Saw Children of Men the other day (in a theater!). I liked it.
It’s set in the nearish future. For unknown reasons, there have been no births in 18 years and the human race appears to be headed into extinction. Furthermore, wars and terrorist attacks have ravaged much of the planet, and England has become a police state where immigrants (called "fugees," just like Lauren Hill's old group) are rounded up and put into camps for deportation, or made to live in ghettos. A former radical named Theo (Clive Owen) is drawn into a shady revolutionary organization that may have the key to humanity’s future.
Again, I really enjoyed the movie, especially the soundtrack and for the kittens (aww), but I’m also always appreciative of movies that are willingly downbeat – it’s a nice respite from the standard cookie-cutter Hollywood flicks with their grafted-on happy endings.
But since I am not a person who likes children all that much – I pretty much hate them, actually – I didn’t find the movie’s bleak, oppressive milieu nearly as bleak and oppressive as I was supposed to.
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A world without children doesn't sound all that scary to me either, so I definitely liked this flick .. I thought the ending, in particular, with just a glimmer of hope, was just perfect
I watched the movie with my girlfriend and we both loved it. Besides, she is a Clive Owen's fan, she says he is the perfect man. I had to tolerate that, but just because the movie was actually great.
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