Dear M. Night Shyamalan,

I just watched “The Happening” and now I want to punch you in the face.

This movie was terrible.

Here’s the deal, I love Zooey Deschanel, and I would be willing to just watch her stand there and do nothing for an hour and a half, and yet you’ve managed to make a movie where she stars, and I just want to turn it off. While that takes skill, it’s not the sort of skill you ought to advertise.

This movie was terrible.

Issue two: I know for a fact you can make good movies. I watched “Unbreakable” and that movie is a-w-e-s-o-m-e. “Signs”, “The 6th Sense”… these movies are great. What the hell happened to you?

This movie was terrible.

One final batch of questions for you: Do you really think that anyone, after watching this movie, was glad that they had done so? Would anyone in their right mind recommend to a friend that they see this movie? Would anyone pass up the opportunity to travel back in time to keep themselves from seeing it in the first place? Did you lose a bet with those “Saw” people, and have to include all the things they felt were too lame to go in their movies in yours? Honestly, what were you thinking?

Ron

p.s. This movie was terrible.