The Happening

Yesterday, Carlos and I traveled to San Jose for seemingly the millionth time this month (it was really only our second trip...but it is a pain to go there!) to pick up his passport and new US student visa. While we were there, we had a nice lunch and saw another movie: The Happening. This film was directed by the same guy who did The Sixth Sense, and from the previews, it looked really good. However, it was BAD...really REALLY bad. And not in a good "B-movie" way. The acting was awful (save for John Leguizamo) and the premise was stupid -- it tried to invoke science into the plot but the "scientific principles" they used to try to explain the in-film phenomenon seemed based more on religion (by deifying nature) rather than fact. Argh, it was so frustrating to see science twisted in such a way -- almost to a creationist bent. Annoying. Any science that was mentioned was outright incorrect. I strongly do not recommend that people see this movie and I am very glad that I paid less than $2 for my ticket. The worst part is that most people who see it will believe the pseudo-science that the movie hypes; it is bad enough to produce a movie hinged on inaccurate science, but to pass it off as truth to an unknowing public is deplorable. Boo!