View Poll Results: What will The Happening receive on the Tomatometer
0-24%
36
33.33%
25-49%
37
34.26%
50-74%
25
23.15%
75-100%
10
9.26%
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Guess the Tomatometer for The Happening
06-11-08, 01:43 AM
#26
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Originally Posted by abrg923
Who cares? Go see it for yourself, don't rely on what other people tell you.
Relying on critics to form your opinions = pointless.
Relying on critics to form your opinions = pointless.
I say it'll be about 40%, give or take 1 or 2 points (but if it's higher than 50, I'll probably go see it)
06-11-08, 02:23 PM
#32
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Originally Posted by TheHive08
Considering the message behind this movie and the types of reviewers that RT has on their roster, there will be good reviews. Predicting how many is difficult but I'll say 52%.
06-11-08, 02:28 PM
#34
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There is no "roster of critics" at rotten tomatoes. They get a print of the film, wallpaper the side of their building with it, and throw -- you guessed it -- 100 rotten tomatoes at it. Each one that sticks earns the film another point.
06-11-08, 02:42 PM
#36
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Originally Posted by Groucho
There is no "roster of critics" at rotten tomatoes. They get a print of the film, wallpaper the side of their building with it, and throw -- you guessed it -- 100 rotten tomatoes at it. Each one that sticks earns the film another point.
06-12-08, 07:33 AM
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Originally Posted by Groucho
You don't understand how RT works, do you?
06-12-08, 09:37 AM
#42
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What am I missing about Night's movies? I actually like them all. I know everybody is entitled to their opinion, but pretty much ever since Unbreakable he's just been getting dumped on. Personally, I thought Unbreakable was by far his worst movie, while many people feel it was his best. I really enjoyed Lady in the Water, but that movie was almost universally panned by critics and the public.
I'm obviously in the minority and that's fine with me. I don't really care if I like his movies but nobody else does, but I'm just curious what people don't like about them. Is it because of the fact that he likes to put himself into his movies? Other directors have done that. Or do people find him egotistical? Or do most people simply think he doesn't make good movies?
Anyway, I'll be seeing The Happening. Personally, I think it looks really interesting, but we'll see.
I'm obviously in the minority and that's fine with me. I don't really care if I like his movies but nobody else does, but I'm just curious what people don't like about them. Is it because of the fact that he likes to put himself into his movies? Other directors have done that. Or do people find him egotistical? Or do most people simply think he doesn't make good movies?
Anyway, I'll be seeing The Happening. Personally, I think it looks really interesting, but we'll see.
06-12-08, 11:58 AM
#44
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Considering the reviews I've read so far, looks like it'll be in the same range as LITW.
06-12-08, 02:51 PM
#48
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Alright people, we're down to 12% so far. 
The true disaster on display in The Happening is Shyamalan's career hitting rock bottom.
For all his complaints recently about being misunderstood, it seems it's Shyamalan who simply doesn't get us.
This would all seem like a deliberate, self-parodying joke if it weren't coming from a filmmaker with no sense of humor whatsoever.
There seem to be a lot of people gunning for Philadelphia's own M. Night Shyamalan, and The Happening will give them more ammo.
Sadly for Mr. Shyamalan, the ideas that have been coming to him since his brilliant first hit The Sixth Sense are progressively worthy of less merit and more deserving of ridicule.
06-12-08, 03:03 PM
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mia ap' tis pio akompses, proheires kai hontrokommenes doyleies poy mporeis na petyheis se aithoysa
speaks for itself...