Comments on: Knowing Review

By: Guy

Guy — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 08:36:06 +0000

I nearly shit my pants laughing when Nicky honestly tries to get the attention of the running man on fire with a “Hey!?!”.

Still, we did get an outstanding Marco Beltrami score out of this nonsense.

By: Mrs. Robinson

Mrs. Robinson — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 05:26:50 +0000

This review is a little late in coming, since I just saw this film for the first time on HBO or Showtime today. First of all, I like Nicolas Cage. I thought his acting was ok, and quite honestly, I just like looking at him. I thought the beginning was interesting. It was the “narrative hook” that made me want to keep watching. As far as believability, I don’t think films have to be believable. Entertainment sometime requires the “willing suspension of disbelief”. I thought the movie was stupid despite the need for reality. If the world was going to end in 2009, why did the little girl from 1959 have to live a tortured life “knowing” that it was going to end in fifty years? Why would she give birth to a child she knew would die in a horrible way? Why would anyone receive a warning? And why? Why oh why, are the chosen ones always always always pretty white children? If they are going to repopulate this new planet, won’t everyone be inbreds? Just like Adam and Eve’s kids too, I guess, for morons who believe that tripe. My grandmother told me that Cain married an ape and that’s where black people came from. I grew up believing that shit. Bottom line…. it’s just a movie. I’m glad I didn’t pay for it at the theatre. I’d still do Nick Cage.

By: Reed Farrington

Reed Farrington — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 09:56:50 +0000

So I finally saw “Knowing.” And I loved it. Probably as much as Roger Ebert does. (Actually, I agree with Ebert a lot, and Film Junk readers seem to respect Ebert, so I don’t understand why many Film Junk readers don’t think much about my opinions even allowing for the fact that I can’t explain myself.) I’m an atheist, and I had no problems with the religious aspects. I believe we are “alone” in the universe, and I had no problems with the “aliens.”

I wanted to address an issue that many people seem to think is a flaw in the plot of the film. What was the purpose of the girl in 1959 creating the list with all the predictions when it seemed that nothing could be changed? From the perspective of humanity, humans have free will. But from the perspective of “aliens” or “gods” that exist outside of our time frame, what we do appears to them to be deterministic. That is, these “aliens” can see all the decisions we will eventually make. The “aliens” whispered to the girl the suggestion of the time capsule and the number predictions in order to set up the meeting of her grand-daughter with Cage’s son! The number predictions weren’t meant for Cage to change events, but rather to facilitate the meeting.

By: Diane

Diane — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 09:48:40 +0000

So did Peter Jackson’s Lovely Bones get a discount price on the tree set which was used in the end scene of Knowing

By: Sarah

Sarah — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 02:31:42 +0000

I was not expecting that ending at ALL during the movie me and my friends labeled the movie as one you need a boyfriend to hold onto but when it came to the ending I was TOTALLY left out in the dark. I had no idea what the concept of the ending was. I was dissapointed that the dad dies in the end instead of a happy ending where at least the dad and son reunite. That was the worst ending I have ever seen in a movie like this. I mean even some scary movies have better ending than this where at least the reunite or see each other before they die but THIS I was crying because they didn’t see each other. I was sad because I wasnted the dad and son to be together. But in the end I didn’t know if this was a religios film or a post-apocalypic. It was very confusing. Every part of the movie was AWESOME but the ending so I give it an 8 out of 10. I was dissapointed that they spent all that time trying to crack the code when e couldn’t do anything about it, and I’d be pretty pissed if I didn’t get to go with my son I’d be torn apart. But overall I really liked it.

By: Consuela

Consuela — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 14:35:00 +0000

I liked the movie and it kept me on edge. The whisper men actually scared me lol…I HATED the ending though. I was like ok…so you spent the entire time deciphering the code and you still couldnt prevent anything…everyone on earth dies except the little boy and girl who are the key to the future??? IDK *shrug* it was a little messy …but still good nonetheless..

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 03:47:09 +0000

I just got a Blue Ray player and this was my first Blue Ray disc. I knew nothing about this movie and read no reviews before watching it. I liked the film and the special effects were awesome. Put me off flying and travelling on the Subway though lol. I’d give it 4 stars out of 5.

By: Justin

Justin — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 02:42:04 +0000

If you really wanted to make the worst movie possible, well you succeded. It had a decent plot, but the rocks and aliens and the final death of everyone finally blew me. There a few hours of my life I’ll never get back! Nice Happy ending!
p.s. Nicholas cage is a great actor( usually) and there is nothing wrong with the left behind series, so please stop insulting it.

By: Geoff

Geoff — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 18:05:53 +0000

Whilst Knowing may not be as good as The Crow and certainly Dark City ( one of my all time favourite movies ), it is certainly no bomb. I rented the DVD and watched it twice on 2 consecutive nights and was just blown away. OK Nicholas Cage is not the greatest actor in the world and that childlike tone he adopts does tend towards the irritating, but playing an alcoholic widower single parent, his dreamy not quite there delivery worked pretty well for me. The plot is beautifuly drawn out, not too long and not rushed, the music is stunning ( Marco beltrami definitely on form ) and the effects are superb. I really do not get the reviews that criticised the effects as the train scene is, for me, one of the most disturbingly exhilerating things I have seen in a long time. The whole movie has a lovely almost sepia toned painterly quality to it and is by turns exciting, horrific, and always emotional. The ending is the only logical conclusion to the plot and, if you believe in the idea that aliens are actually people from the future, then the idea of the plot actually works very well.Mr Proyas has definitley not lost his touch and I certainly dont need any sheets of numbers to know that Ifor one will be watching this movie many times more in the future.

By: Eric

Eric — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:05:37 +0000

The knowing sucks it is a good film but then the writer smoked crack and wrote the last half hour. It makes no sense what so ever the creepy pale guys are apparently aliens?? and picked caleb and the little girl to repolpulate earth and get picked up in a space ship!!!!! I enjoyed the movie until then but the end just makes watching it a waste of time because it’s lamest reason ever for al the disasters. It really seems that the writer wantend to get off easy and didn’t really feel like thinking any more.

By: Henrik

Henrik — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 23:30:24 +0000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9DOmlfICGw

By: Henrik

Henrik — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 23:30:09 +0000

Just like most film discussion boils down to you like what you like and you don’t care to defend it, this discussion boils down to you experience your own experience, and you don’t know shit about how anybody else experience anything.

Whenever anybody speaks about things like “writing” or “green”, they should acknowledge that their own experience of either concept could be vastly different from everybody elses, yet still represent the same things in their mind.