Knowing (1 Viewer)

[UKReb]

"Knowing" (excuse the pun) that this could be yet another Nic Cage pot-boiler it was with some trepidation I loaded the disc into the player. In fact Cage is the only Yank in what is basically an Aussie movie-completely shot in Melbourne which masquerades as Boston and New York-and got to say gets away with it. The plot is interesting- in 1959 a Boston school buries a time capsule full of kids drawings that depict a vision of the future. In 2009 the capsule is opened and Cage's kid gets to open one of the enclosed envelopes which contains a sheet of paper with dozens of strange numbers written on it. Cage being an MIT astrophysicist (what else!) deciphers these as being dates, exact number of casualties and locations of global disasters that have occurred in the last 50 years-and Oh No! three have yet to happen!

An intriguing premise embellished with some of the most knockout special effects disaster set-ups I personally have ever seen on screen-anyone with a widescreen TV and Bluray will really impress his mates when he demonstrates these chapters on his equipment as they certainly give your 6.1 surround a darn good work out.

Knowing strikes a very entertaining balance between a thinking man's sci-fi film and an apocalyptic action movie-but the ending will divide the audience and perhaps make or break the film for many viewers. I'm not a great fan of Coppola's nephew but have got to admit this one had me pretty well glued to my seat throughout.

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[OzDigger]

I haven't seen the movie yet, but have only heard good reports from those that have.

 

[Spitfrnd]

"Knowing" (excuse the pun) that this could be yet another Nic Cage pot-boiler it was with some trepidation I loaded the disc into the player. In fact Cage is the only Yank in what is basically an Aussie movie-completely shot in Melbourne which masquerades as Boston and New York-and got to say gets away with it. The plot is interesting- in 1959 a Boston school buries a time capsule full of kids drawings that depict a vision of the future. In 2009 the capsule is opened and Cage's kid gets to open one of the enclosed envelopes which contains a sheet of paper with dozens of strange numbers written on it. Cage being an MIT astrophysicist (what else!) deciphers these as being dates, exact number of casualties and locations of global disasters that have occurred in the last 50 years-and Oh No! three have yet to happen!

An intriguing premise embellished with some of the most knockout special effects disaster set-ups I personally have ever seen on screen-anyone with a widescreen TV and Bluray will really impress his mates when he demonstrates these chapters on his equipment as they certainly give your 6.1 surround a darn good work out.

Knowing strikes a very entertaining balance between a thinking man's sci-fi film and an apocalyptic action movie-but the ending will divide the audience and perhaps make or break the film for many viewers. I'm not a great fan of Coppola's nephew but have got to admit this one had me pretty well glued to my seat throughout.

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Thanks for the preview Bob. I have it in my Netflix cue and waiting for it to be delivered.

 

[Scott]

I believed it was the Boston area at first and I live around there. The setting and backgrounds are close to our geography. But when they film around here it's in all the papers and I didn't remember seeing any news about filming.
The use of "William Dawes" for the school's name was interesting as you never hear about his Midnight Ride.
As for the movie I'd like save you the rental fee but you may like it. Maybe the extras and commentaries are good.

 

[rossim1]

Saw it the other day, its worth the $6 to rent

 

[Spitfrnd]

I believed it was the Boston area at first and I live around there. The setting and backgrounds are close to our geography. But when they film around here it's in all the papers and I didn't remember seeing any news about filming.
The use of "William Dawes" for the school's name was interesting as you never hear about his Midnight Ride.
As for the movie I'd like save you the rental fee but you may like it. Maybe the extras and commentaries are good.

Ah well Netflix is a fixed monthly fee so all you waste is the opportunity to see something better.

 

[Scott]

Exactly! The beauty of Netflix is that you can take a chance on a odd or "iffy" film.

 

[Sahara]

Saw it the other day, its worth the $6 to rent

I just rented it at blockbuster tonight. About to sit down and watch it with the wife! Hope its a good one.

 

[jazzeum]

Just finished it and liked it but that's maybe because I'm in the habit of saying that no one lives forever.

 

[Sahara]

I thought it was pretty good but once was enough. Not a movie that I would be adding to my collection anytime soon.