Children of Men

[L0ngsh0t]

Geez, I am the only one in this thread who didn't find this movie amazing, at all.



*Hides in dark corner*

I'm seeing Pan's Labrynth tonight but as of Now that was the best movie of 2006, and the best movie that has been released in along time in my opinion

 

[Warhammer]

I saw Pan's earlier today.
Damn, it was great.



Kudos to Guillermo.

 

[The Dark Defender]

Geez, I am the only one in this thread who didn't find this movie amazing, at all.



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I thought it was ok.

 

[Mike059jig]

I thought it was exceptional....a very cynical grounded future...no flying cars etc........I thought the first death shocked me!!!!!....

 

[L0ngsh0t]

I thought it was exceptional....a very cynical grounded future...no flying cars etc........I thought the first death shocked me!!!!!....

yeah totally man

 

[Ghostrider84]

sorry if there is already a thread on this, looked through ten pages and found nothing

but anyways, saw this movie this past weekend, I think this is by far, one of the best movies of the last five, maybe ten years...... anyone else see this?

 

[Carmine Falcone]

yeah totally man

And it is filmed BRILLIANTLY.

 

[Ghostrider84]

anyone else get choked up when they were walking out of the building?

 

[Rac]

It's very good. I liked it really much. I love how dystopia has come back (Equilibrium, V for Vendetta, Children of Men) to the big screen.

 

[black_dust]

sorry if there is already a thread on this, looked through ten pages and found nothing

but anyways, saw this movie this past weekend, I think this is by far, one of the best movies of the last five, maybe ten years...... anyone else see this?

Got it on dvd, wouldn't say its the best in 10 years maybe in terms of cinematography and the style and look, but it was ok and the ending was pretty much a let down

 

[Master Chief]

anyone else get choked up when they were walking out of the building?

Totally. Most beautiful scene in the movie.

 

[Cinemaman]

As for me:
1. The Prestige
2. Children of Men
3. The Departed

Scorsese made one of his best movies this year and also perfect crime drama. But there wasn't something, what had The Prestige and Children of Men. The first one had excellent script, perfect cast and great twists, so that's why it's my favorite one. But COM made me to get into this world of depressive and savage future. So I hope it will get nomination for Best Movie

 

[The Dark Defender]

I did really like the scene

Spoiler

where the fighting ceases to allow passage out of the building for the baby

, buy that was the only really powerful moment in the film imo.

 

[Ghostrider84]

Totally. Most beautiful scene in the movie.

who's on your avatar?

 

[Master Chief]

My wife.

 

[Warhammer]

I did really like the scene

Spoiler

where the fighting ceases to allow passage out of the building for the baby

, buy that was the only really powerful moment in the film imo.

Yeah.
That was one of the most powerful scenes that I've ever seen.

 

[Maximus One]

yea thi movie was brilliant but i made the mistake of going with one of my "thuggy" friends and he would stop askin me what was goin on anways absolutely briliant movie

 

[tzarinna]

That was hardcore and intense film.

Owens kind of reminds me of Nic Cage.

I was very impressed with the story,setting and the ability to make me chuckle during such a dreary,frightening time. I did get a bit choked up while they exit the building,lol,I was going to ask the guy next to me for a tissue.

I want to live on an island all alone. But I now feel bad for not having a strong desire to breed.

 

[mclay18]

I give it a 9-bordering-on-10. Most of the movie was simply amazing and Clive Owen was excellent in the main role. I also like the fact that the ending is open-ended and leaves room for interpretation.

The reason why I knocked my rating down a peg is because Cuaron's political leanings are much too obvious at times, it would be nice if he incorporated them more subtly in the narrative.

 

[War Party]

Here is the US release DVD information. Comes out March 27.

* Deleted Scenes!
* Possibility of Hope -- A chilling documentary features the world's leading futurists and philosophers examining social and economic shifts that find expression in Children of Men.
* Theo and Julian -- In exclusive on-set interviews, actors Clive Owen and Julianne Moore offer up insights and secrets about the complex and compelling characters they have created in Children of Men.
* Futuristic Designs -- Director Alfonso Cuaron created an original and dynamic vision of the future for this film. Follow his vision as it goes from concept to seething cinematic life in this featurette.
* Visual Effects: Creating the Baby -- Uncover the incredible visual effects used to create a life-like baby in the film.
* Men Under Attack -- Children of Men features amazingly realistic scenes of the chaos and violence and groundbreaking, Oscar-nominated cinematography by Emmanuel Lubezki, called by Rolling Stone's Peter Travers "a weaver of visual miracles." This mini-documentary breaks down two of the most terrifying scenes in the film -- the cafe explosion and a car under violent attack from all sides -- to show how the filmmakers created sequences in which "You don't just watch the scene, you live inside it, ducking each fresh, ferocious assault."


http://dvd.ign.com/articles/769/769048p1.html

 

[Carmine Falcone]

I watched the film again yesterday. Still amazing.

 

[Sava]

one of the best films i have ever seen IMO.. this and Pan

 

[L0ngsh0t]

Yeah imo this was the best movie of 06, better than departed, Pan's Labrynth, et al.

 

[Prognosticator]

Saw this yestersay, For the first time in my life, i was actually excited, and I had no idea what was going to happen next. My heart was actually racing in that scene in the woods, best chase scene ever.

I'm thinking you haven't seen very many movies, or else you have a big problem with overexaggerating. Don't get me wrong, it was a GREAT scene, but I could still name 20 better chase scenes.

**And let the ripping of Prognosticator from Assassin begin**

it felt like spielberg directed it.......... that speaks for itself

but i wasnt so happy about the ending

While we're on the subject of overexaggeration, you just topped Assassin.

I was one of the first people on the hype to see this... I gave a pretty indepth note for note review of what I thought of it... I don't know, somehow I LOVED the ideas in the film but I felt the execution was off... the ending was just cheesy I thought... i mean come on

Spoiler

yaaaayy the white ship full of brave Swedish manly sailors comes to the rescue... hip hip hooraaaah... It would've been so so much more powerful had they just ended it with Owen snuffing it and that's it... you don't KNOW what actually happens to the baby and the mother... they're just there... stuck on the water in the boat... that would've been a MASTERPIECE ending I thought...

This sentence accurately expresses how I felt. I was REALLY anticipating this movie! The trailer was pretty close to perfect, but the movie left something to the senses that I haven't figured out yet.

It was like, you could tell a person shot the film deliberately in a non-traditional fashion. Maybe there was too much diversity in terms of camera work. Like, sometimes it was a giant scope and sometimes it was a handheld and sometimes it was greenscreen, etc... The movie was a book translated into a movie, and that's what it felt like. I bet the book is better.

Geez, I am the only one in this thread who didn't find this movie amazing, at all.



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I did find PARTS of the movie amazing. I loved its raw originality. I loved the uniquely realistic vision of the future. I like Clive Owen. I like Michael Caine. I liked the overall grey colormatte given to the film representing not only England but bleakness in the world...But there were some awkward moments that I couldn't entirely appreciate. Again, I think it's because they were turning a book into a movie. Some emotional detail was lost in translation.

 

[NimbleBimble]

Prognosticator, I have to respectfully disagree with most of what your'e saying. Out of pure curioustiy, could you specify what you thought was awkward... where do you think the emotional depth was lost? Thanks.