As part of my ongoing quest to catch-up on some of the movies I’ve missed over recent years, last weekend I watched Knowing. If you’ve seen it, you’ll know that it really is as unbelievable-bad-slash-incredibly-good as Joe Cornish said it was in our Review of the Year (if you don’t have a copy then tough luck, you had your chance).

At one point Knowing was re-written by Stuart Hazeldine, who has since gone on to write/direct British crapfest Exam. In our review of Exam, we noted that the majority of the characters seemed to be stolen from hit TV show Lost. I was hesitant to make this accusation because I was aware that I was probably especially prone to spot similarities, given that I’m a big Lost fan. It seemed entirely possible that I had imagined the likeness and that Hazledine was not in the habit of plagiarising from one of the most popular shows of the last decade.

But then I saw Knowing.

Check this shit out:

Lost		Knowing
Lost is set in 2004 and follows the lives of a group of people as their lives are repeatedly affected by a series of mysterious and seemingly cryptic…		Knowing is set in 2009 and follows the lives of a group of people as their lives are repeatedly affected by a series of mysterious and seemingly cryptic…
NUMBERS		NUMBERS
They come to realise the significance of the numbers after a sudden, traumatic…		They come to realise the significance of the numbers after a sudden, traumatic…
PLANE CRASH		PLANE CRASH
Shortly after the crash, they journey into the jungle and hear spooky, unidentified…		Shortly after the crash, they journey into the forrest and hear spooky, unidentified…
WHISPERS		WHISPERS
The whispers are later revealed to be the sounds of an unknown and intimidating group of people, nicknamed…		The whispers are later revealed to be the sounds of an unknown and intimidating group of people, nicknamed…
THE OTHERS		THE STRANGERS
The others appear mainly at night and are desperate to find the group and…		The strangers appear mainly at night and are desperate to find the group and…
KIDNAP THEIR CHILDREN		KIDNAP THEIR CHILDREN
… although a surprising twist later on changes our attitude towards the others. Meanwhile, there are concerns that the numbers will soon bring about…		… although a surprising twist later on changes our attitude towards the strangers. Meanwhile, there are concerns that the numbers will soon bring about…
THE END OF THE WORLD		THE END OF THE WORLD
But before that happens, there is still time for plenty of…		But before that happens, there is still time for plenty of…
PLUMES OF GREY SMOKE,		PLUMES OF GREY SMOKE,
50’s CLASSROOMS,		50’s CLASSROOMS,
PROPHETIC WINDOW VISIONS,		PROPHETIC WINDOW VISIONS,
DISTANT MYSTERY MEN,		DISTANT MYSTERY MEN,
DEMONIC CHILDRENS’ DRAWINGS,		DEMONIC CHILDRENS’ DRAWINGS,
AND BUNNY RABBITS		AND BUNNY RABBITS

Last night I sat in the best cinema auditorium in London and watched Edge of Darkness, starring Mel Gibson. I don’t like Mel Gibson. Seriously, I really don’t like him. I would say that I dislike Mel Gibson as much as Mel Gibson dislikes women, homosexuals and Jewish people.

And I didn’t like the film much either. It’s a Boston-set crime drama (because there aren’t enough Boston-set crime dramas around at the moment) following a tough cop on a mission to track down his daughter’s killers. There are plenty of tense, even powerful moments, but they’re surrounded by so much talky bullshit, illogical plotting and mumbly dialogue that they quickly lose all meaning. In other words, it’s very obvious that it’s…

Edge of Darkness was adapted from a 1985 BBC miniseries (also directed by Martin Campbell) and although I haven’t seen the original, it doesn’t take a genius to guess that they’ve tried to cram in every little plot detail from the 6-hour version into its 2-hour cousin. Convoluted doesn’t begin to cover it.

State of Play was wicked. This is shit.

Anyway:

Thanks @harryl92 for pointing this out.

5 posts in 1 day. The world’s gone mad.

Via The Daily What.

Via Videogum.

[I know we don't normally do these sort of posts, but you've already had 3 today so give us a break.]

[[And it is absolutely amazing.]]

The above Youtube video shows official footage from a ‘Champagne Tea Party’ Disney had at the Mayfair Hotel the other day in honour of The Princess & The Frog. At 0:35, one of the directors of the film says that the lead character Princess Tiana is…

‘the first Disney princess in a long line of princesses’

This is obviously a strange statement and personally, I can only see one explanation:

1 Explanation: The end of the sentence was ‘who is black‘ and Disney edited it out because they didn’t want to offend anyone by mentioning race.

Tell me I’m wrong.