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Movie: Knowing.....wtf
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So I watched "Knowing" last night. WTF?! Spoilers definitely ahead because this movie isn't worth watching anyway.
First off, what was the point of the angels/aliens driving around in old GM products? They didn't ever try to snatch the kids, but instead they'd drive by and give the kid a black rock. For.... oh yeah, NO REASON WHATSOEVER. So then the Lucinda girl who predicts all the disasters... that cannot be averted at all... so... WHY!? Nicholas Cage deciphers them instantly, but then acts like a choad and tries to unravel the mystery of what he should do, even though it doesn't matter what he does. And why the **** did the kid have a hearing aid? Any reason to this either? NOPE. Just, let's talk about how he's not deaf, but needs a hearing aid even though he hears fine without it, and sometimes the hearing aid makes squelchy noises when the creepy alien/angel dudes show up, which ultimately doesn't matter either because he never runs away from them. They can sneak into his bedroom and show him the end of the world, even though that doesn't matter because he can't stop it.
What was the significance of all the black rocks? And were the kids supposed to be Adam and Eve? But there were many of them... and there was definitely a crazy tree, but I didn't see any apples to eat on it. This movie just pissed me off.
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It was really bad. I think I saw it in theaters and felt very cheated.
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You watch a Nic Cage movie, you deserve what you get.
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Nice points Starman. There was zero reason the kid started writing down numbers, had a hearing aid, or was handed black rocks. The black rocks made zero sense. Maybe the aliens left them under the crazy lady's bed so that they could give him a clue to look under the bed, EVEN THOUGH IT DOESNT MATTER. Or they can leave them on top of the phonebooth, ALSO FOR NO ****ING REASON.
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Originally Posted by The Final Dakar
You watch a Nic Cage movie, you deserve what you get.
Off topic, but "THE ROCK" was a badass movie.
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That was a long, long time ago.
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And it was really more of a Sean Connery movie.
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Cage's hair scared me 100x more than the movie did.
The wife and I watched it at home, and kind of rolled our eyes at each other throughout the entire thing. But when the "angels" turned out to be aliens in the end, we both got angry at the movie. Why aliens?
This movie was a huge waste of time. Horrible.
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2012 will make Knowing look at least as good as Star Trek.
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I think 2012 is KNOWN to be nothing more than a special effects flick, but Knowing was marketed as something different. Turns out...it was crap.
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Originally Posted by The Final Dakar
You watch a Nic Cage movie, you deserve what you get.
Con Air. Leaving Las Vegas. Snake Eyes.
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Originally Posted by - - e r i k - -
Con Air. Leaving Las Vegas. Snake Eyes.
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Originally Posted by The Final Dakar
That was a long, long time ago.
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Originally Posted by The Final Dakar
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and add 8mm to the list; i enjoyed that one the most.
and the two National Treasure movies where good popcorn movies/fill in for the lack of Indiana Jones type movies.
but as for Knowing; i didn't understand much of any of it. didn't like it; got my money back when i left the theater.
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Thanks for the heads up, guys, you saved me 121 min of my life
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Originally Posted by - - e r i k - -
Con Air. Leaving Las Vegas. Snake Eyes.
All of those suck compared to Raising Arizona.
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Lord of War is by far the best Nic Cage movie. Damn fine.
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Originally Posted by The Final Dakar
That was a long long time ago…
Point is moot. Fact is Nicholas Cage has a long list of great movies behind him, so dismissing a movie based on him starring is fallacious at best.
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Sadly "Knowing" was a better alien end world type movie than the remade "The Day The Earth Stood Still."
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Originally Posted by The Final Dakar
You watch a Nic Cage movie, you deserve what you get.
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Con Air. Leaving Las Vegas. Snake Eyes.
Those were meant to illustrate Dakar’s point, right? ’Cause they’re all pretty much typically shitty Nicholas Cage movies …
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Point is moot. Fact is Nicholas Cage has a long list of great movies behind him
To bad he didn’t actually star in any of them.
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Originally Posted by OisÃn
’Cause they’re all pretty much typically shitty Nicholas Cage movies …
Absolutely wrong. They are great movies for different reasons. You not liking them is none of them.
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Oh, the Sean Connery movie?
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Originally Posted by - - e r i k - -
Point is moot.
You mother****ing wish.
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Fact is Nicholas Cage has a long list of great movies behind him, so dismissing a movie based on him starring is fallacious at best.
If you ignore his past decades worth of output. Looking at his more recent history, you have no reason to be optimistic about anything he makes.
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Good thing I'm not Nicholas Cage and not reading this thread.
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It was laughably bad, and that was even before the aliens at the end.
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Originally Posted by osiris
Good thing I'm not Nicholas Cage and not reading this thread.
I think he's probably doing okay.
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Originally Posted by SpaceMonkey
I think he's probably doing okay.
I think so too.
Did you know he's a nephew of Francis Ford Coppola? And if Coppola's daughter gets to make movies, why can't Cage be an actor. Hmp.
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Originally Posted by osiris
I think so too.
Did you know he's a nephew of Francis Ford Coppola? And if Coppola's daughter gets to make movies, why can't Cage be an actor. Hmp.
He should remake Apocalypse Now.
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Originally Posted by SpaceMonkey
He should remake Apocalypse Now.
The horror. The horror.
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I'm generally pretty tolerant of lame movies. I can suspend belief and just watch and enjoy pretty much any movie. That said, Knowing was the one movie in recent memory that I watched and actually wished I had that wasted time back. It was, to put it mildly, one of the Top 5 Worst movies I have ever seen.
However, I thoroughly enjoyed Raising Arizona, The Rock, Con Air, Face Off, Lord of War, Leaving Las Vegas, the National Treasure movies, and Snake Eyes. To dismiss a movie simply because it has Nick Cage in it is just plain dumb. Knowing was an exception, not the rule.
There is not a single actor or actress who hasn't starred in at least one bad movie and most have had more than one. All told, Nick Cage has been in a lot of solid, entertaining movies.
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What about Matchstick Men?, IMHO it was a rather good movie.
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Originally Posted by Mrjinglesusa
There is not a single actor or actress who hasn't starred in at least one bad movie and most have had more than one.
Now that's a lie. Shawn Wayans has never been in a bad movie, IMO.
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Originally Posted by Mrjinglesusa
ITo dismiss a movie simply because it has Nick Cage in it is just plain dumb. Knowing was an exception, not the rule.
Perhaps, but I know which one of us doesn't want two hours of his life back.
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There is not a single actor or actress who hasn't starred in at least one bad movie and most have had more than one.
Good thing I didn't make anything near that claim.
Originally Posted by Mrjinglesusa
All told, Nick Cage has been in a lot of solid, entertaining movies.
From what I've seen, in 1990s. I don't go see Nic Cage movies, but they still play them on TV ( Next was on recently), and whenever I run into them I find most of them laughable or uninteresting.
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After reflecting upon the career of Cage, only one word comes to mind: Mediocrity.
Yeah, he's good enough. But is he really that good? Has Cage raised the bar to any degree? Are there any children out there who aspire to be actors just like him? I think not, my friends. And as a society we must remain harsh on what we deem as good, and harsher still on the deserving few we call super stars, and still even more harsher-er than previously imaginable when it comes to handing out those Oscars, unless the person is Marisa Tomei, of course.
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Originally Posted by osiris
After reflecting upon the career of Cage, only one word comes to mine: Mediocrity.
Exactly. I'm a bad guy for writing off mediocrity (and the popcorn flick kind, I might add)?
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Originally Posted by The Final Dakar
Exactly. I'm a bad guy for writing off mediocrity (and the popcorn flick kind, I might add)?
It's important to keep that bar up there way high, lest we drown in mediocrity.
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Honestly, I'm surprised no one has tried to shut me up thusly:
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The sad state of mathematics education on rabbit picture websites. Any rabbit can see there are two pancakes on his head, not one like the caption says.
Everyone knows where you see one rabbit, you will soon see many rabbits. So they can't count, but they are planning ahead.
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I'm just surprised they didn't add any spelling errors to the "rabbit" pic. I needs more errors.
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Originally Posted by osiris
After reflecting upon the career of Cage, only one word comes to mind: Mediocrity.
Yeah, he's good enough. But is he really that good? Has Cage raised the bar to any degree? Are there any children out there who aspire to be actors just like him? I think not, my friends. And as a society we must remain harsh on what we deem as good, and harsher still on the deserving few we call super stars, and still even more harsher-er than previously imaginable when it comes to handing out those Oscars, unless the person is Marisa Tomei, of course.
Sounds like a harsh point of view.
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Originally Posted by osiris
After reflecting upon the career of Cage, only one word comes to mind: Mediocrity.
Yeah, he's good enough. But is he really that good? Has Cage raised the bar to any degree? Are there any children out there who aspire to be actors just like him? I think not, my friends. And as a society we must remain harsh on what we deem as good, and harsher still on the deserving few we call super stars, and still even more harsher-er than previously imaginable when it comes to handing out those Oscars, unless the person is Marisa Tomei, of course.
I don't think, with the millions that he has in the bank, that Mr. N. Cage gives a flying you-know-what.
However, your eloquence is impressive. Bravo.
Raising Arizona was a good film, but was it good due to Cage or the Coen brothers writing?
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I don't think, with the millions that he has in the bank, that Mr. N. Cage gives a flying you-know-what.
I doubt that was point (i.e., that osiris give a flying **** whether cage gives a flying ****).
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Originally Posted by mattyb
Raising Arizona was a good film, but was it good due to Cage or the Coen brothers writing?
Thanks to the Coen brothers, no doubt + they must have motivated Cage in a profound way. But I haven't seen this in a while, maybe it's time to revisit for better opinion.
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Originally Posted by The Final Dakar
I doubt that was point (i.e., that osiris give a flying **** whether cage gives a flying ****).
lol I don't give a flying **** about the flying **** or the flying **** for that matter.
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Originally Posted by osiris
Thanks to the Coen brothers, no doubt + they must have motivated Cage in a profound way. But I haven't seen this in a while, maybe it's time to revisit for better opinion.
And let's not forget Holly Hunter or John Goodman.
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And let's not forget Holly Hunter or John Goodman.
Yes - I was going to mention them, but being that we're all basking in the mesmerizing thespian glow of Mr. Cage, I guess I forgot.
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Originally Posted by osiris
Yes - I was going to mention them, but being that we're all basking in the mesmerizing thespian glow of Mr. Cage, I guess I forgot.
I know that an actor-scholar of Mr. Cage's caliber would insist on attributing the success of that film to baby wrangler Julie Asch.
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I wonder if he's been on inside the actor's studio.
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