Knowing, a turkey by numbers
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Don't read if your unfortunate enough to be planning to see this movie.
The Plot - Kid gets a bunch of numbers in a time capsule written by another kid 50 years in the past that predicts disasters. Nicholas Cage reads the list, runs around and gets hot and bothered. Kid gets rescued with the grand daughter of the 50's kid by a bunch of aliens. Everyone gets hot and bothered, the world ends and the kids run off to do a spot of tree hugging on an alien world.
Verdict - Total tosh but mildly entertaining. Knowing could have been a good movie, but the addition of a bunch of sci-fi hocum at the end with a scene ripped of from Close Encounters didn't do it any favors. Cage's acting was pretty wooden throughout, with the film giving him numerous opportunities to deliver his very best angst expression.
Recommendation - Knowing is a film in part about a message from the past giving someone the knowledge of future disasters and the ability to save people from them. In the spirit of the film, using the powers of numerology here's my prediction.
Don't read if your unfortunate enough to be planning to see this movie.
The Plot - Kid gets a bunch of numbers in a time capsule written by another kid 50 years in the past that predicts disasters. Nicholas Cage reads the list, runs around and gets hot and bothered. Kid gets rescued with the grand daughter of the 50's kid by a bunch of aliens. Everyone gets hot and bothered, the world ends and the kids run off to do a spot of tree hugging on an alien world.
Verdict - Total tosh but mildly entertaining. Knowing could have been a good movie, but the addition of a bunch of sci-fi hocum at the end with a scene ripped of from Close Encounters didn't do it any favors. Cage's acting was pretty wooden throughout, with the film giving him numerous opportunities to deliver his very best angst expression.
Recommendation - Knowing is a film in part about a message from the past giving someone the knowledge of future disasters and the ability to save people from them. In the spirit of the film, using the powers of numerology here's my prediction.
983367336244065 If you see this movie, you'll regret it.
185778053217122 Go see Monsters Versus Aliens instead.
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