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Children of Men

Anybody seen it yet, It looks awesome.
01-05-2007 12:55 PM
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I want to also. I've only seen the trailer.
01-05-2007 02:06 PM
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Pretty amazing.

There's not a whole lot to say about it...I just got out of the theatre twenty minutes or so ago and I'm trying to process an interesting review but even I'm sort of left a bit speechless. Except..."interesting".
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"good-interesting" or "can't-think-of-appropriate-word-to-express-disgust-interesting"?
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never heard of it...but that doesnt suprise me.
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Rebelnerd Wrote:"good-interesting" or "can't-think-of-appropriate-word-to-express-disgust-interesting"?

Good interesting.
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Fucking R Rating...
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Never heard of it.
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The Wandering Soul Wrote:Never heard of it.
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The Wandering Soul Wrote:What club?
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Do we get T-Shirts?
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Cosbydaf Wrote:Do we get T-Shirts?
OF COURSE! WHAT CLUB DOESNT?!
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The Official Nudiest Society.

That was fucking lame.
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Toucanman Wrote:The Official Nudiest Society.

That was fucking lame.
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I saw Children of Men today and it was amazing. It was one of the best movies I've seen in a while. The Departed and Flags of Our Father were pretty good but they didn't draw me in like Children of Men.

A hand held camera was used throughout the movie and the cinematography is very good but during some scenes a steadicam would have been better. Children of Men has the overused but stylistically appropriate washed-out look and the CGI was pretty impressive. The last part of the movie has really awesome scenes in it. I don't want to spoil what they are. Let's just say "urban fighting".

The two main characters, played by Clive Owen and Claire-Hope Ashitey, were pretty flat and the acting wasn't the best but much of the story telling is incidental or taken from the environment, e.g. the way the illegal immigrants are treated. Michael Caine is better and does the best performance he's done in a while.

A few things I liked are the use of Banksy's art, the pig floating over Battersea Power Station, and the use of In the Court of the Crimson King.

I'd give Children of Men an 8.5/10.
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now i want to see it=[
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I thought it would be more of a drama but there is a lot of action in it. One thing to note is that the main character never picks up a gun. He smashes one guy in the face with a battery and hits a guy with a car door, but that's all the violence he does.
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What, the washed-out look of Behind Enemy lines and saving Private ryan? I love that look, very gritty.
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It's not as washed out as, say, Band of Brothers.
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You know what impressed me coming out of the movie.

There was a point in the movie when I thought, "Damn...whoever has the job of sound effects did a hell of a great job."

I didn't say anything about it because I'm weird and overanalytical about things like that but then my Mom was driving me home and she commented on how the background noise was really good and believeable.

So there's that.

I really liked all the other attention to detail like the commercials about not taking fertility tests being a crime and such. All well done.
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Commericals like the ones in Robocop (The sunscreen blue girl one), or ones on television in the movie?
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