"Run away from the wind!" is my favorite Film Brain joke ever.

One of the best comedies of the 2000s.

A Bad Movie Beatdown Classic I still get a chuckle out of the "RUN AWAY FROM THE WIND!!!" gag.

M Night "A piece of toast landing jelly side down means the devil is near" Shyamalan everybody.

25:56 Well, that certainly gives the "Who else will I have ice cream with?" line from Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 Days a whole new meaning...

They now have pots you can get that have computer screens on the front. They show emojis that indicate if the plant is happy, needs a drink, etc. I can just imagine a shot of thousands of electronic planters with angry faces staring at the audience.

M. Night doesn't seem to know anything about humans or physics or logic. I think he's from another reality.

Holy shit, I just realized: this movie was basically Birdemic, but trees

Also, as a biologist I am terribly insulted by the insipidity of the plot and how implausible it is. Yes, some plants can create toxins (though never airborne) to kill off parasites or other plants. They do NOT suddenly develop these overnight, and not ALL plants at the bloody same time... If the plot was "Aliens gave this power to plants" or fucking Mother Gaia rose out of the Earth to do this with an army of Dryads, I would have been more OK with this crap... Also, NO, there is no self-preservation switch in us, and even if it was, and got switched off, we would not automatically lose all self-control and commit suicide in very ingenious ways.

As much as I love the unintentional comedy, especially Wahlberg talking to the plant and the iconic "What, nooooooooo" moment, there is one legitimately good thing about this movie - John Leguizamo. Out of all the actors he's the only one who is trying to take Shyamalan's shitty writing and make it work. And I dare say he succeeds. Not only does he manage to take the quirk that Shyamalan forces on his character, but it also manages to work to his character's advantage, making him really likable. Remember that scene where Leguizamo's group are driving and they come across the people who've hanged themselves? And how Leguizamo uses a math problem to distract the frightened young woman from that horrible sight? I feel that was a legitimately good moment. But everything else... Wahlberg never stops whining, he has no chemistry with Deschanel whatsoever and the titular Happening is thwarted - I'm not kidding here - by the power of love. Once Wahlberg and Deschanel proclaim their love for each other, it all ends. That is single-handedly the dumbest moment in the whole movie and, believe me, that is saying something!

"The Head of Schools" It's called a Superintendent, M. Night!

The worst thing is that there are ingredients of an interesting natural horror film in the film, but the execution is royally bungled. This is the kind of thing Hollywood should remake because they can't do any worse.

The deaths of the two boys, Jared and Josh were originally a lot more gruesome. Jared was seen getting the top of his head blown off. But that was cut to avoid an NC 17.

one of the best episodes!!! total classic, aged like a fine wine.

"What is so difficult about staying inside, locking the doors, and waiting for it to blow over?" LOL now we know it's extremely difficult for some!

I don't think I like Shyamalan's darker and edgier take on Little Shop of Horrors

20:43 the girl is thinking: is this man high?

What's funny to me is that you're typically not a comedic reviewer. You're more analytical, but this and your Ratatoing reviews are some of the funniest reviews I've ever seen, and I actually think this review of The Happening is funnier than Nostalgia Critic's.

"It's something airborne and they're telling people to go outside! Unrealistic!" *sobs in 2020 COVID feels*

After seeing this film, I've got a better idea for a plotline: Mark Wahlberg stars as Theodore Happeninski, a down-on-his-luck mafia enforcer looking to do the right thing for his kids, and earn an honest wage in an attempt to go straight. With no real skills to speak of, Theodore takes the first job he can get, working at a garden centre. After receiving his weekly paycheck and realizing he'll never be able to afford giving his kids the education they deserve, Theodore returns to a life of crime, using his security privileges to attempt stealing the latest toy all the kids have to have, the Attack of the Killer Tomatoes figures. However, in his attempted larceny, Theodore stumbles upon a plot by the centre's evil owner (played by Joe Pantoliano, who played Titus Sinclair in "Ready to Rumble"), to siphon the funds of a centre-wide charity drive for his own selfish needs, particularly a trip to Acapulco. Now, Theodore has to create a Happening to thwart the evil deeds of the evil garden centre owner and his security detail (played by Kip Pardue, Til Schweiger, Gina Gershon, Estella Warren, Cristian de la Fuente, Stacey Edwards, and Robert Sean Leonard of "Driven" fame) in a zany romp all over the garden centre and be the hero his kids need. Along the way, Theodore becomes friends with a fellow employee (played by Zooey Deschanel), who is revealed at the end to be an undercover cop.

6:00 - I always remarked that both Mark Wahlberg and Zooey Deschanel (but especially Zooey) look entirely lost and wondering what the hell they did to end up at this point in their careers all throughout this movie.

Well this movie is certainly different in the era of COVID-19. “Why don’t these people stay inside?”

I always laugh at the use of cooling towers with the great clouds coming out of them as an example of pollution. Know what those white clouds are? Water. That's how they use them for cooling -the evaporation cools water in the tower. The white cloud is literally a cloud, no different from the perfectly natural clouds in the sky. Ooooo, the horror!

This is like The Room of M Knight films. This can be watched like a unintentional comedy. It is hilarious.

This review was originally posted in October 2011, and is part of a series of Halloween themed re-posts. This re-edited version runs 1m 39s shorter than the original, largely due to trimming down film clips and tightening up the pacing. I figured I'd get this one up because it's also been covered on the Nostalgia Critic since this was made. I was going to put this up in a few days, but I've been ill this past week, hence why there's not been any new reviews (there will be very soon), but until then, enjoy Mark Wahlberg having to run away from the wind! EDIT: And, yes, I am aware those are lions, not tigers. 2011 Mathew, you dolt.

Hey I thought of a great twist, what if the happening was actually created by the aliens from Signs.

9:17 “This ring can supposedly tell you what you’re feeling”. You know what else can me what I’m feeling? ME!!!

Mark Wahlberg is always flaccid. He will never live down the "What? No!" of this movie.

The bits where you're parodying Mark Wahlberg's performance have never stopped being funny; "Am I the only one who cares about the bees?"

Usually you need to be on ecstasy to talk to trees (even plastic ones)

I'm really surprised that even though the film basically has the main characters survive because of their good vibes, no one has made a "Good Vibrations" joke. Is it because people are expecting a joke about Wahlburg's Marky Mark days?

The Happening was bad? What? Nooooo.

5:55 - she's a real-life anime character!

Rewatching Zoe’s google eyes after the Battle Angel Alita live action trailer makes this both more funny and more sad.

Mark Wahlberg as a teacher . lol

23:32 Relevant

Here's the thing MKS gets so very, very wrong. The predisposition to avoid self-harm isn't there to stop us committing suicide, it's there to stop us taking stupid risks. If you "flip the switch" people don't jump off buildings, they build ramps in the street & try jumping over cars on their bikes.

Shyamalan really doesn't understand science. To judge from this movie, he seems to think that when something happens, scientists all think about what might have caused it, then pick out the explanation they like, and decide to believe that one. Essentially, he thinks that scientific theories are guesses that the scientists make. It's really kind of weird.

What?. .No!

Lol Mathew this is so funny review. When u was running away from the wind was priceless lol 😂

04:00 - Let me guess, they are all gone because they will be extras in the Bee Movie (another big stinker)

He’s basically the critic without skits and British. So Mike Jay with a better and more frequent selection

Spot on Review Mathew I wish I could get the time back that I wasted sitting through this train wreck of a movie It is totally unintentionally funny You know a movie is bad when you’re laughing at movie intended to be horror Can you please review Split?

I watched this movie and found it a so bad it's good movie but there was one thing that did scare me. The wife's eyes! They just look wrong and unnatural to the point I half expected it to be revealed that she was the source of the problem.

17:18 - Still a classic.

The happening more like the NOT happening!!!

Spencer Breslin was in this. From Santa Clause 2 and Cat in the Hat to this.

In that scene I felt like m night just tried to convince us that the old lady got mad at marky mark for saying the word happening, o shut it.

The happening is a sequel to signs and a prequel to after earth, you're welcome

thank you for making my life slightly less miserable

Honestly one of the most laugh out loud examples of terrible 'science' in movies. The only response to the ludicrous plot is, that's not how this works, that's not how any of this works.

We studied this film on my university course as part of a subject on 'bad screenwriting'. Some guy actually praised Deschanel's performance because of 'New Girl'. Just goes to show how some people wouldn't take the course seriously and were as basic as hell.

Bee corpses disappearing? Perhaps animals that feed on bees are responsible?

I'm passionate about actual bee dying en mass recently, and this scene only pissed me off with it's "vanishing" and "no bodies" nonsense. It's a big problem going on right now, and I don't like some mentally challenged film maker turning the topic into a joke. Anyway despite what this movie wants to tell the audience, plants can't only communicate with other plants, they can also communicate with fungi (not the wind though). Also there is no proof one needs a brain to think, there may be countless alternatives, the reason plants can't think isn't their lack of a brain, but their lack of a need to have ever evolved intelligence in the first place.

9:50-Quick flash of the Diary Of The Dead poster

And this movie is now owned by Disney.

He randomly starts talking about hotdogs cause he says "we're packing hotdogs for the road you guys like hotdogs?"

The jokes and comedic insults you've given in this video left me to die laughing. I got introduced to your channel from when you were on Nostalgia Critic. You and Doug are hilarious.

Diary of the Dead? In Cinemas May 7th! 9:50 Maybe I'm several years late to the joke.

9:40 - I can't believe I never noticed this part before when I saw this insane film; even in the powerful jaws of a lion, would a human arm be torn off THAT easily? 11:45 - An alien wrote this dialogue.

A "science teacher" who doesn't know the difference between _theory_ and _hypothesis.._

The thing about Shayamalan is that his movies were never very good, largely because he didn't know how to plot his twist endings. Even in the Sixth Sense the twist that Willis is a ghost doesn't make sense the way the movie is plotted out, because it is obvious that he is interacting with the rest of the cast during the film, it's not even a case of him thinking that he is having conversations with his wife etc. but him actually doing those things and then a last minute bait and switch trying to trick the audience into thinking that they misremembered the film.

you know its a bad film if arms get ripped off so easy

When I saw this i genuinely thought it was some funny parody film, found out everything in this is meant to be serious

I just love that this movie makes suicide methods borderline funny.

If you flipped off the self preservation switch would flip, it's not like you'd become super depressed & instantly suicidal. It just means your brain wouldn't see a problem with the blue liquid under your sink. You'd basically turn into one of those millennial who dine on tide pods, not a hypnosis victim.

wahlberg really shows his ethos here LOL

Actually the Magic Roundabout music does still kinda make it creepy

I'm guessing M. Knight was thinking that the " true feelings / intentions of people " ( via the mood ring ) was going to give us a lesson on how to try to be a better person and have good intentions..... But this didn't get it across ( if that was even the point) who fn knows??? I'd pay a years salary for a by from Zooey , but this movie actually makes her unattractive. Wow. ... They took a beautiful woman in her 20s and made her ugly via bad dialog and utter nonsense

Here's an idea that lets the plot stay similar but more sane. Instead of turning off fear response, heighten it. Have the plants make humans perceive threats everywhere and jack up the aggression levels to boot. Groups are still dangerous, people were already paranoid in the script, plants are still impossibly to blame, this ties in better with attracting wasps to eliminate caterpillars, making people violent and paranoid is less of a stretch than making them commit self un al ive, and it's much more chilling as it's warping people instead of hijacking them.

IT WAS THE WIND!!! I think? Yes, This movie is stupid. Then M. night made the visit and split which both turned out to be good.

What? No, Ma’am we’re not! WHAAAT? noooo!

Take a drink everytime "Happening" is mentioned in the film haha. xD

The hot dog guy is probably the best thing that m night delivers or should I say embarrasses us.

Did M. Night trying to pretend this was meant comedically predate Tommy Wiseau insisting the same about "The Room"? I always credited Wiseau with inventing the "pretend it was intended as a comedy to save face," but its origins could be so much MORE grandiose?! Also there's a shite sci-fi English movie called "Starship Invasions" that stars Christopher Lee as a badly dressed alien trying to conquer the world by using an invisible ray to cause people to commit suicide across the world. And it's a REALLY bad movie, but the one part when a family is driving through their neighborhood and there are just CORPSES all over the place (and a starkly realistic Time Magazine cover of a slashed wrist and the question "IS THIS THE END?!") is legitimately more harrowing than anything in this movie!

One of several films I've turned off half way through when I found myself wanting everyone to perish.

In a possible live action of Futurama, you would be perfect as Fry.

dear filmbrain can we have an edit of i now pronounce you chuck and larry....please

Is it bad that I love the intro music so much We need a top 10 of youtube intro music....

@21:25 😂 Watch film brain clap his hands at 2x speed

Obsessing about bees and desserts? Being pissed off about the word "happening" being uttered all the time? Being forced to witness this horrific display of a movie because Shyamalan has still lost his marbles at the time? FB, is this Hell? FB: What? No! RUN AWAY FROM THE WIND! When you put it like that, it sounds like a complete freaking joke. Also, filmmakers cameo in their works all the time. So is FB implying that filmmakers are Hitchcock?

As far as evolution of trees is concerned, there is an order of magnitude more trees on earth than there are stars in the sky and most of them have significantly shorter lifespans than humans. This gives them a much greater advantage in developing advantageous defenses against threats. Yes, the specific mechanism that presents here sounds a bit out there, it isn't out of the realm of possibility as far as you think. Also, Lady in the Water was a Great Film! The whole point was to bring back the magic of storytelling, it was obvious and poignant not arrogant.

This movie definitely deserves a beatdown, from the opening credits (white text on white clouds) this thing was a complete disaster.

15 years old Can’t believe I didn’t realize how bad this was after I first saw it I saw this opening night with some buddies

This is a great review of this unintentionally hilarious flick. I also like the ones by Nostalgia Critic and Good Bad Or Bad Bad!

9:40 Those aren't tigers; they're lions. You get it right the next line, so what happened?

Show Don't Tell doesn't have to apply to things that are unpleasant to see. However, in a movie like this, there's no reason to be discreet about people getting killed in horrible ways. So, yeah. Show us people clawing themselves to death.

This is nothing compared to unbreakable or signs

There are more "happenings" in this flick than in the 1967 film, "The Happening", with Anthony Quinn, Robert Walker, Jr., and a pre-"Bonnie And Clyde" Faye Dunaway, which has nothing at all to do plants pushing humans to commit suicide, rest assured.

Why Don’t Any Of You Care About The Bees ? Lolololololololol

RUN AWAY FROM THE WIND!

My favorite Mark. Wallburg Films The Departed, Broken City, Pain And Gain, The Yards, Italian Job, Big Hit, Shooter, 3 Kings, 2 Guns, 4 Brothers, Contraband, Ted 2, We Own TheNight, Patriots Day, And Corruptor

Secret Joke at 9:50

Happy cute clouds

What? Noooo.

A really stupid natural disaster caused by global warming? Characters driving around the countryside and encountering weirdos? This is basically just Birdemic but with plants

Best series Channel Awesome ever did. You're currently in my top 5 KZfaqrs. NC is only top 15.

All of the dialogue from Zoey and Mark sounds rushed. When Mark is teaching the teenagers in Science about the bees, the line is delivered unnaturally fast. It's like M. Night Shyamalan had a requirement that the actors had to force as much exposition out of as few breaths as possible.

I’ve heard it’s always sunny in Philadelphia ;)

We're in The happening right now.