Anyone else excited for The Happening?

[Miss]

Yeah it made me think that he is ripping off a certain old British Sci fi book for his ideas now.

I just think it's so cute that M Night always has a dumb message with his movies.

(also that book looks interesting. have you read it? did you enjoy it? etc.)

[Sarah]

But The Day of the Triffids is good.

[yesno]

Yeah it made me think that he is ripping off a certain old British Sci fi book for his ideas now.

I'm going to have to check that book out.

Ever read The Genocides by Thomas Disch?  It's one of the most frightening plant-related sci fi books I've ever read.

^^^
edit:  Why did I say "one of the"?  It's probably the only one I've read.

[bruce]

But The Day of the Triffids is good.

I just said he was ripping it off is all. I like the book and even the british tv movie they made out of it

[Sarah]

I know you do, Bruce; we've discussed this.  I just wanted people to know it's a ripping yarn.

[deeptone500]

hopefully tom took the week off to mentally prepare himself for watching it, and will talk about it for 3 straight hours next show.

this thing is terrerrerrerrerrible

[Sarah]

I desperately wish it were already on television.  It sounds like the perfect fare for a gray Sunday afternoon.

[Dan B]

it was unbelievable.  "why you eyin' my lemon drink?"

[noise.light]

They played a snippet on the radio where Mark Wahlberg's character is talking to someone on the phone and the line goes dead.

I can hear the WIND outside!!!

[Fido]

I can say one thing about this movie: if your friends are always up your keister about being a film snob, you can go with them to this one (but hurry!), and their minds will be blown away by its abysmal and repugnant qualities. Then you can say, "See? This is what I've been saying all along." I think they'll start to understand.

I did this, and I scored brownie points for my willingness to go along with the crowd, as well as offering a cautionary lesson to my less wary filmgoer friends about what can happen when you let shitty Hollywood directors do your thinking for you.

[iAmBaronVonTito]

it was unbelievable.  "why you eyin' my lemon drink?"

i cracked up at this line. 

i saw this last nite, because i had to know what everyone was talking about...and it was free.  i laughed pretty hard: people were walking off the top of buildings, lying in the path of lawnmowers, driving into trees, then surviving the crash and cutting themselves with the glass, and running from the wind.

very quickly, it was obvious no one else found it as humorous as i did.