Some parts were good - some were really bad!

Rating: 3/10 (30 March 2009)

I'll start out by saying that I am a Nicolas Cage fan - big time. I love his movies - usually buy the DVDs and watch over a few times. I also go to movies to be entertained - and don't ask a lot from plots as in the "National Treasure" series. But this one - there are few if any one-liners - the ones that make movies such as 'Con Air' great viewing. In 'Knowing', the plot is actually pretty good - a time capsule is buried by a grammar school and unearthed 50 years later. One very odd student had written pages filled with numbers, in no recognizable sequence. Cage figures out what the numbers mean and races to prevent or survive the last prediction. However - and here's the 'bad' part of the movie - (SPOILERS NOW!!!) aliens have been hanging around for years, 'whispering' to the odd kid 50 years ago and 'whispering' to her kid in today's world. Then, as the prediction comes to fruition, the aliens take the kids who can hear their 'whispering' along with two of all the animals/life (ala Noah's ark) away to 'rebuild' on another planet. Gawd - the music was awful during the last alien scene! Cage drops to his knees when he sees the space ship, the kids are standing there with rabbits calmly, and the music is blaring crescendo for way longer than was needed. It's like a climax that was supposed to last 5 secs extended to 2 mins. So what were those aliens - who are obviously advanced enough to get here, figure out all the disasters that Earth has endured, figured out which kids and animals to take - out of the goodness of their heart or whatever - and they couldn't figure out a way to shield the earth from the 'disaster'? I guess I could have accepted the alien thing but the aliens looked to 'human'. Why make aliens who are all 'energy' shaped like a human body without skin? Head, two arms, two legs, ... The space ships were a cool design and the last visual effects of the earth were great. Again - too much loud blaring, climatic music. I felt badly for Cage at the end - so hokey. 4/5ths of the movie was pretty good though I missed Cage's one liners. Disappointing ending but not a bad way to spend a rainy day. Entertaining but poorly executed ending.