Comments on: Watch: Honest Trailer For M. Night Shyamalan’s Scary Shrubs Movie ‘The Happening’

By: hectoir

hectoir — Mon, 23 May 2016 02:20:18 +0000

The Happening is great, so is The Village and The Visit looks amazing. Leave Shyamalan alone.

By: Quiet Wyatt

Quiet Wyatt — Mon, 23 May 2016 02:20:18 +0000

I honestly can\’t tell if the movie is really this awful or it was a poor attempt to pay tribute to cheesey 80s-like horror films. I mean, Whalberg\’s not a great actor by any means, but he\’s not as bad as his performance in this. Seriously.

By: James

James — Mon, 23 May 2016 02:20:18 +0000

They couldn\’t include the shot where the two annoying, random kids get blown away by a shotgun through a door, because it\’s violent, but it\’s so poorly staged, I literally laughed out loud in the theater. I don\’t know how to describe it except to say there\’s a dramatic spot to position the camera in and cover a scene from, and a comic angle that emphasizes the silliness, and Shyamalan chose the comic one for this shot, and it\’s freaking HYSTERICALLY funny.

By: Mars

Mars — Mon, 23 May 2016 02:20:18 +0000

Really? The Playlist posts "Honest Trailers" now? I thought you were supposed to championing independent artists, not acting as proxies for snarky fanboys.

By: Dave

Dave — Mon, 23 May 2016 02:20:18 +0000

I refuse to believe that Shyamalan\’s career has taken this bizarre twist by accident. I think he is making bad movies on purpose. Possible reasons: protest against contractual obligations, commentary on state of cinema/cinemagoing, protest against state of film criticism. I refuse to believe that Shyamalan is unaware of how his movies will be received. The guy that made Sixth Sense and Unbreakable could not make the movies that came after them unless their sheer incomprehensibility is the intended effect. That, or drugs.

By: Xander

Xander — Mon, 23 May 2016 02:20:18 +0000

PEN, I almost want to be there when you realize that it really is as bad as this "trailer" makes it seem.

By: Jared

Jared — Mon, 23 May 2016 02:20:18 +0000

Oh it is. They\’re not kidding about the unintentional comedy bit.

By: Pen

Pen — Mon, 23 May 2016 02:20:18 +0000

Jesus, I haven\’t seen this but I just might have to now. I honestly refuse to believe something can be this terribad.