Indiana Jones & the Crystal Skull> Mummy 3 > The Happening.
Crystal Skull wasn't terrible, but it was terribly disappointing. Mummy 3 was just like either of the other two previous Mummys, except without any fun or any attempt to actually make sense. Not even a pretty funny Rifftrax accompaniment could save The Happening. It seemed like M. Night just was very angry and took it out on the characters in his film, who in turn took it out on anyone who actually viewed this film. He probably viewed all the critics who panned Lady in the Water as that one guy who lays down in the path of the industrial lawnmower.
On the plus side, it was the most I've ever heard a movie say its own title in its dialog. Even on the imdb.com Memorable Quotes page for the movie, some version of the word happening is mentioned six times. This is also the same number of times Mark Wahlberg tells everyone "I need a second..." in order to think of how to solve the mystery of everyone dying.
Avoid this movie if you can, unless you want to see a more grown up, awkward version of the little boy from the Cat in the Hat movie take a shotgun blast to the chest.
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I always wanted them to mention "We're in a star war" in Star Wars, but they never did. Assholes.
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