The Incredible Happening
June 13, 2008
As I write this blog post, two movies have been released today (Friday the 13th): The Incredible Hulk and The Happening. I don’t know what most of you guys are thinking but I’m not too excited to see either of these movies. Ok, Give me a bit of slack if you’re Hulk fan or a M. Night Shyamalan fan. One of these two, I used to be a big fan of. If you guessed the Hulk, then you’re wrong. So let’s start with the Big Green Monster.
To start this rant off right, I’m not a big fan of the Hulk. I have never been.I have never seen the Ang Lee version of the Hulk. I know there are millions of people that love the Big Guy, but I’m just not one of them. I’m just not fascinated by a character that gets stronger as he gets angrier. A character that smashes things in his path. To get to my point, I will be seeing The Incredible Hulk. Will I go loving the character? Not so much. But as a complete Marvel film production, I’m interested to see what they will do with the character and his direction. I am a huge fan of Edward Norton and I wish they (Marvel) would have given him a chance to tell the Hulk story that he wanted to tell. I hear that Norton is a big fan of the Hulk. So in closing of this section, I will see the Incredible Hulk and I’m sure I might enjoy it as a movie fan, not as a comic fan.
Now onto that other movie, The Happening. I used to be a huge M. Night Shyamalan fan with movies like: The Sixth Sense, Unbreakable, and Signs. During the last few years, my love for M. Night’s movies have decreased. With disappointing features like The Village and Lady in The Water, I have kind of lost trust in his ability to make great movies. Now, I know that by saying that someone doesn’t make great movies anymore is wrong because every filmmaker goes into a slump. After being burned twice by The Village and Lady In The Water, I’m afraid to give The Happening a try. Although the premise looks great and it’s Shyamalan’s first rated R movie. I’m not sure I will be checking this movie out in the theatres. Maybe just a rental.
