Post by Larry's 66 Diner on Apr 18, 2009 22:08:40 GMT -6
As most of you know, TC and I don't typically agree on the same types of movies, so it's generally a rare occurrence when we both find a movie we'd like to see together — especially at the theater.
Well, after taking her out to dinner Thursday evening, as a "congratulations" on her new job, we decided to go to the theater to watch this new movie, starring Nicholas Cage, as John Koestler. Now I'm not a super fan of Cage's (aside from a select few of his movies), but the trailer for this movie looked appealing and, lo and behold, TC thought the same. Little did we know that we were in for the surprise of a lifetime!
The movie appears primarily as an action film; there are a few scenes which make you feel as though you were watching a horror film; then there are those scenes that make it seem as though you were watching a supernatural film or even a science-fiction film; later, it finally appears as more of a religious film. The entire film is breath-taking!
Another aspect of this film that's so great is that there is absolutely NO nudity and extremely minimal language! :huh:
The movie begins in Massachusetts in 1959. At a dedication ceremony for the brand new grade school, Miss Taylor's class of young students buries a time capsule, containing students' drawings of what they think the world will look like 50 years later. However, one student, Lucinda Embry (who came up with this idea), wrote an entire front- and back-page full of what appears to be random, meaningless numbers.
Fifty years later, present day, the time capsule is unearthed by students of the same school. Cage's young son, Caleb (Chandler Canterbury) happened to be the recipient of young Lucinda's "predictions"; little did he know what has fallen into his hands! :nervous:
Cage begins to brainstorm and finds a pattern in these numbers, and it turns out that he has deciphered predicitions that young Lucinda has made about the ensuing 50 years. After much internet research, to his amazement, he has learned that all of her predictions have come true .... with the exception of the last three sets of numbers .... which were yet to happen! :nervous:
I won't give away any more information, for fear of spoiling the movie. However, it's a movie you must see more than once! I know this for a fact because on Friday (the day after TC and I watched it), I took my mother to the same theater to watch it AGAIN!!! ;D :thumbsup:
Well, after taking her out to dinner Thursday evening, as a "congratulations" on her new job, we decided to go to the theater to watch this new movie, starring Nicholas Cage, as John Koestler. Now I'm not a super fan of Cage's (aside from a select few of his movies), but the trailer for this movie looked appealing and, lo and behold, TC thought the same. Little did we know that we were in for the surprise of a lifetime!
The movie appears primarily as an action film; there are a few scenes which make you feel as though you were watching a horror film; then there are those scenes that make it seem as though you were watching a supernatural film or even a science-fiction film; later, it finally appears as more of a religious film. The entire film is breath-taking!
Another aspect of this film that's so great is that there is absolutely NO nudity and extremely minimal language! :huh: The movie begins in Massachusetts in 1959. At a dedication ceremony for the brand new grade school, Miss Taylor's class of young students buries a time capsule, containing students' drawings of what they think the world will look like 50 years later. However, one student, Lucinda Embry (who came up with this idea), wrote an entire front- and back-page full of what appears to be random, meaningless numbers.
Fifty years later, present day, the time capsule is unearthed by students of the same school. Cage's young son, Caleb (Chandler Canterbury) happened to be the recipient of young Lucinda's "predictions"; little did he know what has fallen into his hands! :nervous:
Cage begins to brainstorm and finds a pattern in these numbers, and it turns out that he has deciphered predicitions that young Lucinda has made about the ensuing 50 years. After much internet research, to his amazement, he has learned that all of her predictions have come true .... with the exception of the last three sets of numbers .... which were yet to happen! :nervous:
I won't give away any more information, for fear of spoiling the movie. However, it's a movie you must see more than once! I know this for a fact because on Friday (the day after TC and I watched it), I took my mother to the same theater to watch it AGAIN!!! ;D :thumbsup:
