An Early Review of M. Night Shyamalan's THE HAPPENING

M. Night Shyamalan’s The Happening Slammed and New 5-Minute Video Clip
/Film — Our friends at Collider have the first reader review of M. Night Shyamalan’s The Happening and it’s not good at all: “The Happening is a terrible, terrible movie. I mean, it’s bad on an epic scale. It’s so bad that I can’t possibly tell you how bad it is without understating the point or making it sound like I’m picking on the film. But let me stress: this is not pent-up Shyamalan aggression or a desire to see him fail. This is bad in a jaw-dropping “they can’t really be serious, can they?” kind of way. The closest comparison I can draw is ...

'The Happening' Gets an Extended Clip and Negative Buzz
Cinematical — Filed under: Drama, Mystery & Suspense, Fandom, Movie Marketing, Trailers and Clips An extended clip from M. Night Shyamalan's new film The Happening is now online (watch it above or in higher quality over on Yahoo), with an introduction from M. Night himself saying how he was inspired by films like The Godfather and The Exorcist. What we get are snippets of scenes we've seen previously from the trailers, as well as the extended version of the train scene when Mark Wahlberg walks up to those conductors and says, "With whom?" (I love that part ...

Is M. Night Shyamalan Our Generation's Ed Wood? [Turkeys In The Making]
Gawker: defamer — ... manages to liken his latest to The Godfather, The Exorcist, The Birds, and the original Invasion of the Body Snatchers, and describes The Happening as being "the scariest movie that I've ever made." On that last point, we think the director has truly delivered—at least where incredibly bad filmmaking is capable of inducing bloodcurdling terror. Collider.com ran their early review yesterday. Be warned, Manoj Twists are revealed! M. NIGHT SPOILERALERT! ...

Stuff you probably don’t care about
The Blemish — The Happening sucks: An early review of M. Night Shyamalan’s new movie says it terrible. However, like all of you, I hated “Lady in the Water.” It’s not just bad…it’s terrible. It’s the only film in his catalogue I can’t stand and I think it’s a huge mess of a film. That being said, I figured he’d learned his lesson and was sharpening his knives for an assault this summer on audiences with his new movie “The Happening.” But after reading what was sent in, I’m scared he’s come off the rails and M. Night needs a serious intervention. So continues the tradition of M. Night ...

Screenwriting News & Links! 6/2/08
Mystery Man on Film — Above is the latest scriptsale roundup via ScriptGirl. Also, if you missed it, here are the 50 Flaws of Indy IV. -MM -------------------------------------- New Screenplays: I Am Legend - September 11, 2006 unspecified draft script by Akiva Goldsman Speed Racer - January 4, 2007 first draft script by Larry & Andy Wachowski Serenity - April 18, 2004 un-numbered draft script ...