Knowing

If you want to go into the movie "fresh", do not read this. Spoilers may be peppered within the following review. I did my best not to give to much away.I was highly anticipating this movie. I did not get the chance to see it in theaters, but the Blu-ray experience is just as good.I was disappointed when I heard mixed reviews about this film. After hearing "it was just ok" again and again, I did not expect such an original story with great directing. Despite the few bad reviews, I was still excited to see this movie.This movie is dark. It is quite morose at times. There are many sequences of terrible tragedies which will burn images into your mind. The special effects are very well done. The directing was perfect for such an eerie movie. Acting was solid. Nick Cage did very well. Finally he picks a great script with a concrete plot.The movie seems longer than it is, but in a good way. So much happens. I didn't want it to end. Just when it started to slow down, a huge twist or action scene popped in and blew me away.Many people complained about the end of this film. I believe the end of this movie completes it in such a way that I never would have thought. I did somewhat see the end coming, but it took it to a completely different level that I was not expecting. That's what I loved about this movie. Just when you think something is about to happen, it happened bigger and better than expected. Then it takes it further and completely pushes the limit.Knowing is one of the more powerful movies I have ever seen. I couldn't take my eyes off the screen and I was almost brought to tears by the powerful depth and intensity of the plot with the characters involved.Some of my favorite movies are Stay, Perfume: The Story of a Murderer, The Fountain, Sunshine, and anything by Wes Anderson.You owe it to yourself to at least check out this movie. If you are a Cage fan you will love this movie. He hasn't played such an intense role since 8mm and Face/Off. The better of the many movies I have seen in the past five or so years. Well worth it.

This is the best film I have seen this year! I wish I had known more of what this was about because it is the type of film to be experienced in a theatre.It is very hard to categorize this film. I call it a science fiction-disaster thriller. It starts out like a horror film with a very wierd girl and a time capsule that is perserved in 1959. It contains letters written by children and is opened in 2009. Each of the present day children, including Nicholas Cage's son Caleb (Chandler Canterbury - who gives an awesome performance), gets a letter. Caleb gets the letter from the wierd girl that contains nothing but numbers. But soon we find out the numbers are days and location numbers of all disasters from 1959-2009. Two are shown in the film in spectacular fashion. Caleb and his dad eventually find the relatives of the wierd girl who wrote the letter in '59; a woman and her child. I will not spell out the whole story here but the two disasters we see and all the others mentioned lead to a day in 2009 that earth will never forget.The last scene between Caleb and his dad is simply heart breaking. The last disaster is visually impressive as well. The ending will inspire you.Truly a movie I will not forget and can not recommend highly enough.

If I needed to sum this movie up in one word, "bizarre" would be my choice of terminology. Not in my life have I seen a more bizarre movie than "Knowing." You'll never guess the climax before watching it for yourself. After watching it I am left almost wordless. The basics earn this movie its stars, including the character development, special effects and cinematography. But the bizarre plot earns it five stars. It exhibits qualities of several different film genera, including horror, suspense and sci-fi. It is a very interesting mix and makes for an equally interesting movie.What stood out to me throughout the film, however, was the thick religious tone. The movie began so innocently (excluding the possessed girl) with the elementary students singing "This Little Light of Mine." As religious aspects make up the climax, I will not elaborate further. I don't like spoiling surprises. But "Knowing" includes a very deep and twisted religious tone that will haunt you in your nightmares for the next week.I must also mention, that when I viewed the trailer for "Knowing" I thought it was going to be another silly PG-rated Nicholas Cage film. I couldn't have been more wrong. This is not like the National Treasure you'd let your kids watch.