Knowing

RStar · 03-22-2009, 03:34 PM

All I can say is WOW!

Knowing is one heck of an action/disaster flick. It is quite graphic, and the end is a bit questionable but I liked it.

I give it 4 out of 5 tikis!

innerSpaceman · 03-22-2009, 04:03 PM

I guess I'll know all about knowing once I know it's available via Netflix, since I was just thinking as I watch my latest queue delivery how i NEVER get to the movies anymore.

Alex · 03-22-2009, 05:00 PM

It was ok. We saw it at the drive-in since it seemed to be the appropriate level of bad that can be fun when seen that way.

It was bad. But it thought it was being bad in pursuit of something very deep. The two catastrophe set pieces are well over the top but the emphasis on people running around screaming on fire was a bit annoying.

The ending makes sense in that you know what is happening but doesn't make sense in that there is no logical reason for what is happening to be happening.

I give it 1.5 tikis. Go see it if you love Nic Cage despite his recent obsession with schlocky sci-fi, if you want to see a really bad lecture on what "determinism" means vis a vis "randomness", if you love montages of newspaper headlines, or if you can't get enough of explicit yet still thoroughly unreal airplane crashes.

RStar · 03-25-2009, 01:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Alex

It was ok. We saw it at the drive-in since it seemed to be the appropriate level of bad that can be fun when seen that way.

It was bad. But it thought it was being bad in pursuit of something very deep. The two catastrophe set pieces are well over the top but the emphasis on people running around screaming on fire was a bit annoying.

The ending makes sense in that you know what is happening but doesn't make sense in that there is no logical reason for what is happening to be happening.

I give it 1.5 tikis. Go see it if you love Nic Cage despite his recent obsession with schlocky sci-fi, if you want to see a really bad lecture on what "determinism" means vis a vis "randomness", if you love montages of newspaper headlines, or if you can't get enough of explicit yet still thoroughly unreal airplane crashes.

If you WANT to SEE a movie, a drive-in is the worst place to go. Perhaps if you went to a good theater you would have liked it better? Just a thought. And yes, the people on fire part was a bit much. And I kept thinking, why did Nick Cage get there so much faster than all of the emergancy people that were on the sceen?

I like Nick Cage, so that did help. Yes, the ending was trying too hard to be extra deep. But it was a disaster movie in my mind, and it was a good one for me. I never take them too seriously in the first place.

SzczerbiakManiac · 03-22-2009, 07:11 PM

A drive in?!? Those still exist? I haven't even seen one in at least 20 years and it's been 30 since I saw a movie in one. wow

Alex · 03-22-2009, 07:37 PM

There are two drive-ins open in the Bay Area and a third in Sacramento (all now owned but these people). We usually go once or twice a year.

You have at least one down your way (assuming you're in the LA area), in Glendale.

SzczerbiakManiac · 03-22-2009, 08:42 PM

That Glendale is in Arizona. I see there's one in Goleta, but that's about 100 miles from were I live. Good to know the option is there though, thanks!

Alex · 03-22-2009, 09:07 PM

I thought I remembered people talking about going to a Drive-In up Glendale way last year and when I saw it on the list I assumed that was it.

But some quick searching suggests there is an active drive-in in City of Industry.

Cadaverous Pallor · 03-23-2009, 07:54 AM

He's right!

It's a ways for me to drive for a movie but perhaps this would be worth a swanking sometime.

flippyshark · 03-23-2009, 08:05 AM

For us Floridians, there is a very nice Drive-In about 40 minutes away in Lakeland. (The Silver Moon) I go there two or three times a year, because admission is cheap ($4 a person), you get a double feature, and the snacks are also very reasonably priced. On the downside, there are mosquitos in summer, the sound is delivered over tinny speakers or one's own car radio (this isn't so bad, really) and the theater is located right next to a train track, so sometimes, a big honking locomotive interrupts the movie.

As far as Knowing - well, I just can't watch Nicholas Cage anymore, in anything. His every utterance is rendered hilarious by my memories of hearing him shout, "Not the bees! Not the beees!"

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Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	It was ok. We saw it at the drive-in since it seemed to be the appropriate level of bad that can be fun when seen that way. It was bad. But it thought it was being bad in pursuit of something very deep. The two catastrophe set pieces are well over the top but the emphasis on people running around screaming on fire was a bit annoying. The ending makes sense in that you know what is happening but doesn't make sense in that there is no logical reason for what is happening to be happening. I give it 1.5 tikis. Go see it if you love Nic Cage despite his recent obsession with schlocky sci-fi, if you want to see a really bad lecture on what "determinism" means vis a vis "randomness", if you love montages of newspaper headlines, or if you can't get enough of explicit yet still thoroughly unreal airplane crashes.
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SzczerbiakManiac "ZER-bee-ak" Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,409	A drive in?!? Those still exist? I haven't even seen one in at least 20 years and it's been 30 since I saw a movie in one. wow __________________
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Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	There are two drive-ins open in the Bay Area and a third in Sacramento (all now owned but these people). We usually go once or twice a year. You have at least one down your way (assuming you're in the LA area), in Glendale.
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SzczerbiakManiac "ZER-bee-ak" Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,409	That Glendale is in Arizona. I see there's one in Goleta, but that's about 100 miles from were I live. Good to know the option is there though, thanks! __________________
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Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	I thought I remembered people talking about going to a Drive-In up Glendale way last year and when I saw it on the list I assumed that was it. But some quick searching suggests there is an active drive-in in City of Industry.
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Cadaverous Pallor ohhhh baby Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Parental Bliss Posts: 12,364	He's right! It's a ways for me to drive for a movie but perhaps this would be worth a swanking sometime. __________________ The second star to the right shines in the night for you
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flippyshark Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Orlando, FL Posts: 2,852	For us Floridians, there is a very nice Drive-In about 40 minutes away in Lakeland. (The Silver Moon) I go there two or three times a year, because admission is cheap ($4 a person), you get a double feature, and the snacks are also very reasonably priced. On the downside, there are mosquitos in summer, the sound is delivered over tinny speakers or one's own car radio (this isn't so bad, really) and the theater is located right next to a train track, so sometimes, a big honking locomotive interrupts the movie. As far as Knowing - well, I just can't watch Nicholas Cage anymore, in anything. His every utterance is rendered hilarious by my memories of hearing him shout, "Not the bees! Not the beees!"
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