Knowing

Knowing is a 2009 American-British science fiction film directed by Alex Proyas and starring Nicolas Cage. I got to say after reading the review of the last person I was thinking it is going to be lame. What a complete shock to the system when I was to enjoy the 2 hours allocated to me whilst working. You have to admit to yourself that the film holds a few very good merits and even better after reading about how the film came about. I won't give anything away, but it makes you think,not just about who we are,but who they are and why we are so slow to understand what is happening around us. It is not a religious movie, in essence it is a disaster movie with real time and real life implications that shows us how lucky we are to live on the planet. The film is a bit slow to start with, I agree, but this gives you time to reflect on the decisions we make and what drives us to be who we are, and at the same time choose who to be in the film and which person or persons you relate too. I think this has been over shadowed by other films of 2009 and has indeed been a cleverly thought out film of what is coming.

A fun romp with some action, touching moments, light romance, etc. Tries to be deep and appears to present both sides of determinism vs. chance but Cage's MIT lecturing character omits the Weak Anthropic Principle, etc hinting at writer's bias. Pleasantly surprisingly however, the film walks a fine line between religious and atheist views and isn't too offensive to science. [SPOILERS] Sadly, once concluded, one realizes the presence of the 50-year-old hint makes no logical sense. The little girl states the originators' explanation but given no effect can come from the hint, it renders the whole film's premise pointless classing this movie as "fi" not "sci-fi".

Thinly veiled imagining of The Rapture for evangelical Christians only. I don't recommend it, give your 20p to charity, it will do the world more good than wasting 2 hrs of your life watching this!