The Happening Teaser Trailer

Updated: June 18, 2008
I saw the Happening on June 13th -- opening day -- with the crew from work. The Happening was not happening -- not for me -- and not for most in the theatre. The movie was fine, it had a good pace, and demonstrated that when weird shit happens in America, most of the dumb people come out to play. It is a testament to how not happening this movie was, that M. Night Shyamalan skipped his usual cameo appearance. The movie kept promising that something was going to happen. Not just the weirdness of people going zombie before playing the sacrificial lamb for the audience -- but more. There was supposed to be more. At the end, the truth behind the weirdness was going to be revealed. But it wasn't. That's because we were already told that the trees were making people kill themselves at the very beginning of the movie. That's it. I really went to the movie with high expectations from Shyamalan. I was disappointed. If you haven't seen it, wait for the DVD release.