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Kimberly's hooked on "end of the world" movies, so when we saw this trailer she got really excited. Long story short, some kids in 1959 put a whole bunch of crap in a time capsule; when they open it in 2009, one of the things is a list of numbers. Nick Cage takes the list home, and figures out that it lists, in order, the dates and casualties from every major catastrophe in the previous 50 years. So he looks at the next numbers in the list, and starts (apparently accurately) predicting disasters.

Of course, there's the obvious question in the trailer, "What happens when the numbers run out?" I predict that there's almost some apocalypse, but then everyone survives after all... even so, it looks like it should be worth watching once or twice.

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And speaking of counting and the end of the world, I was reading recently about the Mayan calendar, and how it "ends," and how a lot of people think that means it's the end of the world. Anyway, it turns out that it's just the digits rolling over, and the Mayans believed it had already happened 3 or 4 times... they just started over at year zero, and didn't think twice about it :)
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I just caught this film now and i cant decide if i liked it or not. Some good bits, some crap bits, some creepy bits. :?
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Warmark wrote:I just caught this film now and i cant decide if i liked it or not. Some good bits, some crap bits, some creepy bits. :?
Nice endorsement. Peaks my interest. Movies you're not sure if you liked are generally better the second time around
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sindatur wrote:
Warmark wrote:I just caught this film now and i cant decide if i liked it or not. Some good bits, some crap bits, some creepy bits. :?
Nice endorsement. Peaks my interest. Movies you're not sure if you liked are generally better the second time around
Except Rocky Horror. That was worse the second time, and even worse the third. :lol:

It does sound like an intriguing premise, but whether I'd enjoy it really depends on what they do with it. It might be worth renting if I can be bothered to find a rental place around here.
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www.cracked.com/blog/lets-play-nicolas-cage/

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This movie is crap. Give it a miss.
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Yeah, it was interesting for a while, then... The direction it went just couldn't cover up all the plot holes. Ended up being a device in search of a movie.
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So I finally watched it last night, and I have to ask...

WHAT is WRONG with this world?!?!? HOW did this movie get made with a script like that?
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Seriously, are they angels with spaceships or aliens that predict the future? Either way, the Genesis reference at the end was so laughably absurd that it pretty much guaranteed this movie's status as one of the worst of the year, right up there with the Day the Earth Stood Still remake.
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Meh.
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It was really not awful up until the last 20 minutes or so. Then it was really awful. At least Cage wasn't wearing a bear suit and there were no bees.
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