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The Happening is the latest efforts by director and writer M. Night Shyamalan. I didn’t have a chance to see it in theatres. I heard it was good from some while others said it was a disappointment. After watching it I can see why they felt it was disappointing. This was such a great film until the end.

The beginning is stunning. The entire storyline and idea was completely spectacular. The only problem is that the idea was too big to finish. If there was another answer or something simpler it would have been better. The film was truly great until the conclusion. In recent films such as the Lady in the Water and the Village, Shyamalan managed to capture your attention until the end. It falls flat and leaves you disappointed. The plot is so grand that you expect to have a slam dunk for an ending. You keep telling yourself, “This is going to be great”. Then it isn’t.

Mark Walhberg stars in this film alongside John Leguizamo. Not everyone makes it in this film and you can’t seem to figure out what is going on until near the middle of the movie. Once you understand the concept you wonder how is it going to end. I have learned that when you tell stories the ending is one of the most important parts since it is the last thing the person will hear, read, or see. This is the emotion that they are going to be left with and when they are disappointed the entire story falls apart no matter how good it started out or how great the middle of the story was. A story can be forgiven if it starts out bad and ends with a great exit. Sadly enough The Happening ended flat and disappointing.

I would recommend to see the film if you have nothing better to do in order to see how great the film could have been. It is the most gory and graphic of all of the Shyamalan films but couldn’t have been great. The director has failed to match his claim to fame “The Sixth Sense”. Yet, he has proven he is a great director and story teller.