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[clarky]

Right folks.

Nobody is in on this one except me and the Mrs it seems.

Is this the greatest self aware comedy of all time or is it the best so bad its good film of all time?

Either way its in my all time top five. there isnt a shit scene until the last 20 mins even then it delivers Wait I need a second.





We have debates in our house on whether they were playing this straight or not? Hot Dogs they have a great shape right?

Was the twist there is no twist? Surely me and the mrs cant be the only ones that enjoy this shit? And don't call me Shirley.

 

[NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt]

 

[Grildon Tundy]

M. Night has made unnerving movies, and he's made good jokes in some of his movies. The Happening is a legit baffling misfire where the intentional jokes are the least funny thing about it, and it never comes close to being scary.

The lawnmower, lion, and old lady scenes are comedy classics.

 

[ForAcademicPurposes]

 

[jason10mm]

I think the film was basically unsalvageable on many fronts, but the most EGREGIOUS mistake was having "the wind" be the bad guy. Soooo many silly scenes of a gentle breeze in the leaves and folks freaking out.

 

[Doomtrain]

I'm with you, OP. This movie is so impossibly stupid and I love every minute of it. The climax setpiece is absolutely incredible in how mundane it is.

 

[Reizo Ryuu]

About the best bad movie there is, it completely fails in what it tries to do, but that makes it hilarious to watch

 

[John Marston]

 

[John Marston]

Obligatory.

 

[AJUMP23]

Movie is the work of a hack that always wants a twist.

 

[Hoddi]

I've always held that it's self-aware campiness. I'm not sure what he was going for but Shyamalan (for all his faults) is a better director than that. Same goes for all of the actors involved who were otherwise atrocious in this.

I still think that intro sequence is one of the greatest.

 

[NeverYouMind]

I unironically love this movie and watch it if I need a good laugh.

 

[SirKicksalot]

Shyamalan is a funny guy. This is a B-movie like in the 1950s. It just landed in a weird era of Internet criticism and the marketing was misleading.

 

[RaduN]

Decent movie. It has a point too. Liked it back then.

 

[clarky]

I've always held that it's self-aware campiness. I'm not sure what he was going for but Shyamalan (for all his faults) is a better director than that. Same goes for all of the actors involved who were otherwise atrocious in this.

I still think that intro sequence is one of the greatest.

If this is self aware then its then greatest comedy of all time. I'm not so sure.

we lean to this being the best comedy of recent times.



It can't be over 2 million dollars, I lose sleep over this

The debate continues

 

[newtypepilot]

i prefer the Fappening

 

[Trunx81]

i prefer the Fappening

 

[Toots]

This is the movie where M Night went full Shyamalan

 

[Revolutionary]

It's a giant pile of shit

 

[Trilobit]

I really wanted it to be good.

 

[jason10mm]

IIRC Jennifer Lawrence was a big part of the OG fappening

 

[roosnam1980]

 

[clarky]

Thats Marks only expression throughout the entire movie (and mine)

 

[AJUMP23]

Maybe the worst name for a film in all of history.

 

[Uberman77]

Shyamalan must have made some kind of pact with the devil, because his movies are incredibly awful and yet he somehow keeps getting funding to continue this madness. Then again I've seen almost all of the godawful movies he's made, so maybe I'm part of the problem.

 

[roosnam1980]

Thats Marks only expression throughout the entire movie (and mine)

 

[spookyfish]

It's funny, because this was also my face watching the movie.

 

[clarky]

Maybe the worst name for a film in all of history.

"We need to go somewhere where maybe this isn't happening!"

 

[AJUMP23]

Shyamalan must have made some kind of pact with the devil, because his movies are incredibly awful and yet he somehow keeps getting funding to continue this madness. Then again I've seen almost all of the godawful movies he's made, so maybe I'm part of the problem.

He made 3 great films and has lived off of that.

Signs, Sixth Sense, and Unbreakable are very good films.

 

[Trunx81]

IIRC Jennifer Lawrence was a big part of the OG fappening

 

[clarky]

He made 3 great films and has lived off of that.

Signs, Sixth Sense, and Unbreakable are very good films.

Unbreakable was my favourite one (apart from The Happening of course). Split was pretty good as well.

 

[Grildon Tundy]

Definitive M Night filmography judgment:

1. Praying with Anger (1992) - haven't seen
2. Wide Awake (1998) - haven't seen
3. The Sixth Sense (1999) - still a GOAT
4. Unbreakable (2000) - GOATED
5. Signs (2002) -GOATED. Don't care about water "plothole"
6. The Village (2004) - Great first-time viewing. Twist diminishes it.
7. Lady in the Water (2006) - haven't seen
8. The Happening (2008) - M Night's best comedy
9. The Last Airbender (2010) - Ass
10. After Earth (2013) - Ass
11. The Visit (2015) - Ass
12. Split (2016) - Not bad
13. Glass (2019) - Not bad
14. Old (2021) - haven't seen
15. Knock at the Cabin (2023) - pretty good
16. Trap (2024) - aight

 

[AJUMP23]

Unbreakable was my favourite one (apart from The Happening of course). Split was pretty good as well.

Unbreakable is his best movie.

 

[GymWolf]

Definitive M Night filmography judgment:

1. Praying with Anger (1992) - haven't seen
2. Wide Awake (1998) - haven't seen
3. The Sixth Sense (1999) - still a GOAT
4. Unbreakable (2000) - GOATED
5. Signs (2002) -GOATED. Don't care about water "plothole"
6. The Village (2004) - Great first-time viewing. Twist diminishes it.
7. Lady in the Water (2006) - haven't seen
8. The Happening (2008) - M Night's best comedy
9. The Last Airbender (2010) - Ass
10. After Earth (2013) - Ass
11. The Visit (2015) - Ass
12. Split (2016) - Not bad
13. Glass (2019) - Not bad
14. Old (2021) - haven't seen
15. Knock at the Cabin (2023) - pretty good
16. Trap (2024) - aight

Devil was pretty decent overall, better than half that list.

 

[xrnzaaas]

He peaked at Unbreakable (or Signs, depending on your preference) and since then it was a massive quality drop, especially the forced twists that need to happen at some point in the movies.

 

[clarky]

Definitive M Night filmography judgment:

1. Praying with Anger (1992) - haven't seen
2. Wide Awake (1998) - haven't seen
3. The Sixth Sense (1999) - still a GOAT
4. Unbreakable (2000) - GOATED
5. Signs (2002) -GOATED. Don't care about water "plothole"
6. The Village (2004) - Great first-time viewing. Twist diminishes it.
7. Lady in the Water (2006) - haven't seen
8. The Happening (2008) - M Night's best comedy
9. The Last Airbender (2010) - Ass
10. After Earth (2013) - Ass
11. The Visit (2015) - Ass
12. Split (2016) - Not bad
13. Glass (2019) - Not bad
14. Old (2021) - haven't seen
15. Knock at the Cabin (2023) - pretty good
16. Trap (2024) - aight

Old is so bad and not in a so bad its good type way. I thought Trap was fucking stupid as well

 

[Reizo Ryuu]

Trap is pretty good when ignoring all the parts that are just the nepotism vehicle for his daughter's singing career, which unfortunately is most of the movie.

 

[Trunx81]

I remember watching Sixth Sense in cinema and a friend of mine came to me afterwards and was a bit furious that I dragged him into the film: he hates horror, lol.
But he still loved the ending.

Signs gave me goosebumps but Scary movie 3 took them away.

 

[clarky]

People were touting this dude as the next Hitchcock in the early days lol.

Like how did he pull a few great movies out of his arse then completely go to rat shit so fast?

 

[AJUMP23]

People were touting this dude as the next Hitchcock in the early days lol.

Like how did he pull a few great movies out of his arse then completely go to rat shit so fast?

Because it is like the sophomore album slump. The first time the band had lots of great songs and ideas that they worked on for years. But then they are put on a time crunch from the demands of the studio, so they get out what they can not what is good.

 

[jason10mm]

People were touting this dude as the next Hitchcock in the early days lol.

Like how did he pull a few great movies out of his arse then completely go to rat shit so fast?

I think he stuck to writing his own stuff too much and just got too buried under his own reputation for "the twist". He's written almost everything he has filmed and I think that hurts him as he may be "too close" to the script and it hurts him as a director. I feel Kevin Smith is kinda the same way, doing all of his own stuff almost exclusively hampers growth.

 

[clarky]

I think he stuck to writing his own stuff too much and just got too buried under his own reputation for "the twist". He's written almost everything he has filmed and I think that hurts him as he may be "too close" to the script and it hurts him as a director. I feel Kevin Smith is kinda the same way, doing all of his own stuff almost exclusively hampers growth.

Best thing about the Happening is the twist is there is no twist. It really is that fucking stupid.

Marky Marky is perfectly cast and I'm still trying to figure out how many pennies that dude has after a month and Hotdogs because why not? That other dude is right they have a great shape lol.

 

[Insane Metal]

I've only seen it when it came out and I really liked it back then.

 

[PuppetMaster]

If this is self aware then its then greatest comedy of all time. I'm not so sure.

we lean to this being the best comedy of recent times.



It can't be over 2 million dollars, I lose sleep over this

The debate continues

Which part are you losing sleep over? It's just exponential growth over 30 days

$0.01 × 2^30 = $10,737,418.24

 

[clarky]

Which part are you losing sleep over? It's just exponential growth over 30 days

$0.01 × 2^30 = $10,737,418.24

So its over 2 million dollars?

 

[xandaca]

You eyein' my lemon drink?

 

[clarky]

You eyein' my lemon drink?

This man knows what's up