Movie Review Thread

[Puzz3D]

From what I heard of it my kind of movie, love the we-are-so-screwed genre.

Well, a lot of people are going to feel like they're the ones who got screwed paying $10 to see The Happening, but I actually liked it because it has a 1950's sci-fi feel to it due to the B level acting, the mysterious nature of the threat and the human interest aspect that M. Night Shyamalan always puts in his movies. There is quite a bit of symbolism in the film concerning man's relationship to nature. The small amount of graphic violence in the film is there for shock value, but I don't think the film succeeds as a thriller. There is almost a complete absence of drama except right at the end, and no scenes of panic. Everyone seems very well behaved in the midst of this life threatening situation unlike 1950's sci-fi films. The premise has a weak scientific basis and is hard to swallow, but it's a thought provoking if simple minded story.

Something different, Realm of the senses, or why porn can be classy. Incredible movie, great camara great actors great everything, and you will never look at a hardboiled egg in the same way that I promise.

10/10

Check out the film Tokyo Decadence (1992) as well.