Knowing

Nicolas Cage was never one of an actor that I fancy watching, I thought he was kind of plain, boring and nothing much to think of. However, after watching The Bad Lieutenant, I discovered that he was not that bad after all.

I am not sure if it was the character he played or it was just his face. He has this kind of look that you love to hate, or you keep wondering how much more pathetic can this guy be, but he was indeed a good actor.

Last night we watched Knowing (a science fiction), again it was a Nicolas Cage heroic vendetta. Oh, ok I am not going to write about him, rather it was the movie that got hubby and me into deep discussion, and weirdly beginning to again ponder the very existence of humans.

The plot in this movie involves some kind of philosophical debates about the universe. The buildup was rather draggy, could be somewhat boring and predictable too. It makes you wonder if the universe is actually determined or is just random? Is everything in some way preordained or does it happen by chance?

We were eager to witness the ending of the story, and finally slept at nearly 2 am in the morning, still deep in thought of the destruction and the end of the world. I don’t know what we were discussing about at the wee hours of dawn, but I realized that in a tiny way the movie had an impact on us. Thus, bringing us to pledge yet again our love for each other (ha ha ha……… so over dramatic), and wondering if the end of the world could be so endearing as in Knowing. We don’t know, we will never know, but one thing we know we so do not wish to be around to witness this.

At the end of it we both agreed that it would be very cruel to bring yet another life to this world.