Review: Children of Men
From time to time on this blog I'll be writing reviews of some of the movies I see. The first one I'm writing is for "Children of Men."
Initial thoughts: Blown away. Simply put, this movie was amazing. The cinematography was breath taking; it made you feel as if you were actually there experiencing it. The battle-scenes were extremely intense, and had one of the best continuous single-shots I have ever seen. By the end of the film, all I could say was "Holy shit...that was awesome!"
The film is based off of a novel by P.D. James, in which due to a number of reasons, some known and some unknown, women have become infertile, and this has thrown the world into chaos. The story takes place in Britain, basically the only country left functioning (a pretty accurate comparison would be to the game Half-life 2, although not as severe.) Clive Owen plays our main character, Theodore Faron, a former activist who has a great responsibility thrust upon him. He puts in a fantastic performance, and the cast is helped by other equally great performances by Julianne Moore, Michael Caine, and Chiwetel Ejofor.
Alfonso Cuarón should win Director of the Year for the movie. It was simply just that well directed. To quote movie critic Nick Rester: "It seems like Alfonso Cuarón broke every rule of film making in this movie and in turn recreated the genre."
Basically, just go see this film. Maybe even go see it twice, I know I plan to. 10/10
Initial thoughts: Blown away. Simply put, this movie was amazing. The cinematography was breath taking; it made you feel as if you were actually there experiencing it. The battle-scenes were extremely intense, and had one of the best continuous single-shots I have ever seen. By the end of the film, all I could say was "Holy shit...that was awesome!"
The film is based off of a novel by P.D. James, in which due to a number of reasons, some known and some unknown, women have become infertile, and this has thrown the world into chaos. The story takes place in Britain, basically the only country left functioning (a pretty accurate comparison would be to the game Half-life 2, although not as severe.) Clive Owen plays our main character, Theodore Faron, a former activist who has a great responsibility thrust upon him. He puts in a fantastic performance, and the cast is helped by other equally great performances by Julianne Moore, Michael Caine, and Chiwetel Ejofor.
Alfonso Cuarón should win Director of the Year for the movie. It was simply just that well directed. To quote movie critic Nick Rester: "It seems like Alfonso Cuarón broke every rule of film making in this movie and in turn recreated the genre."
Basically, just go see this film. Maybe even go see it twice, I know I plan to. 10/10
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