Comments on: A Lesson Learned: Americans Want to Watch the World End http://www.filmschoolrejects.com/features/a-lesson-learned-americans-want-to-watch-the-world-end.php A Website About Movies Mon, 13 Feb 2012 20:06:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Adam_Sweeney http://www.filmschoolrejects.com/features/a-lesson-learned-americans-want-to-watch-the-world-end.php/comment-page-1#comment-135720 Adam_Sweeney Tue, 31 Mar 2009 21:14:25 +0000 http://www.filmschoolrejects.com/?p=37246#comment-135720 Doesn't Knowing showing Earth being destroyed qualify as watching the world end? ;) Doesn't Knowing showing Earth being destroyed qualify as watching the world end? ;)

]]> By: Adam_Sweeney http://www.filmschoolrejects.com/features/a-lesson-learned-americans-want-to-watch-the-world-end.php/comment-page-1#comment-221863 Adam_Sweeney Tue, 31 Mar 2009 21:14:00 +0000 http://www.filmschoolrejects.com/?p=37246#comment-221863 Doesn't Knowing showing Earth being destroyed qualify as watching the world end? ;) Doesn't Knowing showing Earth being destroyed qualify as watching the world end? ;)

]]> By: Murray Fan http://www.filmschoolrejects.com/features/a-lesson-learned-americans-want-to-watch-the-world-end.php/comment-page-1#comment-135310 Murray Fan Wed, 25 Mar 2009 23:12:47 +0000 http://www.filmschoolrejects.com/?p=37246#comment-135310 It's true. This man has no dick. It's true. This man has no dick.

]]> By: Murray Fan http://www.filmschoolrejects.com/features/a-lesson-learned-americans-want-to-watch-the-world-end.php/comment-page-1#comment-221862 Murray Fan Wed, 25 Mar 2009 23:12:00 +0000 http://www.filmschoolrejects.com/?p=37246#comment-221862 It's true. This man has no dick. It's true. This man has no dick.

]]> By: RobertFure http://www.filmschoolrejects.com/features/a-lesson-learned-americans-want-to-watch-the-world-end.php/comment-page-1#comment-135267 RobertFure Wed, 25 Mar 2009 18:56:05 +0000 http://www.filmschoolrejects.com/?p=37246#comment-135267 Calling Knowing "paint by numbers" makes me feel like you didn't even watch it - no offense (unless you didn't watch it =P). I mean, look at the movies you listed, like Armageddon, I Am Legend, Deep Impact, etc, most of the time the Earth is spared. There is a happy ending for almost everyone. In Armageddon, the asteroid doesn't hit. In Deep Impact, it does, but you get a rousing speech at the end and all the characters you care about, ofr the most part, survive. Humans always come out on top, the Earth always survives. Not this time. The movie literally destroys the entire Earth. How much further away can you be from the numbers? It also added a mystery to the plot. No "Hey, the Earth is going to die because of this and now we have to try to avoid/stop it." You didn't know the world was going to die for awhile into it. You thought, somehow that everyone would survive. Then toss in Aliens! Aliens that were Earths inspirations for Angels and thus probably Heaven and God, meaning that those things don't exist. Nic Cage takes solace with his religious father - a father who dedicated his life to something that doesn't exist. Then the Earth burns to death. Just because a few breeding pairs of humans were dropped on some sweet new planet doesn't mean you can call it a happy ending. The vast majority of almost 7 billion people died. (It's estimated that the human population was as low as 1000-7500 breeding pairs at various times. So theoretically they could have killed 6,768,983,411 people.) The main characters died. There was deeper substance. So while I agree people like to see the World be threatened and big shit go boom, I'd whole heartedly disagree that Knowing was "by the numbers." Calling Knowing "paint by numbers" makes me feel like you didn't even watch it – no offense (unless you didn't watch it =P). I mean, look at the movies you listed, like Armageddon, I Am Legend, Deep Impact, etc, most of the time the Earth is spared. There is a happy ending for almost everyone. In Armageddon, the asteroid doesn't hit. In Deep Impact, it does, but you get a rousing speech at the end and all the characters you care about, ofr the most part, survive. Humans always come out on top, the Earth always survives.

Not this time. The movie literally destroys the entire Earth. How much further away can you be from the numbers? It also added a mystery to the plot. No "Hey, the Earth is going to die because of this and now we have to try to avoid/stop it." You didn't know the world was going to die for awhile into it. You thought, somehow that everyone would survive. Then toss in Aliens! Aliens that were Earths inspirations for Angels and thus probably Heaven and God, meaning that those things don't exist. Nic Cage takes solace with his religious father – a father who dedicated his life to something that doesn't exist. Then the Earth burns to death.

Just because a few breeding pairs of humans were dropped on some sweet new planet doesn't mean you can call it a happy ending. The vast majority of almost 7 billion people died. (It's estimated that the human population was as low as 1000-7500 breeding pairs at various times. So theoretically they could have killed 6,768,983,411 people.) The main characters died. There was deeper substance. So while I agree people like to see the World be threatened and big shit go boom, I'd whole heartedly disagree that Knowing was "by the numbers."

]]> By: RobertFure http://www.filmschoolrejects.com/features/a-lesson-learned-americans-want-to-watch-the-world-end.php/comment-page-1#comment-221861 RobertFure Wed, 25 Mar 2009 18:56:00 +0000 http://www.filmschoolrejects.com/?p=37246#comment-221861 Calling Knowing "paint by numbers" makes me feel like you didn't even watch it - no offense (unless you didn't watch it =P). I mean, look at the movies you listed, like Armageddon, I Am Legend, Deep Impact, etc, most of the time the Earth is spared. There is a happy ending for almost everyone. In Armageddon, the asteroid doesn't hit. In Deep Impact, it does, but you get a rousing speech at the end and all the characters you care about, ofr the most part, survive. Humans always come out on top, the Earth always survives. Not this time. The movie literally destroys the entire Earth. How much further away can you be from the numbers? It also added a mystery to the plot. No "Hey, the Earth is going to die because of this and now we have to try to avoid/stop it." You didn't know the world was going to die for awhile into it. You thought, somehow that everyone would survive. Then toss in Aliens! Aliens that were Earths inspirations for Angels and thus probably Heaven and God, meaning that those things don't exist. Nic Cage takes solace with his religious father - a father who dedicated his life to something that doesn't exist. Then the Earth burns to death. Just because a few breeding pairs of humans were dropped on some sweet new planet doesn't mean you can call it a happy ending. The vast majority of almost 7 billion people died. (It's estimated that the human population was as low as 1000-7500 breeding pairs at various times. So theoretically they could have killed 6,768,983,411 people.) The main characters died. There was deeper substance. So while I agree people like to see the World be threatened and big shit go boom, I'd whole heartedly disagree that Knowing was "by the numbers." Calling Knowing "paint by numbers" makes me feel like you didn't even watch it – no offense (unless you didn't watch it =P). I mean, look at the movies you listed, like Armageddon, I Am Legend, Deep Impact, etc, most of the time the Earth is spared. There is a happy ending for almost everyone. In Armageddon, the asteroid doesn't hit. In Deep Impact, it does, but you get a rousing speech at the end and all the characters you care about, ofr the most part, survive. Humans always come out on top, the Earth always survives.

Not this time. The movie literally destroys the entire Earth. How much further away can you be from the numbers? It also added a mystery to the plot. No "Hey, the Earth is going to die because of this and now we have to try to avoid/stop it." You didn't know the world was going to die for awhile into it. You thought, somehow that everyone would survive. Then toss in Aliens! Aliens that were Earths inspirations for Angels and thus probably Heaven and God, meaning that those things don't exist. Nic Cage takes solace with his religious father – a father who dedicated his life to something that doesn't exist. Then the Earth burns to death.

Just because a few breeding pairs of humans were dropped on some sweet new planet doesn't mean you can call it a happy ending. The vast majority of almost 7 billion people died. (It's estimated that the human population was as low as 1000-7500 breeding pairs at various times. So theoretically they could have killed 6,768,983,411 people.) The main characters died. There was deeper substance. So while I agree people like to see the World be threatened and big shit go boom, I'd whole heartedly disagree that Knowing was "by the numbers."

]]> By: Adam_Sweeney http://www.filmschoolrejects.com/features/a-lesson-learned-americans-want-to-watch-the-world-end.php/comment-page-1#comment-135213 Adam_Sweeney Wed, 25 Mar 2009 06:01:44 +0000 http://www.filmschoolrejects.com/?p=37246#comment-135213 Oddly enough, The Incredible Hulk and Kung Fu Panda both beat it out on opening weekend. Imagine how much it would have made if those films weren't there. (Shudders.) Oddly enough, The Incredible Hulk and Kung Fu Panda both beat it out on opening weekend. Imagine how much it would have made if those films weren't there. (Shudders.)

]]> By: Adam_Sweeney http://www.filmschoolrejects.com/features/a-lesson-learned-americans-want-to-watch-the-world-end.php/comment-page-1#comment-221860 Adam_Sweeney Wed, 25 Mar 2009 06:01:00 +0000 http://www.filmschoolrejects.com/?p=37246#comment-221860 Oddly enough, The Incredible Hulk and Kung Fu Panda both beat it out on opening weekend. Imagine how much it would have made if those films weren't there. (Shudders.) Oddly enough, The Incredible Hulk and Kung Fu Panda both beat it out on opening weekend. Imagine how much it would have made if those films weren't there. (Shudders.)

]]> By: Samir http://www.filmschoolrejects.com/features/a-lesson-learned-americans-want-to-watch-the-world-end.php/comment-page-1#comment-135211 Samir Wed, 25 Mar 2009 04:14:34 +0000 http://www.filmschoolrejects.com/?p=37246#comment-135211 Too bad...I'm still calling you out. Keep Bicycling Too bad…I'm still calling you out. Keep Bicycling

]]> By: Samir http://www.filmschoolrejects.com/features/a-lesson-learned-americans-want-to-watch-the-world-end.php/comment-page-1#comment-221859 Samir Wed, 25 Mar 2009 04:14:00 +0000 http://www.filmschoolrejects.com/?p=37246#comment-221859 Too bad...I'm still calling you out. Keep Bicycling Too bad…I'm still calling you out. Keep Bicycling

]]> By: Cookie_Garris http://www.filmschoolrejects.com/features/a-lesson-learned-americans-want-to-watch-the-world-end.php/comment-page-1#comment-135207 Cookie_Garris Wed, 25 Mar 2009 03:13:15 +0000 http://www.filmschoolrejects.com/?p=37246#comment-135207 I won't say how I saw Knowing but I would have been sick if I spent money to see it! I rented The Happening and after watching it I walked out in my yard hoping the grass would ease my pain from watching that crap! 31 MILLION?! Was it the only movie playing that weekend? I won't say how I saw Knowing but I would have been sick if I spent money to see it! I rented The Happening and after watching it I walked out in my yard hoping the grass would ease my pain from watching that crap! 31 MILLION?! Was it the only movie playing that weekend?

]]> By: Cookie_Garris http://www.filmschoolrejects.com/features/a-lesson-learned-americans-want-to-watch-the-world-end.php/comment-page-1#comment-221858 Cookie_Garris Wed, 25 Mar 2009 03:13:00 +0000 http://www.filmschoolrejects.com/?p=37246#comment-221858 I won't say how I saw Knowing but I would have been sick if I spent money to see it! I rented The Happening and after watching it I walked out in my yard hoping the grass would ease my pain from watching that crap! 31 MILLION?! Was it the only movie playing that weekend? I won't say how I saw Knowing but I would have been sick if I spent money to see it! I rented The Happening and after watching it I walked out in my yard hoping the grass would ease my pain from watching that crap! 31 MILLION?! Was it the only movie playing that weekend?

]]> By: Neil Miller http://www.filmschoolrejects.com/features/a-lesson-learned-americans-want-to-watch-the-world-end.php/comment-page-1#comment-135206 Neil Miller Wed, 25 Mar 2009 02:27:10 +0000 http://www.filmschoolrejects.com/?p=37246#comment-135206 Thanks for calling me out, but Adam actually wrote this article. :) Thanks for calling me out, but Adam actually wrote this article. :)

]]> By: Neil Miller http://www.filmschoolrejects.com/features/a-lesson-learned-americans-want-to-watch-the-world-end.php/comment-page-1#comment-221857 Neil Miller Wed, 25 Mar 2009 02:27:00 +0000 http://www.filmschoolrejects.com/?p=37246#comment-221857 Thanks for calling me out, but Adam actually wrote this article. :) Thanks for calling me out, but Adam actually wrote this article. :)

]]> By: Mladen http://www.filmschoolrejects.com/features/a-lesson-learned-americans-want-to-watch-the-world-end.php/comment-page-1#comment-135203 Mladen Wed, 25 Mar 2009 00:28:47 +0000 http://www.filmschoolrejects.com/?p=37246#comment-135203 The love for apocalypse goes back way further than that. Its been popular in literature for centuries. Just about every single historic culture and religion on earth has an apocalypse story. I think 'blowing shit up' is just a bonus. The real draw is our own obsession with the end of the world, which ties into our own fear of death. Most apocalypse stories also imply a renewal or rebirth. Life after death. The love for apocalypse goes back way further than that. Its been popular in literature for centuries. Just about every single historic culture and religion on earth has an apocalypse story.

I think 'blowing shit up' is just a bonus. The real draw is our own obsession with the end of the world, which ties into our own fear of death. Most apocalypse stories also imply a renewal or rebirth. Life after death.

]]> By: Mladen http://www.filmschoolrejects.com/features/a-lesson-learned-americans-want-to-watch-the-world-end.php/comment-page-1#comment-221856 Mladen Wed, 25 Mar 2009 00:28:00 +0000 http://www.filmschoolrejects.com/?p=37246#comment-221856 The love for apocalypse goes back way further than that. Its been popular in literature for centuries. Just about every single historic culture and religion on earth has an apocalypse story. I think 'blowing shit up' is just a bonus. The real draw is our own obsession with the end of the world, which ties into our own fear of death. Most apocalypse stories also imply a renewal or rebirth. Life after death. The love for apocalypse goes back way further than that. Its been popular in literature for centuries. Just about every single historic culture and religion on earth has an apocalypse story.

I think 'blowing shit up' is just a bonus. The real draw is our own obsession with the end of the world, which ties into our own fear of death. Most apocalypse stories also imply a renewal or rebirth. Life after death.

]]> By: Mladen http://www.filmschoolrejects.com/features/a-lesson-learned-americans-want-to-watch-the-world-end.php/comment-page-1#comment-135199 Mladen Wed, 25 Mar 2009 00:18:39 +0000 http://www.filmschoolrejects.com/?p=37246#comment-135199 It wouldn't be fair to call Hitchhikers an apocalyptic film, except in an ironic sense. And if there's anything film-goers hate, its irony It wouldn't be fair to call Hitchhikers an apocalyptic film, except in an ironic sense. And if there's anything film-goers hate, its irony

]]> By: Mladen http://www.filmschoolrejects.com/features/a-lesson-learned-americans-want-to-watch-the-world-end.php/comment-page-1#comment-221855 Mladen Wed, 25 Mar 2009 00:18:00 +0000 http://www.filmschoolrejects.com/?p=37246#comment-221855 It wouldn't be fair to call Hitchhikers an apocalyptic film, except in an ironic sense. And if there's anything film-goers hate, its irony It wouldn't be fair to call Hitchhikers an apocalyptic film, except in an ironic sense. And if there's anything film-goers hate, its irony

]]> By: Samir http://www.filmschoolrejects.com/features/a-lesson-learned-americans-want-to-watch-the-world-end.php/comment-page-1#comment-135195 Samir Tue, 24 Mar 2009 23:21:22 +0000 http://www.filmschoolrejects.com/?p=37246#comment-135195 Here Here...on the other hand, movies like the hitchhikers guide to the galaxy didn't fair well and that pretty much started with the earth exploding. I'm calling you out Neil, Americans hate watching the World blow up And we hate Nic Cage, whether he be in National Treasure or Knowing. Here Here…on the other hand, movies like the hitchhikers guide to the galaxy didn't fair well and that pretty much started with the earth exploding. I'm calling you out Neil, Americans hate watching the World blow up

And we hate Nic Cage, whether he be in National Treasure or Knowing.

]]> By: Samir http://www.filmschoolrejects.com/features/a-lesson-learned-americans-want-to-watch-the-world-end.php/comment-page-1#comment-221854 Samir Tue, 24 Mar 2009 23:21:00 +0000 http://www.filmschoolrejects.com/?p=37246#comment-221854 Here Here...on the other hand, movies like the hitchhikers guide to the galaxy didn't fair well and that pretty much started with the earth exploding. I'm calling you out Neil, Americans hate watching the World blow up And we hate Nic Cage, whether he be in National Treasure or Knowing. Here Here…on the other hand, movies like the hitchhikers guide to the galaxy didn't fair well and that pretty much started with the earth exploding. I'm calling you out Neil, Americans hate watching the World blow up

And we hate Nic Cage, whether he be in National Treasure or Knowing.

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