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Knowing (2009)...
Stingray
Elite Ranger
in Zocalo v2.0
... is another of Nicholas Cage's movies where he runs around looking worried and tired like a dog, as if he hasn't slept for days. Like most of his works, they are either hits or misses or both. In this case I found the first half to be great and it all goes down from there.
[I]Knowing[/I] is about two hours long and there are a couple of moments when you feel like they should have stopped the movie right then and there and be done with it, but no the movie keeps on going and going. And I'm afraid, it doesn't pay off at the end. While the movie deals with catastrophes, it's not as violent as you may think, as most of it happens off camera.
The SFX are very impressive (if not always convincing) for the most part and the only redeeming feature and reason to stick with it. While there are some religious allusions peppered in to hammer the fact in that even with all the science, man is still helpless when faced against the forces of nature, I don't think that the movie is really taking sides on the matter of faith, fate and pointlessness of life. In fact, if the movie makes a point, is that it doesn't matter what you believe. In the end, it's lights out. :D
Rent it if you must see it. [URL="http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090318/REVIEWS/903189991"]Roger Ebert[/URL] gave it 4 stars, but the users of his site only gave it 3, and IMHO that is closer to the truth. He may be biased because the movie was directed by Alex Proyas who directed [I]Dark City[/I] (which was great indeed and one of his favourites) and [I]I, Robot[/I].
7.0/10
[I]Knowing[/I] is about two hours long and there are a couple of moments when you feel like they should have stopped the movie right then and there and be done with it, but no the movie keeps on going and going. And I'm afraid, it doesn't pay off at the end. While the movie deals with catastrophes, it's not as violent as you may think, as most of it happens off camera.
The SFX are very impressive (if not always convincing) for the most part and the only redeeming feature and reason to stick with it. While there are some religious allusions peppered in to hammer the fact in that even with all the science, man is still helpless when faced against the forces of nature, I don't think that the movie is really taking sides on the matter of faith, fate and pointlessness of life. In fact, if the movie makes a point, is that it doesn't matter what you believe. In the end, it's lights out. :D
Rent it if you must see it. [URL="http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090318/REVIEWS/903189991"]Roger Ebert[/URL] gave it 4 stars, but the users of his site only gave it 3, and IMHO that is closer to the truth. He may be biased because the movie was directed by Alex Proyas who directed [I]Dark City[/I] (which was great indeed and one of his favourites) and [I]I, Robot[/I].
7.0/10
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