N* and I visited Market Commons to check out The Happening on opening night. Although this movie received less than raving reviews, I thought that it was worth a shot (that and Mark Wahlberg is gorgeous). Please note that this review may contain spoilers.

Mark Wahlberg plays a recently married high school science teacher. He is married to Zooey Deschanel who thinks that she is cheating on her husband by eating tiramisu with a co-worker. John Leguizamo is also in the movie playing a good friend of Wahlbergs. The basic plot line is that as the wind blows people are affected by something that causes them to become disoriented and ultimately kill themselves.

The acting in this movie was a bit lackluster but I thought the storyline was creative and thought provoking. The idea of plants coming together and recognizing humans as a threat was a great play on today’s biological headlines. I was discussing this movie long after we had left the theater. Could this event actually be possible? Are their events around us that we are not taking a look into that are Mother Nature’s way of telling us to slow down?

After the movie, I found myself talking to my plants a little more often and discussing recycling with N*.