Know1ng (Proyas, 2009): Nicolas Cage

Fanboy · 12-17-08, 04:11 PM

Director: Alex Proyas
Release Date: 20 March 2009 (USA)
Genre: Drama | Mystery | Thriller
Plot: A teacher (Cage) opens a time capsule that has been dug up at his son's elementary school; in it are some chilling predictions -- some that have already occurred and others that are about to -- that lead him to believe his family plays a role in the events that are about to unfold.

Cast:
Nicolas Cage
Rose Byrne
Chandler Canterbury
Ben Mendelsohn

Trailer

IMDB

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Is it just me or does this look like Shyamalan minus Shyamalan? Not that that might be a bad thing, and I am waiting for a Proyas film to match Dark City, but I'm getting tired of watching the world getting destroyed.

Plus, I can't understand how Nicolas Cage still gets work.

riotinmyskull · 12-17-08, 04:14 PM

Alex Proyas to direct supernatural movie "Knowing"

Daytripper · 12-17-08, 04:39 PM

Ughh. Nicolas Cage again!? I'm so sick of him.

sauce07 · 12-17-08, 04:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Fanboy

Plus, I can't understand how Nicolas Cage still gets work.

Simple for every bomb he has (Next, Bangkok Dangerous, Wicker Man) he has a commercial or critical hit (National Treasure 1&2, Adaptation, Matchstick Men)

Not a huge fan, but he does hit every now and then.

Fanboy · 12-17-08, 04:52 PM

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Originally Posted by riotinmyskull

Alex Proyas to direct supernatural movie "Knowing"

Searching for "Knowing" and "Know1ng" turned up nada.

TomOpus · 12-17-08, 04:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Fanboy

Searching for "Knowing" and "Know1ng" turned up nada.

Didn't try "Proyas" eh? You would've found it

Yeah, the search function isn't the best and you gotta try a couple different angles.

DVD Josh · 12-17-08, 05:37 PM

Looks like the Sixth Sense and Signs all rolled into one.

NoirFan · 12-17-08, 05:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Fanboy

Searching for "Knowing" and "Know1ng" turned up nada.

Never use DVD Talk's search engine, it's terrible. Use Google.

Daytripper · 12-17-08, 07:07 PM

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Originally Posted by sauce07

Simple for every bomb he has (Next, Bangkok Dangerous, Wicker Man) he has a commercial or critical hit (National Treasure 1&2, Adaptation, Matchstick Men)

Not a huge fan, but he does hit every now and then.

Of all the films you named, only "Adaptation" and "Matchstick Men" are one's he should be proud of. And "The Weather Man". All the others just plain suck and are embarrassing given what a good actor he can be.

NiCK Crush · 12-17-08, 07:47 PM

Nic Cage

This guy.

bunnydojo · 12-17-08, 08:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Fanboy

Plus, I can't understand how Nicolas Cage still gets work.

As bad as a hefty portion of his (particularly recent) films have been, I can't recall ever thinking that a movie was made any worse by his presence.

The confusing thing is how, at this point, he isn't better able to navigate between the good scripts and the bad ones -- I don't think anyone would put forth that something like Next or Bangkok Dangerous would've been a masterpiece if only the casting were different.

NoirFan · 12-17-08, 08:43 PM

Fanboy, do you use the same spell checker as Usainuk?

benh911 · 12-18-08, 01:27 AM

Didn't they already make this movie, called The Number 23?

Seriously though, I think I'm one of the few people who like Nic Cage and this looks interesting.

Tarantino · 12-18-08, 04:00 AM

"I'm a LITTLE TIRED, and I'm a LITTLE WIRED!"

= J

mcfly · 12-18-08, 04:27 AM

Nic Cage is a good actor - he just has had some really shitty movies over the past 10 years. I doubt this will be any different.

Michael Corvin · 12-18-08, 09:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Fanboy

Searching for "Knowing" and "Know1ng" turned up nada.

It's the quotes. For some reason the search function sees " as part of the word. So if the title is "Knowing" it won't find it by typing in Knowing.

I'm up for anything by Proyas, but I'm still on the fence about Nic Cage in this.

LickTheABCs · 12-18-08, 03:15 PM

I'm still waiting for Cage as Fu Manchu. Yeah, that.

Fanboy · 12-18-08, 04:26 PM

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Originally Posted by TomOpus

Didn't try "Proyas" eh? You would've found it

Yeah, the search function isn't the best and you gotta try a couple different angles.

Truth be told, I didn't know it was Alex Proyas until I had already created the thread.

I found out when doing the IMDB search.

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Originally Posted by NoirFan

Fanboy, do you use the same spell checker as Usainuk?

Don't blame me! Blame the studio execs who wanted to make the movie "relevant" or whatever.

Charlie Goose · 12-18-08, 04:49 PM

He's ugly. Some of his movies are okay though.

NoirFan · 12-18-08, 05:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Charlie Goose

He's ugly. Some of his movies are okay though.

There you have it.

Brack · 03-19-09, 02:12 PM

4 stars from Roger Ebert:

http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/...IEWS/903189991

chris_sc77 · 03-19-09, 02:27 PM

Ebert has such a hard-on for Proyas

devilshalo · 03-19-09, 02:31 PM

I forgive him for I, Robot.

mdc3000 · 03-19-09, 02:58 PM

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Originally Posted by chris_sc77

Ebert has such a hard-on for Proyas

Yeah, I'd take his review with a grain of salt... I'll still be there tomorrow but my expectations are in check.

Geofferson · 03-19-09, 03:13 PM

I haven't been a fan of Cage's recent movies -- I do plan on checking this out though.

12-17-08, 04:11 PM	#1
Fanboy DVD Talk Special Edition Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada Posts: 1,037	Know1ng (Proyas, 2009): Nicolas Cage Director: Alex Proyas Release Date: 20 March 2009 (USA) Genre: Drama \| Mystery \| Thriller Plot: A teacher (Cage) opens a time capsule that has been dug up at his son's elementary school; in it are some chilling predictions -- some that have already occurred and others that are about to -- that lead him to believe his family plays a role in the events that are about to unfold. Cast: Nicolas Cage Rose Byrne Chandler Canterbury Ben Mendelsohn Trailer IMDB ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Is it just me or does this look like Shyamalan minus Shyamalan? Not that that might be a bad thing, and I am waiting for a Proyas film to match Dark City, but I'm getting tired of watching the world getting destroyed. Plus, I can't understand how Nicolas Cage still gets work. __________________ I wanna be Torvald, sucka! Last edited by Fanboy; 12-18-08 at 04:27 PM.

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