I rewatched Children of Men

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punk rebel ecks: Dec 11, 2010; A shitty post? This calls for a dance of deduction.

The film is great. I really love the cinematography and gritty theme. I also enjoyed the socio-political commentary. I originally watched it ten years ago but I was too young to appreciate it. Glad I watched it again.

# ¿ Jul 3, 2016 19:49

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# ¿ Apr 28, 2024 10:32

punk rebel ecks: Dec 11, 2010; A shitty post? This calls for a dance of deduction.

So the reason why they didn't go public with the baby is because they thought that the government would take the baby away from the girl and kill her or something right?

Jonesy posted:

Real talk the reverse chase scene where the motorcycle dudes get doored and Julianne Moore gets killed made me sweat with anxiety when I first saw it.

Yeah I wasn't expecting her to die that early on.

# ¿ Jul 3, 2016 20:07

punk rebel ecks: Dec 11, 2010; A shitty post? This calls for a dance of deduction.

I find that this film is more relevant today thanks to the increasing xenophobia and migration tensions in the U.K.

# ¿ Jul 3, 2016 23:43

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Out of Band II posted:

I went to buy Children of Men once and I wasn't paying attention and bought "City of Men" instead (lol i just like men apparently) and didn't realize it until i was watching it an everyone was speaking Portuguese.

Both movies are very good and with the Olympics coming up City of Men or City of God would be great films to get you into the "everything is terrible here in the favela" mindset.

City of Men sounds like a spiritual sequel to City of God.

# ¿ Jul 4, 2016 01:54

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Sintax posted:

It's one of those movies that's essentially a director's cut which is why it's more of a sleeper hit than a mainstream success, because the mainstream cant loving pay attention without cgi robots or whatever

Also the love interest dies early on. The main character dies. And you don't see the end result of the Human Genome Project or whatever the gently caress it was called.

# ¿ Jul 4, 2016 05:41

punk rebel ecks: Dec 11, 2010; A shitty post? This calls for a dance of deduction.

It's sad that the film bombed.

# ¿ Jul 4, 2016 08:49

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Drunken Baker posted:

apparently most people miscarry their first child but they never tell you that in sex ed which is a dick move.

Seriously?

# ¿ Jul 4, 2016 14:39

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Zzulu posted:

There are no more new hollywood stars like before

you get a few new upstarts like that guy who played Thor or Captain America but then they fade away. Thor and Captain America is only gonna be remembered as thor and captain america and then they'll be replaced

We still got the old guarde like the Tom Cruises of the world, but there arent many new guys on the block

This is a good thing. I always thought the concept of "movie star" was purely idiotic. I mean if it is due to their actual acting talent, then that is fine. But that is rarely the case.

# ¿ Jul 4, 2016 20:41

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Kaedric posted:

Movie good.

Book also, but in a different way I guess. I think the first half of the book was the most convincing portrayal of how hosed up poo poo would actually be in such a future, and I just felt godawful reading it. It was amazing. I wasn't as big a fan of the latter half, but I'm not sure if it's because the main character turned into everything he hated and effectively became The Bad Guy, or if it was for another reason.

That was a pretty big difference, btw. I mean, dying vs becoming evil is a pretty big change. Both endings good in their own way.

Can you go into more detail about how the book differs from the film? How does the protagonist become "evil" exactly?

# ¿ Jul 5, 2016 01:52

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dads_work_files posted:

I heard the book had some weird pro-life subtext, like it was God saying "I told you so" for having abortions

Wait, what!?

# ¿ Jul 5, 2016 12:09

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punk rebel ecks: Dec 11, 2010; A shitty post? This calls for a dance of deduction.

Should I watch "The Road'?

# ¿ Jul 20, 2016 08:31

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