Children of Men

[GforGroove]

UUh? racist?
see it again. think multicolor while you watch it, is easier......

black/white mind sets are so outdated. seriously the color of Bazooka
wasn't the point at all!!

[mkb]

Originally Posted by GforGroove

UUh? racist?
see it again. think multicolor while you watch it, is easier......

black/white mind sets are so outdated. seriously the color of Bazooka
wasn't the point at all!!

I haven't even seen it yet

The mindset isn't totally outdated unfortunately but don't bother entering a discussion about it unless your skin is of the right color among certain crowds that i was until recently friends with.

[GreenPea]

Originally Posted by kid cue

it might've been racist if the only fertile woman on the planet had been white. the subtext was Christian. in the film they treated Kee's pregnancy as if it were a miracle, not a stereotype.

Oh..I see where they are coming from now..wow...totally missed that. Anyways, kid cue is right.

[dubman]

Originally Posted by kid cue

i mean, i agree that it isn't just sci-fi, but i guess i don't buy into the duality between fiction/speculation/narrative vs. truth/issues/NOW. i'd be more into the concept of Children Of Men as an unsettling movie about the times posing as a sci-fi film if it weren't 95% about "THE TIMES" (with bonus futuristic premise) and didn't come across as being--slightly--heavy-handed as a result. i'd have hoped for it to be a little cleverer, for a truly subversive and unsettling story.

well shit, at least it wasnt "V for vendetta"

[dubman]

Originally Posted by kid cue

it might've been racist if the only fertile woman on the planet had been white. the subtext was Christian. in the film they treated Kee's pregnancy as if it were a miracle, not a stereotype.

oh shit, is *that* where it was going? ugh. can we say it's also biased aginst those in poverty or can we accept the tendencies of how different socioeconomic sections behave without pulling the race card?

ugh. utterly lazy on yr friends' part mkb.

[mkb]

Originally Posted by dubman

ugh. utterly lazy on yr friends' part mkb.

well, i'd apologize for keeping lousy company but we're now no longer on speaking terms, heh.

[kid cue]

Originally Posted by dubman

well shit, at least it wasnt "V for vendetta"

yeah. i had extremely high expectations for it, most of which were met, so i badly want it to be perfect. this one wins over V For Vendetta just for having dubstep

[Tom]

Saw this the other night and really enjoyed it. I kind of man-love Clive Owen.

[Jafs]

Just saw it ! Great, too many things to describe. Just go watch this if you can !

[Strangelet]

just saw it as well.

horrid movie. a new genre has been created: anxploitation. exploit all the anxieties people have developed from watching the nightly news. spoilers follow...

lets see, lets just go through the list.


flu pandemic? ..... check
pollution? .......... check
alien invasion? ..... check
the whole world looks like gaza?.... check
mysterious species wide dysfunction?...check

nothing interesting was said about above problems, just a drawn out bleak picture of it. Moreover, the whole world is turning out the lights, you'd think things would be calmer, more resigned. No new babies means a collapsing population, means more resources, means people can just do drugs and have sex all day. seems just as plausible.