Children of Men

Sep. 23rd, 2006 at 11:06 PM

We've just seen Children of Men.

It is the best film I've seen in at least five years.

Sin City was a triumph of style though without the substance. Primer had a brainfuck of a lot of substance but was shot on someone's videocamera. This film has a fuck of a lot of both. Pay to see it now.

Current Mood:Fucking hell...

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catnik

Sep. 23rd, 2006 10:39 pm (UTC)

You mean there's more to it than "Oh NOES, if you don't have babies, it will be the end of the world" BS it looks like?

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digitalraven

Sep. 23rd, 2006 11:16 pm (UTC)

Trust me.

A fuck of a lot more. The trailers do not do it justice.

I went in thinking what you did. I got out and posted this.

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catnik

Sep. 23rd, 2006 11:58 pm (UTC)

Re: Trust me.

Well, that's heartening. Of course, I'm in the midwest. It probably won't even come here.

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digitalraven

Sep. 24th, 2006 02:23 pm (UTC)

The trailers give nothing away.

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akicif

Sep. 24th, 2006 11:14 am (UTC)

PD James' Aldiss rip-off? It'd be funny if the film ended up closer to Greybeard....

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digitalraven

Sep. 24th, 2006 02:19 pm (UTC)

All I'll say is that IMO the film is better than the book.

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aarondb

Sep. 24th, 2006 01:16 pm (UTC)

I loved the book when I read in dumdeedumblah years ago.

Looking forward to the flick.

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digitalraven

Sep. 24th, 2006 02:20 pm (UTC)

Personally, I think the film was better than the book. It's changed in order to work on the screen, but it does work beautifully. No needless explanations, no "as you already know", exposition that's in character, and beautiful camerawork.

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