Knowing (2009)

nathanalberson · October 8, 2021, 11:05am

New Warhorn Media post by Nathan Alberson:

Chris_Davy · October 12, 2021, 4:58pm

Sorry for the off topic post.

I was watching Tremors the other day to decide if I wanted to watch it with my 8 year old daughter. While I was watching the opening scene, I realized it was a setup for the end of the movie.

I’ve seen this movie a half a million times, and have never put that together before now. And as I continued to watch, I kept having those realizations. I think about what is said in movies, but never bothered with movie structure before. That was a lot of fun.

Thanks. You guys are awesome!

P.S. Nope. Not appropriate for my daughter. The intense scenes she can maybe handle, but I’d forgotten how crass the language was in Tremors.

nathanalberson · October 12, 2021, 8:24pm

Yeah unfortunately that was a big problem in Tremors. A friend of ours has a story of showing it to some Christian friends he’d just met and being very embarassed.

Anyway glad to be of service!

jtbayly · October 12, 2021, 8:57pm

A “friend.” Sure.

FaithAlone · October 13, 2021, 2:00am

Even 80s kids movies are ridiculously crass. Don’t show The Goonies to your kids unless you’re up for a lengthy vocabulary lesson.

josiah.alldredge · October 13, 2021, 2:57am

Yea I found that out the other week. Thanks Spielberg.

nathanalberson · October 13, 2021, 4:55am

Names have been changed to protect the innocent.

Nathan_Smith · April 29, 2022, 3:19am

I just rewatched this film. Second time seeing. First time in about 10 years.

I appreciated your guys conversation about it.

It’s one of those films that’s better if you don’t know the end. (Which, in my opinion, means it can’t get a better grade than a B+.) Interesting that the little girl from the 50s in the first segment and the little girl in the modern day in the last half are played by the same actress.

Anyway, I never liked the film’s title. (I’m big on titles.) I would have called it ‘Adam and Eve’ but there probably would have been boycotts.

I want to say that this film generates a lot of “thought.” But I’m really not sure it does. It has a great creepiness factor if you are into that. (I like it.) But once you “know,” you know and it’s just seeing how it plays out. The car chase/crash at the end was dumb. I guess they needed some action for the trailer.

I like the way the final scene was done. Could have been too much exposition. The rabbits were maybe a bit much, but over all I thought it was good. The kids just ran off and played. Not “pervy” at all. So that was good.

I think this is a solid sci-fi piece. Seemed ok for teens (though I want watch with an eye on that aspect). My oldest is 11 so I usually think about whether he could watch a film I see. He’s scared of his own shadow so this wouldn’t be one for him. Otherwise I may have missed some questionable content, but I doubt it.