On Vox: Movie Thoughts: Children of Men

[orangerful]

Children of Men (Widescreen Edition)

*phew* that was an intense 2 hours.  I knew it would be, everyone had said it was a good movie but not a feel-good movie.  But it was very well done.  I loved the whole look of it.  Very raw and gritty.  And Clive Owen has really started to grow on my as an actor.  I think the first few times I saw him, he played sort of weird characters (Sin City, Closer) so I didn't care for him, but he did a very good job in this.  Everyone did. 

A bleak vision of the future, but it all felt very real and plausible. 

I'm already on the wait list for the book, I'm very interested to see what the differences and similarities are. 

Originally posted on orangerful.vox.com

Comments

[bittertwee.livejournal.com]

Glad you finally got to see it! Yes, very gritty and all too plausible. My only thought was that I would have liked to have seen more angst about the end of humanity and whatnot, considering the circumstances. Everyone seemed way too focused on the immediate moment. But then, it was a tightly constructed story, so maybe there was no room for angst. Or maybe there's more angst in the book. You'll have to let me know (or maybe I'll read it myself).

[orangerful.livejournal.com]

well, if you figure after 18 years, people have either come to terms with it, or pushed it out of their minds. It seems like a ridiculous thought, but look at 9/11 and other tragedies that we some how "forget" very quickly, even though for awhile there it felt as though the end was nigh.

I think that's what makes it so plausible. Here we are, down to the last of earth's population, and we're still blowing each other up and abusing everyone. Though you could say Clive Owen started that way - when he said lets turn Key over to the government. It was treated as totally naive - he was thinking "OMG last baby!!!" and everyone knew it would never be that simple.

Actually...it kind of reminds me of Battlestar - the last of the race and we still bicker and argue over who's in charge etc..

mmmm, good movie. I don't know if i could watch it again, it was so intense and, well not really sad but gloomy?

[bittertwee.livejournal.com]

ah yes, good point, I hadn't considered the 18 year buffer. And yes, the fact that people are caught up in the day-to-day and still fight about unimportant stuff is a statement in and of itself and adds to the bleakness of the whole thing. But you're right that this is probably how things would play out.

And I also thought of the BSG comparison, but I can't really say anything until I see more of the series. The next DVD is on its way! (season 1:1, what can I say.. I'm slow..)

[orangerful.livejournal.com]

haha, well if AD hadn't bought it for me for my birthday, I'd be netflixing it too. It's just so easy to marathon the show when you've got the boxed set sitting right there...