Children Of Men

I'm very excited to see 28 Weeks Later. 28 Days Later is one of my favourite movies. But I am incredibly worried where the new direction will take. Hopefully it'll be a perfect match to Danny Boyle's fantastic first. And Cillian Murphy is not in it, so that's disappointment number 2


and since i'm talkin movies, i saw a fantastic film yesterday.






CHILDREN OF MEN. a brilliant movie with a harrowing peek into the not so distant future 2027, where the world is a dystopia and infertility raid the human race. No babies have been born in the last 18 yrs. the youngest person alive becomes the instant celebrity. the world is in a state of regress instead of progress. Britain remains the last living civilisation. Political uproar looms around illegal immigrants trying to make their way into Britain. A forever ravishing Julianne Moore plays the leader of the Fishes, named for their tendency to swim against the current. They are sorta like the rebels. so she approached Clive Owen (Theo) for a favour, which is to bring the first pregnant woman in 18 yrs to a safe place.

Alfonso Cuaron. he of Y Tu mama Tambien and Harry potter and Prizoner of Azkaban fame. i think he is fantastic. together with Pan's Labyrinth's director and Babel's director (these 3 happen to be very good frens in real life who help each other out in their own films), they form the best trio of foreign directors around in Hollywood. similar to the way he did one of the shots in Paris JeTaime, Children of Men consists of many long shots which required very specific timing and coordination. rehearsals were sure to have been a nightmare. but it also gave the scenes an added sense of reality and real time. many events that take place will take you by surprise due to the way they were shot. No music will warn you of the surprises to come. which is what makes it so disturbing: all these can be real and happen in the near future. the cinematography is fantastically apocalyptic, filled with cool colours and bleak chunks of dust-grey.

Clive Owen, my black marauder. he played the role with such everyday-guy-like quality that makes u want him to succeed. his backstory gives an insight into his actions. his boorish goodlooks have never been put to better use. Julianne Moore makes only a brief but delightful appearance. the newcomer who plays the pregnant woman is a tad irksome for ruining the tone of the movie a lil. IMO her lines were delivered very abruptly, without any sense of dramatic timing. very monotonous. i really dun understand why she was chosen.

i love the tone of this movie. it's not a happy family movie to catch over dinner. it's a bleak look into the possible condition of the human race generations from now. problems of infertility, famine, war, poverty and what-have-you might raid our society. Bombings become frequent and the only solace you can find is probably your own treehouse in the middle of the forest. imagine 18 yrs without hearing the cries of a baby, and how powerful that little cry (that seem so irritating to most of us when we hear it in the library or at quiet shopping malls now) can be in that ruined civilisation. COM is a disturbing film that leaves you with no resolution. after the ending you will probably be shell-shocked for a moment, freezed with unbelievable-ness that it ended the way it did. i've said before that good films leave you with a lingering after taste that creeps on and doesnt quite leave. this is probably goin to be one of the best films i'll see this year.