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JMO
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It was alright, decent and good. Nothing more, I think most give it more credit bc it's 'british'.  |
Whats the difference between 'british' and british I wonder. Anyway I thought Owen was fantastic as he normally is. The story moved rapidly and the long shots were great.
Alfonso Cauron and Danny Boyle have similar styles. I know Boyle did't direct 28 weeks later but his mark is all over it, and it definitly resembles 28 days in camera work.
It is a beautiful film and definitly up there for the last ten years.
I have seen Hot Fuzz and its great. Dragged a little and not as good as Shaun of the Dead. I'm a big Spaced Devotee so I was always going to love Hot Fuzz. just don't think they are comparable movies really.
Whoever mentioned star wars 3 needs a lobotomy. That cackola of a series should have been stillborn unlike that adorable cgi baby in COM. |
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Thunndarr
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| It was good, but I'd say Pan's Labyrinth was probably the best movie I've seen in quite a while. |
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JMO
Joined: 18 Jul 2006
Location: Daegu
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| Posted: Mon Jun 18, 2007 12:27 am Post subject: |
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| Thunndarr wrote: |
| It was good, but I'd say Pan's Labyrinth was probably the best movie I've seen in quite a while. |
That movie was awesome, completely blew me away. I watched it a couple of sundays ago...everybody needs to see that movie. |
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yingwenlaoshi
Joined: 12 Feb 2007
Location: ... location, location!
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| Posted: Mon Jun 18, 2007 1:23 am Post subject: |
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| Thunndarr wrote: |
| It was good, but I'd say Pan's Labyrinth was probably the best movie I've seen in quite a while. |
I started watching it and then decided that I'd best wait until I'm in Canada next and smoke a doobie beforehand. |
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Freaka
Joined: 05 Jun 2007
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| Posted: Mon Jun 18, 2007 4:44 am Post subject: |
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| Alfonso Cuaron is an amazing director and storyteller (Y Tu Mama Tambien is up there in my All Time Top Ten) and he did his best to bring Children of Men to life despite the fact that he was working with some pretty weak and sloppy source material imho. How did the human race become sterile? Was this not an important question? The movie never even attempted to answer it. How did one woman suddenly become pregnant and her womb become the symbol of hope for all of mankind? An equally important question. Again, ignored. The film focused on the ramifications of the crisis at hand but never addressed the how and why. Strange film. Though it wasn't awful, I was ultimately disappointed. Clive Owen was excellent per usual, but half the time, I thought he looked confused as to what he was doing in this movie. Pass. |
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JMO
Joined: 18 Jul 2006
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| Posted: Mon Jun 18, 2007 4:59 am Post subject: |
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| Freaka wrote: |
| Alfonso Cuaron is an amazing director and storyteller (Y Tu Mama Tambien is up there in my All Time Top Ten) and he did his best to bring Children of Men to life despite the fact that he was working with some pretty weak and sloppy source material imho. How did the human race become sterile? Was this not an important question? The movie never even attempted to answer it. How did one woman suddenly become pregnant and her womb become the symbol of hope for all of mankind? An equally important question. Again, ignored. The film focused on the ramifications of the crisis at hand but never addressed the how and why. Strange film. Though it wasn't awful, I was ultimately disappointed. Clive Owen was excellent per usual, but half the time, I thought he looked confused as to what he was doing in this movie. Pass. |
I'm not sure why those questions have to be answered. We don't need to know the whole story imo. We just need to be shown their journey in an engaging manner. I thought it was well done, and the ambiguity around plot details worked for the movie. It helped put all the focus on the urgency of what was happening at that very moment. A sense of urgency ran through the movie. |
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Freaka
Joined: 05 Jun 2007
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| Posted: Mon Jun 18, 2007 5:02 am Post subject: |
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| JMO wrote: |
| Freaka wrote: |
| Alfonso Cuaron is an amazing director and storyteller (Y Tu Mama Tambien is up there in my All Time Top Ten) and he did his best to bring Children of Men to life despite the fact that he was working with some pretty weak and sloppy source material imho. How did the human race become sterile? Was this not an important question? The movie never even attempted to answer it. How did one woman suddenly become pregnant and her womb become the symbol of hope for all of mankind? An equally important question. Again, ignored. The film focused on the ramifications of the crisis at hand but never addressed the how and why. Strange film. Though it wasn't awful, I was ultimately disappointed. Clive Owen was excellent per usual, but half the time, I thought he looked confused as to what he was doing in this movie. Pass. |
I'm not sure why those questions have to be answered. We don't need to know the whole story imo. We just need to be shown their journey in an engaging manner. I thought it was well done, and the ambiguity around plot details worked for the movie. It helped put all the focus on the urgency of what was happening at that very moment. A sense of urgency ran through the movie. |
It was definitely well directed...like I said, Cuaron did his best despite what he was given to work with. I just didn't like the story. And while others may not have had a problem with the ambiguity, I did. |
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Don Gately
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It was horribly depressing and pandered needlessly to the audience's emotions. When Michael Caine is going around preparing his invalid wife and their dog for the bad guys to arrive everyone I saw it with was bawling but I was just hoping they hurried up and got there and got it over with.
Kids are valuable. We get it. Children of Men was about as deep and profound as Crash. |
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newintown
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| i thought it was utter tripe. i couldn't believe the hype surrounding it. it was cheesey & clive owen was unconvincing. almost as weak as nicholas wooden cage. |
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DCJames
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| JMO wrote: |
| Thunndarr wrote: |
| It was good, but I'd say Pan's Labyrinth was probably the best movie I've seen in quite a while. |
That movie was awesome, completely blew me away. I watched it a couple of sundays ago...everybody needs to see that movie. |
It's a good movie, but I would recommend a kid seeing it without a parent.
The movie is not for kids. |
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JMO
Joined: 18 Jul 2006
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| Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2007 7:31 pm Post subject: |
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| DCJames wrote: |
| JMO wrote: |
| Thunndarr wrote: |
| It was good, but I'd say Pan's Labyrinth was probably the best movie I've seen in quite a while. |
That movie was awesome, completely blew me away. I watched it a couple of sundays ago...everybody needs to see that movie. |
It's a good movie, but I would recommend a kid seeing it without a parent.
The movie is not for kids. |
Yea children shouldn't see it I suppose but it wouldn't do the little buggers any harm.
As far as the Children of Men thing, this is just a question of taste. If you didn't like that movie thats understandable. I've not liked movies, that I've recognised as well made, good movies. If you thought it was tripe? You don't have taste. Got to draw a line on that one. |
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eamo
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I watched Children of Men last night and thought it was a bloody good movie.
I don't want to give any spoilers but a few sequences in the movie, especially at the end, were very moving. I don't think it's a problem if a film dips in and out of realism. It's all fiction. Just enjoy each scene for it's artistic merits instead of getting all Trekkie and analysing what could and couldn't really happen. |
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