Children of Men

jakepunk · « **on:** 10 Jan 2007, 03:41 am »

Phenomenal.

I love dystopian movies. Gattaca, Dark City, and V for Vendetta are all in my library. This one had me with my mouth open. For those of you from the Ender's Game circle who have played the game Halflife 2, this movie was like you were in it. Some of the intense action scenes go on for five or ten minutes without a cut (if they did it digitally, I take nothing away from them). The camera work is astounding.

I was a little disappointed by the ending when I was in the theater, but in retrospect, it stays true to the tone of the movie.

gitarretyp · « **Reply #1 on:** 10 Jan 2007, 07:11 am »

I agree that it was very good. I thought the ending was nearly perfect for the film, however.

tomjtx · « **Reply #2 on:** 10 Jan 2007, 07:15 am »

the movie is good............ IMO the book is better.............it was publshed 10 years ago?
Give it a read, if you liked the movie you will likely like the book

Folsom · « **Reply #3 on:** 10 Jan 2007, 11:36 am »

I am interested because Clive is in it... I get tired of the heros that look like little kids that are incapable of growing facial hair (only them are choosen). It is like current movies follow the Americanized Japanese Anime trend, no facial hair little kid heros. Truth is that in Japan facial hair, as of recent, as I know, has been popular and seen as badass.

Whatever, call it a Man Crush, I would give some tonque to Clive, even though I would not enjoy it. None of you have the right to accuse me of anything though unless you call out Rob for liking BloodRayne. Oh man give me Battle of Los Angeles on a Pyle Audio Ipod adapter, 64-bit, with tweeters that are ten times louder than suppose to be, locked up in a small room, for ten hours, at hurt-your-hearing levels, before I ever see any of that movie again.

Night_Train · « **Reply #4 on:** 10 Jan 2007, 12:56 pm »

Quote from: Destroyer of Smiles. on 10 Jan 2007, 11:36 am

I am interested because Clive is in it...Whatever, call it a Man Crush, I would give some tonque to Clive, even though I would enjoy it. None of you have the right to accuse me of anything though unless you call out Rob for liking BloodRayne.

hehehehe......things are getting gay!

Toka · « **Reply #5 on:** 16 Jan 2007, 11:47 pm »

Cannot recommend this film enough! Run, don't walk...

robert1325 · « **Reply #6 on:** 22 Jan 2007, 05:05 pm »

WOW, very impressive film, totally unexpected and very nicely filmed

weirdo · « **Reply #7 on:** 22 Jan 2007, 05:50 pm »

the urban warfare scenes were shockingly realistic. dk

Canyoneagle · « **Reply #8 on:** 22 Jan 2007, 07:26 pm »

Nice choice of music and a hint of hi-fi as well in Michael Cain's hippie hideout.

robert1325 · « **Reply #9 on:** 22 Jan 2007, 07:34 pm »

futuristic hi-fi , maybe a squeezebox with a modified remote control?

The played radiohead

PhilNYC · « **Reply #10 on:** 25 Jan 2007, 03:46 pm »

I saw this movie last week and enjoyed it. From a story-line perspective, it's a pretty simple film...but it's the kind of movie that to really get into it, you need to pay attention to all the stuff in the background...this movie could have tried to beat you over the head with all sorts of commentary about our society, the environment, etc, but rather than do that, it puts all those things as a backdrop and never makes you feel like you're being preached-to. And yes, the realism of the action portrayed in the film is one of the best made IMHO...

The best audio analogy is "the detail doesn't jump out at you, but it's there if you look (listen) for it"...

goldlizsts · « **Reply #11 on:** 25 Jan 2007, 04:14 pm »

Quote from: PhilNYC on 25 Jan 2007, 03:46 pm

I saw this movie last week and enjoyed it. From a story-line perspective, it's a pretty simple film...but it's the kind of movie that to really get into it, you need to pay attention to all the stuff in the background...this movie could have tried to beat you over the head with all sorts of commentary about our society, the environment, etc, but rather than do that, it puts all those things as a backdrop and never makes you feel like you're being preached-to. And yes, the realism of the action portrayed in the film is one of the best made IMHO...

The best audio analogy is "the detail doesn't jump out at you, but it's there if you look (listen) for it"...

It seems that most of these sci-fi kind of movies tend to be dark (the actual screen I mean). They tend to create a lot of scenes via the computer. And, the results often come across as the characters are in night scenes but in fact they're not. These scenes just add to the gloom, as if the characters never see the light of day. This is the one thing I'm not thrilled about such movies.

jon_010101 · « **Reply #12 on:** 25 Jan 2007, 04:29 pm »

Quote from: goldlizsts on 25 Jan 2007, 04:14 pm

It seems that most of these sci-fi kind of movies tend to be dark (the actual screen I mean). They tend to create a lot of scenes via the computer. And, the results often come across as the characters are in night scenes but in fact they're not. These scenes just add to the gloom, as if the characters never see the light of day. This is the one thing I'm not thrilled about such movies.

I'm not sure if you've seen this film in particular, but it really isn't dark in the literal sense -- some of the most dramatic scenes are actually in daylight, and are therefore pretty shocking. Typical English weather, however.

PhilNYC · « **Reply #13 on:** 25 Jan 2007, 06:40 pm »

Quote from: goldlizsts on 25 Jan 2007, 04:14 pm

It seems that most of these sci-fi kind of movies tend to be dark (the actual screen I mean). They tend to create a lot of scenes via the computer. And, the results often come across as the characters are in night scenes but in fact they're not. These scenes just add to the gloom, as if the characters never see the light of day. This is the one thing I'm not thrilled about such movies.

I don't know if I'd really classify Children of Men as a sci-fi film. Yes, it takes place 20 years in the future, but it's far more of a societal commentary than it is based on any scientific premise.

And as jon says, this one isn't really "dark"...just overcast and foggy, as it takes place in England. Visually, the battle scene is more reminscient of a WWII battle than something like Star Wars...

gitarretyp · « **Reply #14 on:** 25 Jan 2007, 06:50 pm »

Sci-fi has come to mean a broad variety of things. Wikipedia has a reasonable colloquial definition. In my opinion, a large portion of good sci-fi is social commentary. For example: Fahrenheit 451, 1984, Brave New World, Blade Runner, Clockwork Orange, Solaris (not the Soderberg crapfest), Stalker.

nodiak · « **Reply #15 on:** 25 Jan 2007, 07:15 pm »

Great film. I thought one of the best/strongest moments was how the fighting stopped to let the baby pass, and you couldn't be sure if/when it would start again.

Dude, strawberry cough

navi · « **Reply #16 on:** 9 Feb 2007, 08:32 am »

I saw Children of Men on the weekend. I thought it was one of the best films of 2006- The one take shot when they are ambushed and julieanne moore gets shot was done really well.

PeteG · « **Reply #17 on:** 9 Feb 2007, 08:31 pm »

A very dark movie but well done

Ears · « **Reply #18 on:** 15 Feb 2007, 11:31 pm »

Saw this in theaters...and we all agreed that it was pretty good...but the ending was pretty much a letdown.

gitarretyp · « **Reply #19 on:** 16 Feb 2007, 12:00 am »

Quote from: Ears on 15 Feb 2007, 11:31 pm

Saw this in theaters...and we all agreed that it was pretty good...but the ending was pretty much a letdown.

Really? I thought it was great. It was a happy, hopeful ending while not being overly sappy or dramatic. Everything came to a clean conclusion without spending several minutes trying to explain anything or introduce new characters and plot.