Children of Men

[peloquin]

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haha yeah. plus no kids - biggest bonus.

[Lorn]

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You don't have kids?

[peloquin]

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no i dont. but i was talking about the 21 and over theater - no kids talking or screaming through the movie. i saw one recently at the "regular" theater and there was a little kid with those shoes that have flashing lights on them, and his mother was just letting the little bastard pretty much run around, so it was flashing lights every 5 seconds. very hard to concentrate. 8 bucks well spent.

of course, not all kids are a pain during movies, but with some movies i'd rather not even take the risk.

[picklemonkey]

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I'd much rather deal with a waitress giving me a bucket of beer than a flashing kid running past me

[peloquin]

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agreed.

[peloquin]

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best adapted screenplay, cinematography, and film editing oscar nominations.

probably deserving of more noms imo, but good to see it got a couple regardless.

[KinKyJ]

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Just saw it on DVD and it totally rocked. Cuaron is a genius, I love the feel he gives to that movie with his documentary style of shooting and long takes.

Funny thing: out all of the murmuring in foreign languages in the scene where the Fish convene to chose a new leader, all of a sudden I hear "Mrsh o picku mater", Macedonian for take a hike or I'll fuck your mother. The things I learn from Erzina

[superdave]

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I saw this on pay per view last week and thought the concept of the movie was great. The scene towards the end when Clive Owen and the mother walk out with the baby and the military stops firing into the building was powerful.

The movie in general had some leftist view points that I'm wondering were added for the movie in the times were in. I'm sure conservatives don't like this movie. My main complaint was that we didn't get to see the Human Project people and who they were, what they were about, and what happens with humanity. I felt cheated that they could've done so much more.

[KinKyJ]

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I saw this on pay per view last week and thought the concept of the movie was great. The scene towards the end when Clive Owen and the mother walk out with the baby and the military stops firing into the building was powerful.

agree

The movie in general had some leftist view points that I'm wondering were added for the movie in the times were in. I'm sure conservatives don't like this movie. My main complaint was that we didn't get to see the Human Project people and who they were, what they were about, and what happens with humanity. I felt cheated that they could've done so much more.

Correction, there were leftist viewpoints (Fish et al) and right wing ones (UK government) and neither one was depicted as sympathetic imo. Theo (Clive Owen) on the other hand grows from an apathic drunk into a guy who's willing to fight for a future, no matter the politics. The core message imo is not so much political.

As for the Human Project and what happens with humanity, I think it would've killed the movie by making it pretty unrealistic/cheesy (the hero saves the day, we can all fuck 'n' breed again, yippiekayay, ...)

[res0nat0r]

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i loved this movie and the cinemtography was amazing. i loved the long take during the end of the flick with all of the bullets flying, i thought i was watching the beginning of saving private ryan again. awesome.

[peloquin]

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saw it again last night for the first time since the theater - absolutely superb movie, best one made in a while imo.

[Huggie Smiles]

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I thought 28 days later (first one) did the apocolypse thing much better tbh;

I also thought the reasons for the rest of the world going nuts - and subsequent reason for immigration heist in the UK, were a bit flimsy.

But good filming, dramatic scenes and good acting. The walk down the stairs was a great moment!

[zebramofo]

28 days later was great

[timchalj]

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This is an amazing film - incredible cinematography - it really deserved the oscar. The Pink Floyd reference is fantastic!

[feather]

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Good film, that scene after the middle bit with the camera hovering just behind Theo's shoulder, and then the blood splatter: Best shit I've seen in a film recently