It's Just a Story...Not a New Religion

Rating: 8/10 (19 May 2013)

This one definitely hit a chord. It seemed to offend a great number of People, most of them Religious. But it also was an equal opportunity offender in that it also managed to somehow offend Scientific types too. Creationist (sometimes now called Intelligent Design) and other opposite Believers were attacking this Film like it was some sort of New Religion, like Scientology.
It's only a Movie. A Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Action Story that tries to be Philosophical and entertaining in a slightly different kind of End of the World, Alien intervention scenario. This isn't really as deep as it seems. As far as the Psychic stuff goes, gifted Folks have been struggling with this kind of thing since the beginning of time. Psychic visions, premonitions, second sight, clairvoyance, etc., all have "cursed" the Human Psyche since forever.
This is an entertaining, somewhat clever unfolding of the pre-knowledge predicament that for the most part is useless. "Knowing" what is coming, what could anyone possibly do about it. For the most part, not much. The ending in this Movie is inevitable, and uplifting. Touching and poignant.