Has anyone seen the movie "Knowing"?

[cynatnite]

I was watching this the other day and it occured to me that this movie has a lot of religious imagery and context.

The whole movie is filled with destruction and death. There is fire presented in an apocalyptic way. The aliens present themselves in their true forms which are appealing. As they rise up to the ship with the children, they are angelic. You can almost see wings on them. Cage's father in the movie is a preacher and Cage's character (a science teacher) had rejected religion. At the end, it shows Cage embracing his father(religion). The planet the children are on looks perfect and a large tree is in the background. It has a "tree of life" look that seems right out of the bible.

It never occured to me how utterly religious the movie is until I watched it a second time.

[onager]

1. Yes. IMO, it should have been called "Blowing."

Strong beginning that hooked me, then fell to pieces quicker than a Nicolas Cage real-estate deal.

Here's some interesting stuff from an Imdb reviewer that may explain some of the symbolism:

This movie is bad propaganda for Scientology. This is already obvious after five minutes watching.

First, evolution is called "Theory of Randomness" and described as something sad by Nicolas Cage. Of course, there's no mention at all of all the proofs of evolution, even when Cage is supposed to be this serious MIT teacher.

The little girl Lucinda is born in 1952, year of Scientology creation. The time capsule is sealed under a seven branch star, the symbol of Scientology.

Then, the story is very close (to) the one in the book "Scientology, A History of Man" written by L.Ron Hubbard, Scientology founder. The movie described a numerological prophecy of apocalypse, something frequent in Scientology's mythology.