Children of Men: Not to be missed.

[Miss_Bella_Hell]

I admit that I love Clive Owen and would watch any movie he appeared in, including Jackass the Movie 3: British Invasion.

That aside, I can't think of a movie in recent history that has touched me like Children of Men. Has anyone else seen this? Care to share your comments? It's such an excellent, spot-on, near-future-dystopia. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0206634/

 

[WEEGEE]

An excellent movie

I think it was an excellent movie. I was very disappointed it garnered no

great oscar support but oscars be oscars as life be life.

 

[happyfilmluvguy]

The beginning and ending titles were straight out of a 70s movie.

An intense and highly regarded film.

 

[J. M. Stovall]

A really good film that deserve a look! My wife and I still talk about it.

 

[dr greg]

stunning

I bought a copy for my library.

 

[Lady Day]

http://thefedoralounge.com/showthread.php?t=15181&highlight=children

Gave my two cents here.

LD

 

[jazzbass]

Great flick--very dark. I'm a Clive Owen fan too.





bob

 

[Miss_Bella_Hell]

http://thefedoralounge.com/showthread.php?t=15181&highlight=children

Gave my two cents here.

LD

D'oh. I searched, I swear.

 

[MrPumpernickel]

Aside from what's already mentioned, how about that extremely long one cut scene nearing the end of the movie? Damn, that was riveting!

 

[Miss_Bella_Hell]

Aside from what's already mentioned, how about that extremely long one cut scene nearing the end of the movie? Damn, that was riveting!

Yeah, and the long cut when they're in the car and get ambushed in the woods? On the dvd there's a whole bonus feature on how they accomplished those cuts.

 

[jake431]

I can't say I really enjoyed this movie - but that's not to say it's not good. It's a great film and profoundly moving.

It's just that it left me sitting in my car in the parking lot for about 15 solid minutes afterward, feeling terrible about the world and the future.

I guess that's just testimony to how good it was, but damned if I ever want to put myself through that again!

-Jake

 

[MrPumpernickel]

Jake, I think that's indeed a good testiment to the movie though. If more people actually stopped for 15 minutes to think, even if it made them feel bad about the world, chances are we could solve many of the problems of the world that's caused either by ill will or by just carelessness.