The Happening - October 7th
08-08-08 | 07:54 AM
#1
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The Happening - October 7th
Title: The Happening
Starring: Mark Wahlberg
Released: 7th October 2008
SRP: $29.98
Further Details:
Fox Home Entertainment has announced The Happening which stars Mark Wahlberg and Zooey Deschanel. The M. Night Shyamalan directed film will be available to own from the 7th October, and should retail at around $29.98. The film will be presented in anamorphic widescreen, along with an English Dolby Digital 5.1 track. Extras will include deleted scenes with introductions from M. Night Shyamalan, behind the scenes featurettes (The Hard Cut, A Day for Night, Elements of a Scene, Visions of The Happening: A Making of, I Hear You Whispering) and a gag reel. A Blu-ray release will also be available for $39.98 with all of the above, plus scene specific PIP, 2 short featurettes (Train Shooting, Forces Unseen), and a digital copy of the film. We've attached the official package artwork below:
Starring: Mark Wahlberg
Released: 7th October 2008
SRP: $29.98
Further Details:
Fox Home Entertainment has announced The Happening which stars Mark Wahlberg and Zooey Deschanel. The M. Night Shyamalan directed film will be available to own from the 7th October, and should retail at around $29.98. The film will be presented in anamorphic widescreen, along with an English Dolby Digital 5.1 track. Extras will include deleted scenes with introductions from M. Night Shyamalan, behind the scenes featurettes (The Hard Cut, A Day for Night, Elements of a Scene, Visions of The Happening: A Making of, I Hear You Whispering) and a gag reel. A Blu-ray release will also be available for $39.98 with all of the above, plus scene specific PIP, 2 short featurettes (Train Shooting, Forces Unseen), and a digital copy of the film. We've attached the official package artwork below:
Last edited by BullGooseLoony; 08-08-08 at 07:56 AM.
08-08-08 | 09:57 AM
#2
DVD Talk Legend
I thought this was painfully boring and terribly written. I'm not even sure finding this in a $2 discount bin would get me to buy it. I was hoping for maybe an unrated cut, but I see that isn't happening.
08-08-08 | 12:26 PM
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DVD Talk Limited Edition
Oh shit, I'd hate to see what he cut out because he thought it "wasn't good enough", especially after seeing what he left in.
Seriously, I'd venture to say that this is one of the worst made studio films I've ever seen in a theater. Technically, story wise, acting wise, etc...
Seriously, I'd venture to say that this is one of the worst made studio films I've ever seen in a theater. Technically, story wise, acting wise, etc...
08-08-08 | 12:49 PM
#4
DVD Talk God
Yeah I heard this film sucks, but I'm renting it anyways. There are worst ways to spend 90 minutes of my life.
08-11-08 | 05:08 PM
#5
DVD Talk Gold Edition
As one (of the few) who has enjoyed all of M Night's films since "Sixth Sense" (haven't seen the two that came before it), I was disappointed that I didn't make it to see this one in the theater. Hopefully, I'll be in the minority once again and enjoy it as well when it comes on DVD.
08-11-08 | 06:09 PM
#7
DVD Talk Limited Edition
I'll give it a rent, just to see how bad it really was. Who knows, maybe I'll enjoy it.
08-12-08 | 12:32 AM
#10
When I looked at the title of this thread, I thought it would be this movie:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Happening_(1967_film)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Happening_(1967_film)
08-12-08 | 07:26 AM
#12
DVD Talk Legend
I still think M. Night asked his actors to INTENTIONALLY give bad readings of their lines. One bad performance in a movie is bad acting...but when ALL of the performances are cornball (especially from decent, if not great, actors), it had to have been intended that way.
I think this is a good "bad movie". The kind deserving of an MST3K commentary.
Of course, that doesn't mean I'm forking over $20 to own it.
I think this is a good "bad movie". The kind deserving of an MST3K commentary.
Of course, that doesn't mean I'm forking over $20 to own it.
08-12-08 | 10:17 AM
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Originally Posted by Shannon Nutt
I still think M. Night asked his actors to INTENTIONALLY give bad readings of their lines. One bad performance in a movie is bad acting...but when ALL of the performances are cornball (especially from decent, if not great, actors), it had to have been intended that way.
I think this is a good "bad movie". The kind deserving of an MST3K commentary.
Of course, that doesn't mean I'm forking over $20 to own it.
I think this is a good "bad movie". The kind deserving of an MST3K commentary.
Of course, that doesn't mean I'm forking over $20 to own it.
Definitely with you on the rifftrax or CT version of this someday. And I'll end up buying the regular release (for $5 or less) just for the comedy value.
08-12-08 | 11:19 AM
#15
DVD Talk Legend
Originally Posted by Trevor
I'm thinking you meant, "if not great", to mean that no actor in the film is anywhere close to great (outside of this film), and not that any of them might be considered so.
08-12-08 | 11:59 AM
#16
One of the best movies of the year, after The Dark Knight...
Looking forward to seeing it again on DVD.
Looking forward to seeing it again on DVD.
08-12-08 | 06:15 PM
#18
DVD Talk Legend
I still keep hoping M Night will recapture the magic for me, it looks like its not happening here (no pun). I had high hopes but missed it in the theater.
Its a rental.
Its a rental.
