After seeing The Happening, I’m convinced that Manoj Shyamalan is the George Lucas of horror.
Hear me out on this.
There are some things Shyamalan/Lucas do quite well: Concept. Carefully-framed visuals. Shyamalan builds his filmi lasagnas with layers upon layers of symbolism: the compressed start and end times of 9/11, references to ’50s English poetry. The old […]

Here’s the trailer for M. Night Shyamalan’s The Happening. I see bored people:

The Happening is a… thriller in which a family must survive a global environmental crisis. Mark Wahlberg and Zooey Deschanel star as an estranged couple who must escape this apocalyptic epidemic. [Link]
The New Yorker and the NYT discuss the phenomenon of disappearing bees.
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