Just a jumbled thought... don't pay attention to it. Seriously

In my mind, there are several key aspects in the determination of the representation of current culture with in movies. The two largest characteristics are the strength (or nonexistent strength) of the hero and the ultimate conclusion of the movie. Firstly, how does the main character react to opposition? Is he hesitant? Does he struggle with his own demons? Does he fight balls out? who is this main character, is he a bad guy or a good guy? Is he a natural born leader? Or is he merely the hero because of the lack of better choices? Today, there have been a rise of superheroes with issues. Just like in previous times of unrest, modern films represent a struggle. They often deal with shades of gray and straddle the line between good and evil. Many don't know the answer and do not ever succeed in finding a solution.
Without dabling too far into these ideas, the second is the final conclusion. How did the movie end? Did it present an answer to the problem? Does the main character die? Was his death heroic or a desperate act with no hope for success?
With all this said, there were several things I did not like about The Knowing. Despite my love for apocolypic films, this one represented an aspect of todays culture I was hoping wasn't coming. Not only did it completely remove God and attempt to solve todays questions with another theory, but it answered the solution with the idea that there was no point in fighting. There was no point in fighting for freedom or life because only death was in our path.
What bothered me even more was the refusal of these aliens to save more of the population. Where they saying that we weren't worth saving? If that is the case, why didn't the movie have the world die by our own means? Instead, the world died by something that was not our cause. I'm not sure if I could stretch it to the fears of global warming or not, but in this case, earth's tempature increased because of flares, not because of over population and over consumption.
Again, there is no point in life because life can cease to exist. I don't find the idea of two small children living on a distant planet a very optimistic point of view.
So what does this say about our modern era? It is hard to say the direction this nation is turning. The Obama administration has quadrupled our debt in a matter of months, signed legislation to tax 90% of wages singling out key groups of people, ordered the eventual end of military defenses, promised the nation programs this nation cannot efford, negotiated with countries that do not have our best interest, and a clear idea of taking away our personal freedoms in exchange for "protection".
Movies declare a struggle to succeed between heroes and villians. On top of this, heroes and villians show blured lines and gray areas in characteristics.
It is very hard for me to remain silient (or complacent) and let our nation dwindle out as a 1st worldd power. I am not okay with this depiction. I like happy endings. I like it when the girl and the guy skip off into the sunset.

I think I'm rambling. I'm jumping subjects. Its partially because I've been twitter and converse with some of my conservative friends about what I think about this movie in particular.
I did not like The Knowing. It represents something that I believe is mortally wrong, and I haven't even began to talk about what I think about the idea that aliens planted the first humans.