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    Knowing is a sci-fi, action thriller about a college professor who comes across petrifying predictions.     In 1959, to celebrate the opening of a new elementary school, a class of young children draws pictures of what they think the future will look like. The pictures are placed in a time capsule and buried in front of the school. Fifty years later, in 2009, the time capsule is dug up and open. The current students of the elementary school are each given a picture. Despite the fact the kids are not supposed to take the pictures home, Caleb Koester steals his.     The picture Caleb received is no ordinary picture. Instead, it holds horrific predictions that his father, John Koester, a college professor, is determined to decipher.     The concept of the movie is a brilliant idea and it could have gone a long way but this clever idea was not executed well. It was such a creative idea but this creativity seemed to run out about half way through the movie.     The very opening scene was well-done and captivating. It drew the audience in, but unfortunately, it just set them up for a let down. As the film progressed, the quality of the movie deteriorated.     Knowing went in too many directions. They tried to hit the audience with mystery, religion, arithmancy (divination by numbers), the supernatural and horror all at the same time. The angles were distracting; it was hard to tell what type of movie they were actually going for.     Perhaps, if the writers had taken the time to come up with a better ending, the film would not have been so bad, it would most likely would have been good, to be honest.. The ending was a bit ridiculous and did not really fit the film at all.     The casting in Knowing was very talented and did help the movie to a degree. Nicholas Cage was wonderful as always; these types of movies seem to suit him well. But none the less, the ending simple killed this movie. ]]> Mon, 20 Apr 2009 15:33:25 GMT