Children of Men

[jOHN rODRIGUEZ]

wwWWWOWWWww

[chino]

I do love Julianne Moore.
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is it apocalyptic? or what?

[dubman]

Originally Posted by 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

er, guy...

from lust to science to rednecks to sharks to industrialization, movies have ALWAYS derived dramatic or horror or dystopian plots from the anxieties of the generation.

so probably one of the least new observations ever.

[Strangelet]

Originally Posted by dubman

er, guy...

from lust to science to rednecks to sharks to industrialization, movies have ALWAYS derived dramatic or horror or dystopian plots from the anxieties of the generation.

so probably one of the least new observations ever.

there's a difference between exploiting anxieties and examining them. If you don't agree, then yeah there's nothing new to observe is there? The movie was slickly produced, beautifully executed, well directed, well acted, and didn't say a fucking thing. And kid cue is right, some of it is too timely to be believable and that's mainly because it was forced in to maximize the exploitation, not because it actually meant something to the story. Eikman is also right, if you don't say anything you end up with a fucking zombie movie, so why even have the pretense and bill it as some provoking dystopian film when its a summer movie horror film. end of story.

[jOHN rODRIGUEZ]

When mama ain't happy, ain't no-body happy.

[Strangelet]

Originally Posted by jOHN rODRIGUEZ

When mama ain't happy, ain't no-body happy.

hey don't let me piss in your punch bowl. party away. great movie.

[jOHN rODRIGUEZ]

Zart undt bitter.

[Strangelet]

Originally Posted by jOHN rODRIGUEZ

Zart undt bitter.

fine and please? quois?

[sanblaster]

Great movie. Great visuals. Completely believable in terms of human degradation (Abhu Grhaib anyone?).

*spoilers?


The long part taken in one shot near the end reminded me a lot of what the Yugoslavian War must have looked like. A lot.












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[BeautifulBurnout]

Originally Posted by Strangelet

there's a difference between exploiting anxieties and examining them. If you don't agree, then yeah there's nothing new to observe is there? The movie was slickly produced, beautifully executed, well directed, well acted, and didn't say a fucking thing. And kid cue is right, some of it is too timely to be believable and that's mainly because it was forced in to maximize the exploitation, not because it actually meant something to the story. Eikman is also right, if you don't say anything you end up with a fucking zombie movie, so why even have the pretense and bill it as some provoking dystopian film when its a summer movie horror film. end of story.

Having (at long last) seen this movie on dvd a coupla weeks ago, I can see where you are coming from, Strangelet. I wonder how much of it is a cultural thing though? This film "said" a lot to me because it appeared to be taking real issues that are currently headlining in the UK and taking them just one or two steps forward - not exaggerated beyond belief imo, but logical simple progressions. So in that respect, for me, it doesn't take huge leaps of faith to be very believable.

All in all, I enjoyed it as much as I thought I would.