Not sure I'll ever get around to a full-fledged review of it, but here's a few words about it from my website:
More discussions occured in the "What are you listening to right now?" thread starting at this post and continuing on for several more.
Quote: Baby, I would see CHILDREN OF MEN again in a heartbeat. It was incredible. Easily one of 2006's best. I don't know why it isn't catching on with audiences, but it's a farking shame. Go see it. You must. I didn't know what was going to happen from one scene to the next, the story takes some very bold turns, and the camerawork is astounding. You just can't believe what you're seeing sometimes. There is a particular moment that involves a car being attacked from all directions, and I seem to remember there being no edits - just one continuing shot - but it's really complicated with a lot of things going on, stunt-wise and performance-wise. How they kept it all together is just amazing. On several occasions, I jumped back in my seat from shock. Other times, I was choking back tears. It's a very emotional story. Not sure why I felt so moved by a fictional story when I can ignore similar things on the tv, but there you go. Exceptional film that everybody needs to see. Oh, and there is some phenomenal CGI work that I would love to describe, but don't want to spoil the story, so I'll just say that you'll know it when it shows up. Wow, wow, wow.
And here's teh Estel mention: link (in the cinematography category).
Not b77-related, but one of my favorite movie reviewers did an excellent write-up for it, so check it out if you've seen it:
http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Veranda..........children_of_men
And I had fun reading about the book from Wikipedia. Spoilers abound, please don't click if you haven't seen the film.
For those who haven't seen it: SEE IT!!!!!
EDITED to add link to it's trailer, because it really should be in this first post. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwsgkurfCjE
TheEllipticalDisillusion has started a similar thread to tackle the more critical aspects of discussion, so feel free to swing on by there as well: The Children of Men critical analysis thread. (Just to note: the title of this thread was meant in jest because I'd heard only the highest of praise for the film from b77ers. It does not mean only those who loved it can post here.)
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