Comments on: Not quite a review of The Happening http://cdevroe.com/links/review-happening/ by Colin Devroe Thu, 12 Apr 2012 16:52:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Colin Devroe http://cdevroe.com/links/review-happening/#comment-180514 Colin Devroe Wed, 18 Jun 2008 14:43:05 +0000 http://cdevroe.com/?p=786#comment-180514 Danny: I'm not sure if you've had the chance to see The Happening yet. If you haven't, don't. Danny: I’m not sure if you’ve had the chance to see The Happening yet. If you haven’t, don’t.

]]> By: Daniel Nicolas http://cdevroe.com/links/review-happening/#comment-180507 Daniel Nicolas Wed, 18 Jun 2008 14:17:48 +0000 http://cdevroe.com/?p=786#comment-180507 I think he has the problem that ever since Sixth Sense, everyone secretly hopes that the movie is going to be a mystery/suspense movie with a huge twist at the end. The Happening is a horror movie. Expectations go a very long way in getting people to like a movie, and I really think that is where this movie fails, not in the actual movie, but that despite KNOWING that everyone has all these expectations, the trailers and marketing didn't do enough to slap people in the face and say "This is a horror movie". I think he has the problem that ever since Sixth Sense, everyone secretly hopes that the movie is going to be a mystery/suspense movie with a huge twist at the end.

The Happening is a horror movie. Expectations go a very long way in getting people to like a movie, and I really think that is where this movie fails, not in the actual movie, but that despite KNOWING that everyone has all these expectations, the trailers and marketing didn’t do enough to slap people in the face and say “This is a horror movie”.

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