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more about #thehappening Meirelle: What about the entire ending of "Knowing"? The world is destroyed by a giant solar flare and you pick two kids to save and live on another planet-- tw... more » dnwilliams: I thoroughly enjoyed The Happening, mostly for the wrong reasons. Shyamalan tried to make The Birds and made The Blob by accident. Good times. #twister more » JesusDeSaad: Volcano. They use concrete walls to stop lava. And it doesn't overflow one bit. But then again, the only movie that got me cursing openly in the midd... more » CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard): Daylight!! Breaking Point: Stallone opens his gob. 'I AM THE RESCUE'!!! Great! #twister more » mrradon: The thing about The Day After Tomorrow--we have all this technology to create some amazing special effects of the world freezing over, but yet we outs... more » Klappstuhl: The only thing that pisses me off is whenever the general American solution seems to be to throw a nuke at it (The Core, Armageddon, Sunshine). more » acerridwen: The Day After Tomorrow: the cold downdraft would have gone straight down the chimney. I was willing to give them that one, though, for the sake of the... more » DoctorZoidberg: Even though I loved Twiser, I can't argue with the flaw pointed out. It would have been a pointed ending if they found their way into an empty shelter... more » burlybax: You forgot this movie. #twister more » korybing: The moment I read the title of this article I immediately thought of "Ahh they outran the COLD in Day After Tomorrow", so I was glad to see that on th... more » gutlesswonder: The Deep Impact tidal wave is apparently coming in from New York harbor AND uptown Manhattan. In the Washington Park destruction scene, the wall of wa... more » GonePostal1977: Thank you for hating on "Outbreak", which is so bad on so many levels it's not even enjoyable. #twister more » whormongr: what always gets me from Armageddon is after they blow up the asteroid and it shows everyone happy and the slow mo shot of the girl releasing the dove... more » QimatPower: The problem I have with Deep Impact, mostly, is the idea that Elijah's family lives around "6 Miles" from the "Virginia Beaches" (no such sign exists,... more » worsethannormal: My main complaint about "day after tomorrow" wasn't the "running from the ice" but the we have to burn books to stay alive" crap. I mean, their stand... more » suburbancowboy: Unobtainium? that's what Oakleys are made out of. So I can just put on my sunglasses and go the core of the earth. Sweet! #twister more » Scandal.ous: Always hated the wave of love. But the Dante's Peak water walk wasn't that bad. I might just go and watch that film again. Been a long time; #twister more » Srynerson: you cannot protect yourself from cold by shutting the door So my father was lying to me all those years ago when he'd say, "Close the door, you're le... more » josecanUC: I actually liked the Deep Impact's wave of love. There's something inherently noble about consciously deciding to face the end of the world as well as... more » Swearengen: The Core always baffled me. If one section of the ship is damaged it would be jetisoned off and the rest would keep going. But if the end of the ship ... more » -
#movies
Disaster Movie Moments That Pissed Us Off The Most
Sure, disaster movies are just empty calories of mass destruction — but even when you don't take them seriously, there are always some scenes that you just can't excuse. We've collected the most infuriating moments from the biggest disaster movies. More » -
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What If The Happening Was A Novel? (And Quite Good?)
Pity David Oppegaard. His debut novel The Suicide Collectors — about almost everyone deciding to commit suicide for mysterious reasons — just came out, while memories of The Happening remain pungent. But it's worlds better. -
#thehappeningreview
"The Happening" Is the Biggest Intelligent Design Movie of the Year
M. Night Shyamalan's critically-panned flick The Happening is Hollywood's first blockbuster to promote the anti-evolutionary theory of intelligent design. Maybe you thought Ben Stein's ill-fated documentary Expelled was the only movie to argue in favor of the neo-Christian idea that an "intelligent designer" created the universe. Think again. With its references to "unexplained acts of nature" and a science teacher main character who calls evolution "just a theory," The Happening is basically a giant propaganda machine for intelligent design. Maybe science journalists are jizzing all over its allegedly realistic plants-attack-humans plot, but we talked to Shyamalan and we know the truth. More » -
