threatened by a large group of people. They also theorized that the toxin is somewhat similar to the ocean algae toxin where it reaches its peak after 24 hours and quickly disappears. It explains how as the day progress, smaller group of people were affected by it. As it turns out, around 9 am the next day, the toxin had its peak. This time, even if one is alone, the plants feels threat on the person and releases the toxins. Months after what happened in the US, another phenomenon is happening and this time it is in France.
Morbid is one word that I can use to describe the movie. It was too graphical. I know that its goal is to present it in the gruesome way but they could make it in a more artistic way. The actors and the actresses lacks the “acting capability” give their situation is very alarming. Even the musical score of the movie is not worth remembering.
If there is one thing that I liked about the movie is how they come up with the story line. The scientific explanation of The Happening is really cool.
This movie is not for kids, so don’t try to watch it when the kids are still awake.
parang di ako naging interesado after reading your review.di sya ganon kakaexcite. thanks for sharing
yup not that good ung movie na yan.. tama lang pero di na keri kung gagastos pa para mapanood yan
ay tlga??? am wondering bket di pede sa kids
malamang sa bahay na lang panoorin ito, para tipid. hehehe
kurek ka jan, super tipid talaga pag sa bahay ahihi
i watched this one because of Mark Wahlberg but the plot of the story isn’t that exciting….
waaaaah. ayan merong movie dito na medyo pag iisipan ko muna bago panoorin heheeh
I have not watch this
why? you don’t like the movie?
you’re totally right about watching it without the children…it’s too gruesome for children to handle
ahhh gruesome pala.. soooo its not really for me hihih.
kahit sa reviews pa lang, di na talaga to recommended for children.
yeah then you watch it when they are sleep or away to school
ok. this is not for kids, see there is part not suitable for them to see