Fear begins with the unknown

Angelo 2022-03-19 09:01:04

The counterattack of the animals has already begun, but the plants have just begun. There is no source of the beginning. It is such an ordinary day. Without any prior warning, the people around him began to commit suicide. The constant jumping of construction workers instantly attracted me to this film.
"We can't fully understand the behavior of nature" The director made it very clear shortly after the opening, so there is no need to sit in the right seat. In fact, it is a horror film. Maybe the director didn't want to explain anything at all. The previous man-eating beasts turned into plants that didn't seem to "move", and the bloody bites turned into suicide in various ways. Animal horror movies of the past have always had a reason, we bleed in the sea and met hungry sharks; we went to collect blood orchids, and there was a python's lair; we detonated nuclear weapons and turned small lizards into big monsters; what about plants? It seems that there is nothing, maybe it is deforestation, environmentalists will definitely say this; people who study plants will also say that "plants respond to human stimuli", but the director still did not give a reason after all. . Those who like to find out are disappointed, what to do, what do I do, wait to die? It seems that there is no escape. If I don't go to the sea, there will be no sharks. If I don't go to the United States and Japan, there will be no monsters. Then the plants, we can't live without them, and they seem to be aimless "killers", which is true It's a big problem in criminal psychology.
Everything came so suddenly and ended so suddenly, I thought it was over, but a "rash theory" came, and human beings still haven't found a way. Nature is much stronger than us. When watching the movie, I saw the wind. Taking the leaves outside the window, my heart throbbed.
PS: I personally think the conversation between Wahlberg and Plastic Leaf is wonderful.

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Extended Reading
  • Jace 2022-04-22 07:01:05

    One of the advantages of this film is that it is short, so that people will not suffer for too long. Another advantage is that I went to the toilet without pressing pause in the middle, read more than ten pages of the book, and came back to read it again, which did not affect the plot. Zooey is so unworthy in it, how could he come to play such a bad movie? !

  • Deven 2022-04-22 07:01:05

    I actually think it quite makes sense and well plotted...

The Happening quotes

  • Julian: Don't look outside. Stop it! Stop it! Just look at me. Just keep looking at me. Close the vents. I'm going to give you a math riddle, okay? And you're going to tell me the answer.

    Panicked Woman in Car: What?

    Julian: How much... how much would you have if I said I would pay you a penny on the first day, and then two pennies on the second, and then four pennies on the third, and then it just kept doubling and it did this for a month. How much money would you have at the end of the month?

    Panicked Woman in Car: Ten dollars?

    Julian: Higher. Just keep looking at me. Just keep looking at me.

    Panicked Woman in Car: Twenty dollars?

    Julian: No. Keep going. Keep going.

    Panicked Woman in Car: Thirty. It's thirty dollars.

    Julian: I'll tell you the answer. It's over ten million dollars. You'd have over ten million dollars at the end of the month. Want to hear another one?

  • Elliot Moore: Can this really be happening?