I went to see Knowing last month. It was entertaining overall, but not exactly what I was expecting.
in 1959, a time capsule is buried to mark the opening of a new elementary school. Inside the capsule are drawings from the students. After the ceremony to bury the capsule, one of the students disappears.
Fifty years later, the capsule is going to be dug up. Caleb is a student at the elementary school. He is being raised by his father John, a professor at MIT who is still grieving the death of his wife. When the capsule is dug up, the students at the school each get an envelope that is to have one of the drawings in it. The one Caleb gets is just a paper full of numbers. John ends up noticing something by chance and develops a theory about what the numbers mean. That sets him off on a mission, which leads him to meeting Diana, a woman connected to what is going on, and her young daughter Abby.
Some time is taken to set up the time capsule situation in the past before focusing on things going on in the present with Caleb and John. Knowing works as a decent thriller for the most part, though it could have been better. There are some suspenseful moments that work well. The page full of numbers provides a little bit of mystery since it isn't clear what they mean at first. That ends up being figured out fairly early, though there are still things to figure out by the end of the movie. The mystery surrounding the numbers is eliminated for people who have seen the trailers though since they clearly give the explanation. I hate when that happens. Ultimately, there aren't that many surprises in the movie and certain things are rather predictable, which was a bit disappointing. I didn't like the ending that much, though I suppose it was logical with what was going on. Something just seemed wrong about it to me. There are unusual things going on throughout the movie which add some interesting moments. The unusual elements of the movie aren't going to appeal to a lot of people though. One or two subplots were introduced and then they didn't really go anywhere. None of the characters were overly interesting. The actors were fine, though nothing that special. Nicolas Cage is fine. His fans may find something to like about the movie.
I was entertained by Knowing, but it could have been better.
Overview Five strangers are abducted by a megalomaniacal vampire and put into a deadly maze of witz and endurance. Should they make it through alive, they receive this vampire entire fortune. Should they fail, they become his victims and are placed back into the game, this time as a succubus to hunt the next round of victims.
My Impression All I can say is, at the risk of sounding partial again, I begin to think our horror industry is the best. The best way to describe this film is "Cube with vampires and more". Of course the participants don't have puzzle to resolve to open the door since they are in a maze, but they have to find what is the common denominator between them to survive. The movie low budget doesn't really hurt it, since nothing would have been really different with more money. The acting is good, but some of the characters are a little bit too . The only negative thing is the end who happen too fast and is unclear (for me it was).
I have now watched 4 seasons of the show and I still have no clue what football is about. For me, it will always be the sport where one guy runs backwards, then throws the ball forwards and afterwards everyone is discussing their next move for 10 minutes.
But even though Friday Night Lights is all about (high school) football, it's not about football at all.
You know these teen drama shows that all start out in high school and become somewhat to totally unrealistic when the people are leaving for college?
This show is not that. Here, when high school ends most of them actually move on and leave the show and they are replaced by new characters. Not new characters that are copies of the old ones but actually new characters with new problems.
On the one hand that is great because it allows these characters to develop. On the other hand it's really sad to see them go one by one: Jason, 'Smash', Tyra, Matt, Tim and now Landry.
By the end of the first episode of the fifth season all the characters from the pilot are gone - except the adults and Coach Taylor's daughter Julie but she is soon off to college as well.
So, what's the show about? Coach Taylor (Kyle Chandler: Early Edition) moves with his wife (Connie Britton: Nashville) and daughter (Aimee Teegarden: Star-Crossed) to the fictional town of Dillon, Texas to coach their high school football team, the Dillon Panthers. But soon these players become like their own children to them and they live with them to all kinds of ups and highs.
So, even if you don't care for football at all (like me), check out this show from which some people emerged you only heard later from: Scott Porter (Hart of Dixie), Taylor Kitsch (John Carter), Adrianne Palicki (Red Dawn).
I just hope some of them come back for the finale.
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May 18, 2024, 12:42:11 AM
