The Film Talk - The ongoing podcast conversation about movies with Jett Loe and Gareth Higgins

The Film Talk - Part 26 - The Incredible Happening!

July 5th, 2008 · Comments

Hey Dear Listener We Bring the Show in at a Manageable Length!

Film Reviewed This Week: The Incredible Hulk, The Happening

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    Added a review on iTunes ... several episodes behind in the feed. But the 40 minute length seemed good.
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    Like Alan I am in catch up mode so have only just listened to episode 26. Three comments -
    1. I have placed a review on iTunes (even though the T Shirt deadline has passed - such selflessness!)
    2. I think 40 mins should generally be the maximum length. I love your witty and incite full film reviews and film related discussions (even when I disagree - see 3.) but sometimes I think "For the love of (insert appropriate deity here) - stop waffling and get back to the film!"
    3. OK - I'm willing to accept that M. 'Night to Remember' Shalamar is misunderstood, that The Village is underrated and that The Lady in the Water has some redeeming features. But (and it's a big but) how you can think The Happening is anything other than terrible amazes me. Hard to know where to begin but easy to know where to end - the script! The plot is so bad and the dialogue so ludicrous that this has to be the worst script for a major film that I have seen in a long time. And Gareth - putting in a load of sub Hitchcock references doesn't make it Hitchcock. To say if this is no good then neither is Psycho or The Birds makes no logical sense at all (though I think an "is Hitchcock as good as everybody thinks" discussion would be interesting).
    - Still love the show though!
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    Bless ya for posting an iTunes review Tim; and we´re trying to keep the show down to 40min. and more focused as I found myself driving to Jackson Miss. listening to the show and having the same experience as you = "for the love of God get to the movie!".

    As for ´The Happening´= when I saw it in the theatre the whole room was filled with dread and people were really freaked out = this phenomena (sic) of context releted perception is one I´ll continue to explore on TFT.

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