The Happening - Page 16

Erumaron · 06-25-2008, 01:12 PM

I did rewatch Shawshank after I said I would. He carves his name in the wall and then the scene that immediately follows is him asking for "Rita Haywood"...and then shortly after you see that it's on the wall where he carved his name. Couple that with the fact that he has the hobby that gives him a potential tool for escape and it's not too much of a leap of logic. The pieces are there if you're lookin for them. It's not impossible to have seen it coming.

Vehn · 06-25-2008, 01:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Erumaron

I did rewatch Shawshank after I said I would. He carves his name in the wall and then the scene that immediately follows is him asking for "Rita Haywood"...and then shortly after you see that it's on the wall where he carved his name. Couple that with the fact that he has the hobby that gives him a potential tool for escape and it's not too much of a leap of logic. The pieces are there if you're lookin for them. It's not impossible to have seen it coming.

thats called hindsight bias

Erumaron · 06-26-2008, 04:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Vehn

thats called hindsight bias

Because I sure can prove that I saw it coming the first time I watched it any other way. Shawshank Redemption is one of those movies that I watched and thought, "Where can they take this?" They give the pieces I stated in my previous post earlier in the film and you can figure that he is capable of escaping if he choses. After he comes out of solitary, but before he actually is shown as gone, you can tell he's about to bail. The only twist element is the exact details of how he did it the last 20 years or whatever it was.

I've talked to several people who saw the twists coming in both The Sixth Sense (I didn't see that one coming) and Shawshank...it's not that impossible. If you were absorbed in the movie and not thinking about how the story might develop then it's not likely you'd see the twist coming. Stories don't just throw a WTF twist at people usually. There's almost always foreshadowing.

OhSeven · 06-26-2008, 08:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Geaux

Im having a tough time putting Dragon Wars and The Happening in order. I cant figure out which is worse.

i guess this is what i should have expected when their selling point was...

"zomg its his first rated R movie"

The Happening can not even compete with Dragon Wars on the scale of bad but, Dragon Wars was the better movie merely because of how laughable it was. I've said it before but here it is again, Dragons Wars was easily the most fun I've had at a movie ever. The group of us that went were the ONLY ones in the place during the showing.

Faille · 06-26-2008, 11:08 AM

The sixth sense was easier to see coming, I know I picked it during the movie first time though.

Spoiler Alert, click show to read:

chaos · 06-26-2008, 11:27 AM

First time I watched Shawshank, I was pretty young, but yeah I had no idea he would escape. I specifically remember that.

Astrocreep · 06-26-2008, 12:40 PM

i read the book about 10+ years before the movie was released so there were no surprises. i was happy they were as loyal to the story as possible. tho why they made Red a black dude i dunno.

Eyashusa · 06-26-2008, 01:15 PM

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tho why they made Red a black dude i dunno.

I never understood that either. Morgan Freeman did a great job though.

Faille · 06-26-2008, 01:43 PM

Maybe they didn't make him a black dude so much as just got the best actor who could do the job?

manslayer · 06-26-2008, 02:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Faille

Maybe they didn't make him a black dude so much as just got the best actor who could do the job?

Seriously, Morgan Freeman is the shit.

Suineg · 06-26-2008, 08:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Kevincheese

Watch out, them's fightin' words, boy.

Yeah I have the - internets to prove it.

Astrocreep · 06-26-2008, 10:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Faille

Maybe they didn't make him a black dude so much as just got the best actor who could do the job?

hes not always the best choice tho. lets not forget what happened in Kiss The Girls when Morgan Freeman plays Alex Cross. a mid 30s very athletic black DC detective in the james patterson book and portrayed by a late 60s non athletic man like freeman. very bad movie and freeman was very miscast.

Zerai · 06-26-2008, 11:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Astrocreep

hes not always the best choice tho. lets not forget what happened in Kiss The Girls when Morgan Freeman plays Alex Cross. a mid 30s very athletic black DC detective in the james patterson book and portrayed by a late 60s non athletic man like freeman. very bad movie and freeman was very miscast.

Perhaps. But in Shawshank, he was perfectly cast.

Believe · 06-26-2008, 11:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Kevincheese

Watch out, them's fightin' words, boy.

Hope you're replying to the Firefly comment, because she is a pretty bad actress.

Faille · 06-27-2008, 01:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Astrocreep

hes not always the best choice tho. lets not forget what happened in Kiss The Girls when Morgan Freeman plays Alex Cross. a mid 30s very athletic black DC detective in the james patterson book and portrayed by a late 60s non athletic man like freeman. very bad movie and freeman was very miscast.

I won't say he is the best actor for any role, or even every role he's been in, but for Shawshank he was perfect and I don't race was a factor.

06-26-2008, 11:08 AM	#230 (permalink)
Faille Fires of Heaven Officer Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 2,685 +13 Internets	The sixth sense was easier to see coming, I know I picked it during the movie first time though. Spoiler Alert, click show to read: What gave it away for me was there was no direct contact or communication between the mother and bruce willis. In a couple of scenes it was a little more obvious that she was ignoring him. __________________ Faille Fires of Heaven http://www.fohguild.org/forums/uberw...lopment-forum/

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Faille Fires of Heaven Officer Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 2,685 +13 Internets	Maybe they didn't make him a black dude so much as just got the best actor who could do the job? __________________ Faille Fires of Heaven http://www.fohguild.org/forums/uberw...lopment-forum/

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06-25-2008, 01:12 PM	#226 (permalink)
Erumaron Registered User Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Yardley, PA Posts: 598	I did rewatch Shawshank after I said I would. He carves his name in the wall and then the scene that immediately follows is him asking for "Rita Haywood"...and then shortly after you see that it's on the wall where he carved his name. Couple that with the fact that he has the hobby that gives him a potential tool for escape and it's not too much of a leap of logic. The pieces are there if you're lookin for them. It's not impossible to have seen it coming.

06-26-2008, 11:27 AM	#231 (permalink)
chaos Registered User Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 4,968 +19 Internets	First time I watched Shawshank, I was pretty young, but yeah I had no idea he would escape. I specifically remember that.

06-26-2008, 12:40 PM	#232 (permalink)
Astrocreep The Undead Shaman Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: NYC Posts: 3,528	i read the book about 10+ years before the movie was released so there were no surprises. i was happy they were as loyal to the story as possible. tho why they made Red a black dude i dunno.