Who has seen it? I think I'm going to watch it again tonight. I've seen it several time, for I own it on DVD. I think it's an excellent movie. The cinematography is awesome, Clive Owen is great in it and it's a compelling plot. The ending is a cliff hanger but I kind of like it how it ends abruptly, leaving it to the viewer to speculate and maybe fabricate the conclusion.
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10-11-2008, 08:32 PM #1
Children of Men
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10-11-2008, 08:40 PM #2
Compelling plot? Everyone is magically sterile so they quite reasonably resort to fascism, then someone gets pregnant and people start killing each other cause one baby will somehow magically save humanity or whatever.
But the action was awesome, so I liked it.No offense.
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10-11-2008, 09:02 PM #3
I liked Michael Caine in it. I do wish I saw it at the cinema. It's very HL2 in plot and feel; especially the scene in the car.
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10-11-2008, 09:13 PM #4
I enjoyed it a lot. I had overlooked it in theaters, but a friend forced me to sit and observe. The magically sterile part I think is another thing the viewer speculates on eternally. Religious views, apocolyptic thoughts, the environment.. what triggered it, the supernatual, mankind himself, the environment, disease, milk, sunshine.. It was another fun thing to debate about.
I don't think the one baby saves humanity.. I'm sure that girl was pumped with more sperm then a whale afterwards.. but the fact it's there means that mayhap the people whom thought it was the end of the world have hope of otherwise.
I really thought it was interesting that they sold suicide kits. That was just insane to me.. to be so open about it, and just publically let people know that "Yup, there's pretty much no reason to live anymore." I wouldn't like to think of America as a whole so pessimistic.. that might be a bit too scary for this little chica..Kantgirl: Just say "I'm feminine and I'll punch anyone who says otherwise!"
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10-11-2008, 09:19 PM #5
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I really enjoyed that movie. There was one shot towards the end that was a continuous 15 minute shot or something of the like, no edits. I love that kinda stuff.
I've also been a fan of Clive's since the BMW Films series, man those were awesome.
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10-11-2008, 09:51 PM #6
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It's a quality pikcha.
I appreciated the cinematography more than anything else about it.
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10-11-2008, 10:26 PM #7
Very good. One of those that you leave you straring at the closing credits.(with your mouth open and you hand hanging limply in the popcorn bowl)
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10-12-2008, 10:31 AM #8
By compelling I meant that it had me interested throughout the duration of the movie. Not a ton of movies hold my attention. I liked the plot a lot and the way the dawn of apocalypse, fascism and decay of the world was displayed on film was superb, IMO. That shot where the blood stayed on the screen for several minutes... Freakin' sweet! Also the scene where they get ambushed in the car was way intense.
The ending would probably disappoint most (it didn't for me though), but I suggest everyone sees this if they haven't. Go rent it!
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10-12-2008, 11:15 AM #9
I liked the premise. The execution was problematic. The ending was ridiculous.
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10-12-2008, 11:18 AM #10