"Knowing" sucks

[duckncover]

I watched this thing last night, and I had to post because it is the WORST movie I have ever seen. No redeeming qualities. Nick Cage must have had a gun to his head when he made this thing. At least I hope so, because from now on he is suspect. Roger Ebert must have been high on ether when he wrote a decent review of this junk.

Do yourselves a favor: Instead of renting and watching this movie, spend two hours sticking needles in your eyes.

 

[KevinmH9]

Yep.

 

[imjustagirl]

I thought it was half the battle.

 

[txsportsscribe]

saw this several months ago and while it didn't exactly leave me with lasting memories, i'm pretty sure it was better than sticking needles in my eyes. of course i've never stuck needles in my eyes so i'm just assuming.

 

[RickStain]

I thought the previews looked awesome, but I just wasn't sure, so to save myself the money I just went to themoviespoiler.com to find out the ending. I was really, really glad I didn't spend the money after I found out how it ended.

 

[imjustagirl]

Oh, and "from now on" Nic Cage is suspect? Guy hasn't made a good movie in 10 years.

 

[KevinmH9]

I just didn't understand it at all. It started off intriguing and then these ghosts and creatures popped in and that's when I shut it off and went to bed.

 

[JakeandElwood]

I thought the previews looked awesome, but I just wasn't sure, so to save myself the money I just went to themoviespoiler.com to find out the ending. I was really, really glad I didn't spend the money after I found out how it ended.

The movie was decent until the "twist." When that was revealed I was as close to walking out of a movie as I've ever been.

 

[Batman]

And knowing that "Knowing" sucks is half the battle.

 

[DanOregon]

Cage has been on a really bad roll lately, with the exception of the National Treasure movies, he hasn't had a hit or a critical fave since when? Leaving Vegas? The Bruckheimer films? It doesn't seem he's getting movies with big directors and the movies he does get seem to have him as the only A-lister. When was the last Oscar-bait December release or Summer blockbuster he's had?
Don't know what the guy does for a "comeback."

 

[waterytart]

Cage has been on a really bad roll lately, with the exception of the National Treasure movies, he hasn't had a hit or a critical fave since when? Leaving Vegas? The Bruckheimer films? It doesn't seem he's getting movies with big directors and the movies he does get seem to have him as the only A-lister. When was the last Oscar-bait December release or Summer blockbuster he's had?
Don't know what the guy does for a "comeback."

Lord of War is the last well-reviewed one I can think of, and that's been several years.

 

[JayFarrar]

Cage has been doing lots of fantasy/sci fi/comic book stuff.
Or stuff that he just really likes and doesn't care what the critics think.
I saw something called "Next" that he was in and while I haven't seen "Knowing" I'd wager all the money in my pocket that "Knowing" is the better movie.

 

[beanpole]

Sorry to say I saw this one in the theater. When the twist hit, we couldn't help laughing, it was so awful.

Cage owes me $10.

 

[bigpern23]

He actually had a pretty decent stretch from 2002-2006, making Windtalkers, Adaptation, Matchstick Men (which is severely underrated), National Treasure, Lord of War and World Trade Center. I don't think I've seen any of the movies he's made since then.

Oh, and the worst movie ever made is 'The Happening.' In a suckfest death match, I think Marky Mark comes out way ahead of Nic Cage.

 

[PeteyPirate]

I just watched it today. The twist was really just a deus ex machina. Weak.

 

[Batman]

He actually had a pretty decent stretch from 2002-2006, making Windtalkers, Adaptation, Matchstick Men (which is severely underrated), National Treasure, Lord of War and World Trade Center. I don't think I've seen any of the movies he's made since then.

Oh, and the worst movie ever made is 'The Happening.' In a suckfest death match, I think Marky Mark comes out way ahead of Nic Cage.

Wasn't Ghost Rider also in that stretch? Not the best comic book movie ever made, but I've found it surprisingly watchable whenever it's been on Encore.

 

[Sam Mills 51]

Why couldn't he have put the script back in the box?

 

[KevinmH9]

Why couldn't he have put the script back in the box?

Solid pull.

 

[PeteyPirate]

Ebert defends his love of the movie:

http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090322/COMMENTARY/903229997

The original review (4 stars):

http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090318/REVIEWS/903189991/1023

And subsequent blog post about the movie's implications (fascinating even if you hated the movie):

http://blogs.suntimes.com/ebert/2009/03/a_roll_of_whose_dice.html

 

[duckncover]

Ebert's lost on this one. It's a manipulative piece of dreck.

SPOILER ALERT:


Cage is frantically hunting for his son. The woman who was taking his son to safety was at a gas station as all hell is breaking loose. Apparently, she leaves the kids in the car WITH THE KEYS. Her car goes peeling out of the gas station. She comes running out, jumps into another car ... which also miraculously has keys in it.

So now she's in a car that Cage can't possibly know she's in. He's still looking for his kid, and frantic. But he happens upon the scene of a horrible crash. Who knows why he bothers to stop? But he does. And it's her, and she just happens to have the final clue to where his children are.

And why would the aliens be trying to warn us about our impending doom by whispering to children, leaving impenetrable clues for 50 years? Higher beings? Hell, these are the worst communicators in history. If they were that interesting in saving humanity, wouldn't they have tried a more direct approach? How about sky writing?

When the world is coming to an end there's panic and rioting in the streets. But Cage's character has no problem cruising into Boston from out of town in a couple of hours. Apparently, nobody else is driving their cars.

Then the kids are dumped on some planet with waving grains and a tree. Boy and girl. Was that the genesis of the Adam and Eve story when Earth was started? We can never know, because that's in the last five seconds of the movie.

The whole thing sets us up to feel the deep sadness of a father having to let go of his son. I was teary-eyed at the end, then furious. Manipulative crap.