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GREAT Fx. One of the very, very, very few examples. The art has improved. When that subway hits people it looks like it really hurts. Ouch!
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The plane "landing" and the aftermath were quite convincing. As was the train wreck, etc. The space ships however were a bit cheesy IMO, as was for that matter the last part of the movie. It reminded me of the Friends episode where Joey is doing a serious play and is suddenly taken away by a spaceship (comedy). I actually chuckled a bit.
I see Brian A's points to some degree, but maybe they were not aliens, just looked like aliens...? The movie insinuates that Nick believes in God at the end (together forever with mom). Yet aliens take the kids away (and yes, why not just take the kids, why go through all the trouble, but then we wouldn't have a movie :)). So, are they supposed to be aliens or angels? Anyone?
Overall, I enjoyed the movie.
...it appears to be just another cheesy Nicolas Cage film.
But Roger Ebert gave it 4 stars out of 5.
He claims it's a very intelligent, well done film about whether our future is random or predetermined.
Still, I think I'll wait for the DVD.
I cannot imagine where you got that from. It actually implies God and the Angels are simply aliens.
I did enjoy the movie. I was fascinated by the numbers and couldn't wait to see what it all meant. And poof! The first 100 minutes of the movie were worthless, had no meaning. This is just about the biggest Hollywood plot hole I have ever seen. The aliens could have simply scooped up the kids. All the business about the tortured girl of 1959, the father's journey the last few days, all amounted to nothing and no effect on any thing. He should have chucked the note and have dinner with the double D's.
We'll have to agree to disagree about global warming until the next global cooling scare comes along
Special effects were excellent. THe ending was a bit hoakie for my tastes.
As far as plot holes, it might have been justified by the children actually having to agree to leave their parents, though even then, are the children in any position to make "informed" decisions ? Or, the aliens did not really want their presence known to a wider audience until the very end.
The bit about predictability of specific disasters (e.g. airplance/train crashes) had to have a supernatural connotation. Although the biggest disaster at the end might have been predicted by (Super) Science.
The "super flare" itself was a huge hole scientifically. If such a flare had occurred anytime within the past billion or two years ago, life would not exist on Earth today, at least not without massive "intelligent intervention". The geological record doesn't suggest hyperflares have ever occurred.
OTOH, this "superflare" could have been induced by "aliens"/"God"(?) as part of a plan to "reboot" the human race....
Some of us have not seen 'Knowing' and it would be nice to have at least a few surprises when we do.
Thanks in advance.
J.B.
It looked like too much was being said, so i looked away and was only 'partially spoiled' :-) I'd like to see it also.
couldn't be random. I didn't hear any mention of God or angels, though I could have been idly waiting for the next thrilling Fx.
That, to me, is why the film is worth seeing: by far the best Fx I've ever seen. Bar none. Those guys on fire after the plane crash--- which was pretty friggin' unbelievable itself--- were absolutely realistic.
Definitely a large screen experience. I'd actually be more prone to see this one again than that "Watchmen" thing.
(nt)
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