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What happened with The Happening…?!

M. Night Shymalan has a microcosm structure to his movies where the phenomena occurring in the movie has a direct parallel to the events in the lives of the characters. When the characters reach a resolution, everything else falls into place. From a broad perspective, the movie then serves to illustrate a fundamental principle in a way that sets it apart from the ordinary, traditional stories we learn such virtues from. M. Night Shymalan does not deviate from this structure, so loyal M. Night Shymalan fans will not be disappointed, but they will not be surprised either.

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