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Originally Posted by Aeneas

Just wondering, do you consider The Hulk or Indiana Jones, or Sex in the City, or Iron Man original ideas? I am not defending Happening I already said I did not like it that much. It's just interesting to me to find out the current movies that people like, that throw out the "stupid" and "dumb" and "######ed" words.

I think it's pretty hard these days to find "original" or "creative" films.

Nope, those aren't creative either.. as you say I think it's very difficult to come up with a truely original or creative film or work. And that's not a bad thing, taking something that's already been done and spinning it in a new way or looking at it from a different angle can result in great stuff.

I'm not knocking this film for that, I just said that because some see Night as so original and creative, and while I think he has gobs of talent and love some of his works, I don't think original is a word to use.

I believe M Night missed the mark with this one, but was right on the money with creativity and originality with the Village, Lady In The Water, and all of his others.

The Village didn't appeal to me as I could see the "twist" a mile away, and wasn't sure if there was enough there otherwise to make it worth watching, though I've always intended to see it. I loved Unbreakable (nothing original, but a great imagining of a premise I thought), and Signs was very nice as well. Didn't like Sixth Sense much but scary movies aren't my thing anyway, they either bore me or go too far the other way and scare me too much, I can never find the middle ground where I enjoy it.

Originally Posted by Displaced Flames fan

That's the premise? No, that is what the characters in the movie came up with as an explanation...and that was never confirmed in the film. The actual 'villain' remains unknown and given the evidence in the movie my guess is that there are enough holes there to let you know that it's not supposed to be plant vigilantism.

Hm interesting, I was going by all the reviews I'd read, one specifically said

SPOILERS!!

Elliot used the "scientific method" to discover plants can "spontaneously evolve" in response to a threat. Maybe plants think humans are threats, and "spontaneously evolved" in an "act of nature" to manufacture a toxin that switches off humans' self-preservation instincts?

Moves that get science REALLY wrong bug me because I think they harm science literacy in general, but then again I do have an axe to grind in that area

Originally Posted by Maritime Q-Scout

I'm just curious, what other movies had the premise of plants developing the ability to evolve and combat humans by releasing toxin into the air?

I'm not saying that's it's a brilliant idea, but I thought it was original if nothing else. I haven't seen a movie or TV show with the same premise.

It was a book actually, I'll see if I can find the title, it's in the recesses of my memory.