Knowing

Blog No. 79: Knowing

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I went to Regal, again, with my mom. I saw one of my high school friends, Andy, there. he still looked the same, only with different style glasses on. He has been working there part time since junior year I think.

When he waved us over to the food counter, he asked me, "How come you can grow a beard and I can't?"

I told him, "Your face just hates you! XD"

Movie Review: Knowing

Initial Gut Reaction--->HOLY CRAP!


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HOLY CRAP! XP

No wonder there's mixed reviews about this movie!

First, some initial warnings: This movie is intense. Not the dude that was so intense! More like the holy crap I almost peed my pants when the airplane crashed right next to him! I suggest not bringing the little ones to this movie. Also, I occasionally will leak spoilers, so yeah...

The general pro's: AWESOME cinematography. It really manipulates you and sucks you into the movie. The camera work during these intense scenes remind me of Cloverfield, where there's on person holding the camera and the camera is following the main characters, getting a sense of vertigo and mania when you see a man burning in flames or people being crushed by subway cars that much real. Then there are some subliminal effects you have to look for, like I almost missed noticing rays of light coming from the sun as the Nicolas Cage character is on the cell phone with his father. It was really strong because those halos of light usually means "the moment where the saviour is revealed" yet it was the sun that would be the cause of death of mankind!

It also has a very strong message, whatever that message may be. It deals with the major questions, like what would I do if I can hear the whispers and predict the end of the world? and is there a strong force in the universe that created life, and is that force good or evil? and how can I handle the world throwing itself into a state of chaos? The Nicolas Cage character has to bear witness to all of this crazy stuff happening and he had to have enough faith to accept that his son will be safe when the "horsemen" took him to space and to accept that they will still be together, whether it be in spirit or in death. It also reaches on the Catholic's symbolism, using the boy and girl as Adam and Eve, the Four whisperers as the horseman of the apocalypse, and using the refernce of Noah to restart the Earth.

General con's: It is scary as hell! It's not gorey or anything to that affect. It's a movie that involves your thinking power. Once you go through the intence natural/supernatural phenomena, it get's into some pretty powerful philosophical stuff. It touches on so many things, most of which we probably shouldn't have to think about. I could literally feel a layer of saline in my eyes. XD

Also, some of the movie's message will leave you with a little discomfort at the end. It's really scary to think that we as humans have the capacity to have explanations of occurances but never have the power to control or prevent such occurances. The end could really happen at any minute, and we will never know it. When we walked out of the movie theater, mom had a bunch of missed calls from Audrey, and I was thinking oh she better not be in labor after going through this movie! XP

To sum it up: It's a powerful and easy to follow movie that uses very intense scenes to keep your attention alive.

Four and a Half our of Five Thumbs Up--->Worth it to see at least once, only after you prepare yourself for it. Bring diapers. XP

Something about *Lehman Sisters*...

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