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Originally Posted by Grimmlok
That's odd.. he's been pretty competent so far in everything he's done.
I blame the director.
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Ever seen "The Big Hit"? He was horrible in that - it was a terrible movie of course, but he did nothing for it.
He has very limited skills ... he was good in "The Departed" cause he was basically playing himself I think, and he was lucky that "Boogie Nights" was such a great movie cause no one noticed how bad an actor he was. I didn't think he was all that great in "Huckabees", except for that one line ... "Word".
Here's the review from "The Happening" I read, and on reading it again - you were spot on - the guy blames Shamawhatever in the end:
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The most obvious fault in "The Happening" is the acting -- in particular Wahlberg's performance. I'm saying this with no hyperbole, but Wahlberg might very well give the worst performance I've ever seen in anything. He's that bad. His character is a passive aggressive high-school teacher and each line in delivered with nasally whines that sound like some strange parody. As bad as the rest of the movie is, Wahlberg is the part that the internet is going to eat alive. But is it really his fault? Wahlberg's proven himself with "I (Heart) Huckabees" and his amazing turn in "The Departed". I can't help but feel that Shyamalan -- intentionally or otherwise -- is ultimately to blame for forcing some truly awful line readings.
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An Early Review of M. Night Shyamalan's THE HAPPENING