Very true, about this impossible role he's chosen for himself. Curiously, while I wouldn't miss his other movies (the tempting premise of a twisty reveal aside), something about The Village kept fascinating me - I think it was the peripheral story of how certain mythologies are born. (Oh, and I enjoyed The Lady in the Water; at the time, it seemed like such a nice story-teller's story to me.) But, yeah, I have no desire to see The Happening; it just looks way too didactic.

Excellent point about Keanu, too.