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Tiberious aka Sparkles
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 Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2007 6:30 am Post subject: Children of Men |
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After having a few months to deliberate, I am convinced that Children of Men is one of the greatest films of the past ten years.
Discuss.
BTW - It gets REALLY dusty at Chez Sparkles' whenever the delivery scene comes on. |
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ED209
Joined: 17 Oct 2006
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| Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2007 6:32 am Post subject: Re: Children of Men |
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| Tiberious aka Sparkles wrote: |
Discuss.
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sucked.
Hot Fuzz was much better |
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JMO
Joined: 18 Jul 2006
Location: Daegu
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| Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2007 6:35 am Post subject: Re: Children of Men |
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| ED209 wrote: |
| Tiberious aka Sparkles wrote: |
Discuss.
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sucked.
Hot Fuzz was much better |
Why compare a comedy and a drama? I thought Children of Men was fantastic and definitly one of the best films of the last ten years. |
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peppermint
Joined: 13 May 2003
Location: traversing the minefields of caddishness.
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| Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2007 6:42 am Post subject: |
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| best of the last 10 years, maybe not. best of 2006- yeah probably. Check out the book if you get the chance. Same premise, but a different and much more interesting story |
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swetepete
Joined: 01 Nov 2006
Location: a limp little burg
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| Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2007 6:43 am Post subject: |
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I liked CoM very well. It was bleak, witty, misanthropic, and violent. What's not to like?
Plus they killed off one of the principals pretty early on...always a gutsy bit of plotting.
Caine, Owen, and Moore were all at the top of their games.
Hot Fuzz was good too, but overlong. I had to watch it in two sittings because my short attention span couldn't handle the same schtick for two hours in a row. TV has ruined me, I guess...
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seoulsucker
Joined: 05 Mar 2006
Location: The Land of the Hesitant Cutoff
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| Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2007 6:44 am Post subject: |
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Thoroughly enjoyed the film. Loved how it approached contemporary issues without getting preachy.
STRIKE films is a great group...same that brought us 2004's Dawn of the Dead, which is another excellent flick. |
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Treefarmer
Joined: 29 May 2007
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| Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2007 8:58 am Post subject: |
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it waas ok
of the last ten years stfu
even star waars 3 was better, sin city kicked it's arse, kill bill was loads better
thats in 2 years |
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SarcasmKills
Joined: 07 Apr 2003
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2007 1:59 pm Post subject: |
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| Decent movie, ending was VERY disappointing... almost ruined the whole movie for me it was so bad.. |
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ED209
Joined: 17 Oct 2006
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| Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2007 3:35 pm Post subject: Re: Children of Men |
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| JMO wrote: |
| ED209 wrote: |
| Tiberious aka Sparkles wrote: |
Discuss.
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sucked.
Hot Fuzz was much better |
Why compare a comedy and a drama? I thought Children of Men was fantastic and definitly one of the best films of the last ten years. |
I'm not wrong. Children of Men was weak.
Let me get this right, a country has zero birth rate yet stops immigration.
One of the best films of the last ten years?! Only if you see a film once every ten years. Go see Hot Fuzz, makes much more sense. |
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spliff
Joined: 19 Jan 2004
Location: Khon Kaen, Thailand
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| Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2007 3:44 pm Post subject: |
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| The book was much better than the movie. |
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kigolo1881
Joined: 30 Jul 2006
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| Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2007 4:53 pm Post subject: |
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It was alright, decent and good. Nothing more, I think most give it more credit bc it's 'british'.  |
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butlerian
Joined: 04 Sep 2006
Location: Korea
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| Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2007 5:48 pm Post subject: Re: Children of Men |
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| ED209 wrote: |
| Tiberious aka Sparkles wrote: |
Discuss.
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sucked.
Hot Fuzz was much better |
You're not in Daegu by any chance, are you? |
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deadman
Joined: 27 May 2006
Location: Suwon
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| Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2007 7:22 pm Post subject: |
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| spliff wrote: |
| The book was much better than the movie. |
I listened to it on audiobook, and maybe it was the dull british voice speaking it, and it's annoying female impersonation, but it was pretty uninspiring.
The movie, however...
How can you not appreciate the director's outstanding work?
He did several awesome long shots - the first one in the coffee shop (one take from entry to bomb explosion), for example, and the best one, the long take during the battle in the refugee camp. It blew me away, and I think it does deserve the (one of the) "best in the last 10 years" title. His style is awesome.
The acting was excellent too. Clive Owen always seemed so fragile, always limping, or seeming old, stiff and tired.
I'd give it 10/10. |
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djsmnc
Joined: 20 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2007 7:57 pm Post subject: |
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| I thought it was a great premise, until I saw 28 Weeks Later, which was pretty much the same thing in a zombie context. More gory too. As far as redeeming qualities and meaning, however, we have to go with the former. |
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yingwenlaoshi
Joined: 12 Feb 2007
Location: ... location, location!
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| Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2007 8:03 pm Post subject: |
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| It was alright. Just because Michael Caine was in it doesn't mean it's some sort of classic or anything. I've seen better movies made in the last year or so. |
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