Showing posts with label Children Of Men. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Children Of Men. Show all posts
Saturday, January 2, 2010
Cure your tinnitus once and for all. May have some side effects.
RE: Children of Men: this is why you should always research the name of your product very carefully before bringing it to market. heh heh.
#1 Children of Men
2006. dir. Alfonso Cuaron, starring Clive Owen, Julianne Moore, Michael Caine.
Seen it before? No
Let's face it, a world without children or laughter is down right creepy...the single shots by Cuaron were done really well but this movie was too violent for me....weird considering I can sit through a Bourne movie with no problem. No explanation of if it was only women who were infertile or if men were infertile too but it seems to be implied that women were the ones who carried the burden of the worldwide issue.
Clive Owen and Julian Moore were terrific, though the latter was out of the movie pretty early on. Michael Caine was unintelligible so we had to turn on the captions. I didn't know what Jasper's relationship to Theo was. Comedic moments did exist in Syd the crooked cop, Maricka the eccentric gypsy woman, and the mouth-to-mouth ball popping exchange. I'm not quite sure if I like how the movie ended but I suppose there was enough of a resolution for me. Clare-Hope Ashitey was excellent...I loved her humor with the names she thought of for her unborn child...Froley and Bazouka...and how the baby was "annoyed" due to all the gunfire and bombings.
Would I see it again? Sure
Would I make it a part of our collection? No
Seen it before? No
Let's face it, a world without children or laughter is down right creepy...the single shots by Cuaron were done really well but this movie was too violent for me....weird considering I can sit through a Bourne movie with no problem. No explanation of if it was only women who were infertile or if men were infertile too but it seems to be implied that women were the ones who carried the burden of the worldwide issue.
Clive Owen and Julian Moore were terrific, though the latter was out of the movie pretty early on. Michael Caine was unintelligible so we had to turn on the captions. I didn't know what Jasper's relationship to Theo was. Comedic moments did exist in Syd the crooked cop, Maricka the eccentric gypsy woman, and the mouth-to-mouth ball popping exchange. I'm not quite sure if I like how the movie ended but I suppose there was enough of a resolution for me. Clare-Hope Ashitey was excellent...I loved her humor with the names she thought of for her unborn child...Froley and Bazouka...and how the baby was "annoyed" due to all the gunfire and bombings.
Would I see it again? Sure
Would I make it a part of our collection? No
#1 Children Of Men: Last one to die, please turn off the lights.
2006. dir. Alfonso Cuaron, starring Clive Owen, Julianne Moore, Michael Caine.
Seen it before? No
So it's the future, and nobody can have children anymore for some reason that is never explained. The entire world has basically gone to shit, but this one woman is pregnant, so there's lots of gunfights as she tries to escape government attention. The director seemed to be showing off a bit here with the shots lasting several minutes (like the scene where Julianne Moore gets shot) but it's pretty awesome.
Current position on Top 250: 180
I think that's: About right
Seen it before? No
So it's the future, and nobody can have children anymore for some reason that is never explained. The entire world has basically gone to shit, but this one woman is pregnant, so there's lots of gunfights as she tries to escape government attention. The director seemed to be showing off a bit here with the shots lasting several minutes (like the scene where Julianne Moore gets shot) but it's pretty awesome.
Current position on Top 250: 180
I think that's: About right
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