**Warning** The following post may (most likely will) contain spoilers about the movies “Knowing” and “I Love You, Man”.
So last week was my birthday in which I turned 27. Being that I can never think of things to do for my birthday, I am pretty boring I know, my brother decided to take me to see Knowing and I Love You, Man on Friday. Now this is the first time I have ever sat in a theater to watch two movies in one day, but I have to say it was fun being that both movies were enjoyable.
So the first movie we saw that day was I Love You, Man starring Paul Rudd and Jason Segel. At first I wanted to just see Knowing because I wasn’t in the mood for a comedy, but I have to say I am really glad we saw this. I Love You, Man is a story about a guy who has always had a girlfriend and therefore never found time to find a best friend or hang with the guys. So Paul Rudd’s character sets out to find a man friend to do things with and has quite a time along the way. Eventually he ends up finding Segel’s character and the two start hanging out and doing crazy things.
Without going into to much to spoil it I found myself laughing all the way through the movie. Rudd, Segel, and the rest of the cast did an awesome job. If you enjoy comedies I recommend this one as a must see.
After I Love You, Man we went directly into Knowing starring Nicholas Cage. From IMDB the plot for Knowing is:
“A teacher 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.”
The story of Knowing is what drew me in. I thought it had a ton of potential and it was very good, but did not live up to what I thought. The special effects in the movie were fantastic! At one point Nicholas Cage is standing on the highway when out of nowhere a plane comes crashing into the ground. The sound of the theater along with the action of the camera sorta made me feel as if I had really just witnessed a plane crash. I think my heart was beating a mile a minute. Another great scene was a subway crash later in the movie bringing on the same feelings as the plane crash.
Now the let down, and the biggest spoiler. Let me say again I enjoyed the whole movie up until the end. As it turned out the “list” that starts the movie was shown to the girl by aliens. The aliens lead Caleb and Abby to them because they know that the Earth is about to be destroyed by a solar flare. At the very end you see that the aliens had been collecting kids from all over Earth to take to a new planet to start civilization all over.
Yeah that is right aliens! Why aliens? It seems like every movie I see now has something to do with aliens. I am seek of seeing aliens! Ok. I wanted to get that off my chest. It was a great movie, but I really just wish the ending would have been different. As my brother and I were talking it would have been better if it would have went more with a religion angle. Let it be angels coming to save some young to start over (ie Adam and Eve) or something, but not aliens.
Overall it was a good day and I did enjoy both movies. I would have to say that I did end up enjoying I Love You, Man more. I would recommend both movies to anyone who enjoys each genre.
