[Maritime Q-Scout]

I saw The Happening two nights ago. I got up and said "I kinda like that, not a bad movie". However the more I think about it, the more plot holes and dumb connections stand out to me.

I do think it's a movie I'll have to watch again, as M Night Shymalan tends to have things in the background that you miss the first time. That said I was specifically waiting to see his character as in his movies it seems high character tends to speak the key to the movie (ie: The Village, Signs). I didn't see him at all, however he was credited for being "Joey". Which makes me think he was in the background of some scenes with Alma.

I also never understood why if the toxin makes you lose sense of what's dangerous/fatal why would you go out of your way to kill yourself? Wouldn't you simply die by living your life normally but without the self preservation instinct. What I mean is, why would a cop or solider take their gun out, shoot themselves, then have another person casually walk over pick the gun up shoot them self, only then to have another person start to move walk over, pick up the gun and shoot them self?

It makes me think there's something else, especially where when the group splits up in the field, wouldn't the toxin already be in the air? So what would it matter if there were 5 or 10 people?

The more and more I think about it, the more I can't justify it being evil plants trying to kill us all. Even though I do buy the premise on the surface.