Knowing is a 2009 movie directed and produced by director Alex Proyas (I, Robot) and starring Nicolas Cage as John Koestler, a teacher who found some chilling predictions -- some that have already occurred and others that are about to -- from a time capsule, that lead him to believe his family plays a role in the events that are about to unfold.Many people are not liking this story and complaining about it. So let me tell you how to fully enjoy it.
*this is meant as a joke, not to be taken seriously.
** may contain SPOILER!!
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1. Put on your “I HEART NIC CAGE” cap because haters would want to stay far away from this movie. This movie consists of almost 90% of Nic Cage mumbling, and running around, and doing his “WTF?!!” face expression... Well, pretty much being himself.2. You must like I, Robot because it was Alex Proyas’ last movie. And it has kind of the same vibe coming from it. All apocalyptic. All CGI. All human-should-not-be-saved.
3. You must also like Indy 4 because remember how they set the story just like any other Indiana Jones movie, and then – BAM! – UFO grand finale?
4. You must like numbers and scientific jargons because this movie is littered with that stuff. And if you don’t have a mind strong enough for it, you may experience a few headaches.
5. You must accept the fact that the Sun will always triumph over Rose Byrne because again, just like in the movie Sunshine (2007), she will burn!! Although quite different than in Knowing (2009), she is yet to defeat this mass ball of heat. So final score...The Sun: 2 – Rose Byrne: 0
6. “OMG!! THE PLANE CRASH SCENE ROCKS!!” because that’s pretty much the best part of the movie.7. You must believe in Angels (if not, skip to no. 8) because those blue dudes at the end are angels.
8. You must believe in Aliens because those blue dudes at the end are aliens.
9. You must forget the first half of the movie; because that’s the only way you can enjoy the second half.
10. 2 kids + 2 rabbits = A new start for humanity ... ??? Beats me.
11. Be sure to refill your “suspension-of-disbelief” to the max because, boy, believe me, you’re going to need a hell lot of that.
Follow this simple steps and I'm sure you will love Knowing. If not, well...
HAHA!!! #10
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ReplyDeleteI wish they'd left out the aliens. >_<
ReplyDeleteAnyway, since the pods came from all over Earth, perhaps every couple of kids took a different animal species.
But WHYYYYYYY would the aliens involve themselves with us? >_> Stupid.
Re #10 - it was way more than 2 kids and 2 rabbits: look at all the otehr ships departing Earth. And they were big enough to be stuffed to the brim with other animals.
ReplyDelete2 kids - because they were central characters and the film would ahve been even longer if we'd have to live through all the others the aliens must have picked up to avoid chronic inbreeding.
2 rabbits - signifies an Ark; dogs are too narratively predictable; cats are untrainable; elephants don't fit into the screen etc etc
As to "why aliens"? If the planet's about to be incinerated, how else is anyone going to get away?
QED
The obvious answer to 'why kids' is simple, kids will trust, grownups ask too many questions, the 'angels' would be all day trying to get enough adults to agree to vacate the earth even if it was going to be incinerated in a massive solar flare.
ReplyDelete#10. SAME THING I ASKED!
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