seriously, wtf

I just finished watching Knowing, the film touted by respected film critic Roger Ebert as one of ‘09’s best. If Knowing was indeed one of the better films of the year than my initial feelings about this year’s films were correct – this was a shit year. The film was especially disappointing because it actually maintained my interest for the first 75 minutes (running time is two hours); however, what began as an exploration of determinism versus randomness deteriorated into a ridiculous tale of aliens and apocalypse. (If you enjoy the terrain trekked by M. Night Shyamalan, whom I don’t care for, then you’ll probably enjoy Knowing.) On the plus side, the flick features some above average CGI, and, contrary to much of his previous work, I wasn’t annoyed by Nic Cage’s performance as (don’t laugh) an MIT professor.

In the end, Knowing, ironically, doesn’t know where to go or what to be. It could have chosen to explore some age-old philosophical questions; unfortunately, though, Knowing chooses to delve into Hollywood’s bag of age-old clichés – and the viewer questions why he chose to waste two hours watching a mediocre film.

My Netflix rating: two out of five stars.

xx

(“The caves won't save us! Nothing can!”)