Comments on: Movie Review – Knowing (2009)

By: Nir Shalev

Nir Shalev — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 01:54:17 +0000

Angels, more like it. They even travel around in a carriage (or spaceship), one that resembles the one from The Bible. But even Proyas prefers the aliens angle. Then again, who better to save man kind than aliens?

By: josef

josef — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 10:01:58 +0000

fucking aliens are u being serious thats got nothing to do with aliens its fucking weird i thaught that they were spirits that were protecting them and also i thaught that the marbles wuld have kept them alive until dianna died but aliens u gotta be kiddig me

By: Nir Shalev

Nir Shalev — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 09:34:21 +0000

John wasn’t trying to avert the oncoming apocalypse. He was running around like a lost lamb, confused because of the disasters surrounding him and the strangers following his kid.
One major philosophical ideal was mentioned in the film, “why am I made aware of the end of the world when there’s nothing that I can do about it?” and another one is that “we are afraid of that which we do not understand”. And when we are afraid we tend to lose track of everything that is happenings “in the moment”. On my first viewing, when the movie was over I felt very melancholy because John felt what it’d be like to sacrifice his son for the greater good. Knowing that his son would move on and he’d be dead within hours hit him like a brick wall and when he fell to his knees and cried I felt his pain. I am not a parent I’m not even married but the third act of this film hit me on an emotional level and I understand why you dislike it. As a matter of fact, most people that had watched it hate it. At best, people loved it until the end. I find that ironic.

By: Helen

Helen — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 01:40:23 +0000

John as unintended recipient is a plausible interpretation as far as the plot point goes; however, I’m not convinced that trying desperately to avert the coming apocalypse makes a man a bad father.

That was flippant, but I just really didn’t like this movie.

By: Nir Shalev

Nir Shalev — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 22:24:28 +0000

Helen, I can actually explain to you why John had recieved the coded message. He didn’t actually recieve it, as in it wasn’t intended for him. It was intended for Caleb. Whether or not Caleb would ever be able to decode it, the Whisperers were there to guide him all along.

I had originally watched the film on DVD and I watched it twice in a row. The first time was to see why people hated its ending anf the second time I watched it listening to the comemntary track that explains every aspect of the film. The film’s underlying message is that John is not a great father figure. He loves Caleb but doesn’t look out for him. Throughout the film John became more interested in the coded message and disasters to follow, rather than noticing that strange men are following his son. The story centres on John’s inability to notice that everything does not revolve around him but rather his son and the other girl. It tragic in that sense and I gretaly appreciated it. I find this to be a heartbreaking film from start to finish.

By: Kira

Kira — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 06:32:02 +0000

This movie is like the best~!! I love to its every bit… It’s not creepy at all, just action-filled… It really pulled at my heart strings when John and Caleb are force to separate::~ And then the whole world is incinerated ><"

By: umut

umut — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:37:11 +0000

Noah’s ark plus, what was the last picture? i really could’t stop laughing. adam & eve running towards a TREE!!! i said “don’t spoil it this time!”

By: Helen

Helen — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 13:23:38 +0000

The family going along would be at odds with the film’s quasi-religious allegory: the children as the Adam and Eve of the new earth and/or the two humans (species breeding pair, cf. the rabbits they are given to carry) of the Noah’s Ark that takes them there.

By: RDW1455

RDW1455 — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 07:53:10 +0000

I really enjoyed this thought provoking movie. Even though it was a bit anti-religous it made me ask..What if God were an alien who had once seeded the earth? Would that make God any less God?
I don’t know if this was the writers intentions but the question cropped up in my mind anyways. The film also touched on time travel I think…how else could children write what was to come in the future so acurately with dates,places and times (unless God or aliens with the ability to see it) hadn’t told them.
Only thing I found to fault the writers for was the poor ending…hope I don’t give it away but…why couldn’t the boys father and his immediate family join him on his voyage to the new world?
Hmmm, other than that…I loved it!