what's happening???

phillip and i went to see THE HAPPENING tuesday night.

this movie is SO WEIRD. i enjoyed it though... but the entire time, i kept leaning over to phillip and saying "this is soooo weird!"

it is very much the same style as LADY IN THE WATER.

i think the sucky thing is that because of THE SIXTH SENSE, UNBREAKABLE, SIGNS, AND HE VILLAGE, people are expecting a twist/surprise ending in all this movies. do you know how difficult that shite is to make up?

i thought LADY IN THE WATER was good. not great. my top three are THE VILLAGE, THE SIXTH SENSE, and UNBREAKABLE.

marky mark is not good in this movie. his portrayal of a biology teacher was pretty bad. the script must have been written awhile back because one of the first things they talk about in biology class is the disappearance of the honey bees. i think they've figured out why there is CCD, colony collapse disorder. it's overworked bees, pesticides, and fugus.

secondly, i have never seen a movie where john leguizamo was bad... until THE HAPPENING. he's so weird in this movie! and he looks terribly old.

but the worst actress award goes to zooey deschanel. i have never really liked her in anything i have ever seen. i didn't like her THE GOOD GIRL, WEEDS, ALMOST FAMOUS, HITCH-HIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY, and ELF. i will say that i didn't mind her in FAILURE TO LAUNCH. oh my gosh, i've seen way too many movies with her in it!

her wide-eyed acting with that sorta quirky pausing while acting is reminiscent of jeff goldblum, but not quite.

the script is a little ridic. an army guy in the movie freaks out and the only thing he can say in an R rated movie is "cheese and crackers!"

this movie isn't epic. it's definitely rentable.