"Wasted Creativity"

Jensen 2022-04-19 09:01:35

Disaster movies always have disasters, and sometimes disasters are tsunamis, sudden changes in temperature, or aliens or something. But we haven't heard of the plants we live with day and night that terrify us. The plants in this film are given a new throne, and the gust of wind makes one's heart palpitate when the protagonists form two teams to flee into the wilderness. In the scene after the hero wakes up at the mysterious old lady's house, I always thought the hero was actually still dreaming. That scene was very chaotic, and in this movie, it seemed a little more abrupt. It's also the launching point that makes the movie a great one, but the director apparently didn't care too much about this chaotic, bizarre scene. The format of the film is very cliché, almost a replica of countless disaster films.
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Extended Reading
  • Britney 2021-11-11 08:01:14

    [C+] Another low-cost "War of the World"? Maybe it's more like "The Flock of Birds" without birds, at least Shamaran shot the ending that Hitchcock could not. The theme is also selected. The "silent and colorless" poisonous gas transmission in the plot setting is just suitable for Shamaran's scheduling and play. The fear outside the screen is also his specialty (the part of people picking up guns and committing suicide is expected to be amazing), and it is natural and accustomed to it. The environmental sound is rendered as a death signal, and the scene of swaying branches and leaves successfully captures the element of "wind" in a concrete form, and the sense of ritual in the image is still abundant. However, the clever inversions in the play do not even exist in this film, and they are straightforward.

  • Nicole 2022-03-24 09:01:31

    Do not know what the destruction of the disaster, it is even more frightening. The despair of life, only death can escape humiliation.

The Happening quotes

  • Elliot Moore: [Alma looks troubled] What's wrong?

    Alma Moore: Okay, I was going to tell you, okay? There was this guy Joey. His name is Joey; he's at work. We went out and we had dessert; I went out and had dessert with him when I told you I worked late and I didn't work late and I'm feeling really guilty in case we're gonna die. I just wanted you to know that.

    Elliot Moore: You... lied to me?

  • Woman Passenger: [shows Elliot the iPhone with the video of the lions' den] Mother of God, what kind of terrorists are these?