Finally saw this tonight with my friend Cathy and have to say I was a bit underwhelmed. It was a good movie, perhaps even very good, but not nearly as good as the trailers or the expectations had led me to believe.



It had parts that had me expecting greatness just around the corner, but there was a certain something that was just lacking. I never got emotionally involved with the characters. Cinematographically it was spectacularly shot. Really well done in that regard, but just a certain something missing that I can't put my finger on.



Would still recommend it to others to see, but wouldn't hype it as much as I expected.



Cathy didn't really like it that much at all, but I'm not that surprised about that. Told her next time was her choice. Sushi and martinis afterwards were nice though.

Darkstarexodus Escribi�:

Finally saw this tonight with my friend Cathy and have to say I was a bit underwhelmed. It was a good movie, perhaps even very good, but not nearly as good as the trailers or the expectations had led me to believe.



It had parts that had me expecting greatness just around the corner, but there was a certain something that was just lacking. I never got emotionally involved with the characters. Cinematographically it was spectacularly shot. Really well done in that regard, but just a certain something missing that I can't put my finger on.



Would still recommend it to others to see, but wouldn't hype it as much as I expected.



Cathy didn't really like it that much at all, but I'm not that surprised about that. Told her next time was her choice. Sushi and martinis afterwards were nice though.

common man lets see pics of what you have brought home

Darkstarexodus Escribi�:

Finally saw this tonight with my friend Cathy and have to say I was a bit underwhelmed. It was a good movie, perhaps even very good, but not nearly as good as the trailers or the expectations had led me to believe.



It had parts that had me expecting greatness just around the corner, but there was a certain something that was just lacking. I never got emotionally involved with the characters. Cinematographically it was spectacularly shot. Really well done in that regard, but just a certain something missing that I can't put my finger on.



Would still recommend it to others to see, but wouldn't hype it as much as I expected.



Cathy didn't really like it that much at all, but I'm not that surprised about that. Told her next time was her choice. Sushi and martinis afterwards were nice though.

weird.



The scene where they come outta the building, near the end, carrying the baby, left me crying and shaking.

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Finally saw this tonight with my friend Cathy and have to say I was a bit underwhelmed. It was a good movie, perhaps even very good, but not nearly as good as the trailers or the expectations had led me to believe.



It had parts that had me expecting greatness just around the corner, but there was a certain something that was just lacking. I never got emotionally involved with the characters. Cinematographically it was spectacularly shot. Really well done in that regard, but just a certain something missing that I can't put my finger on.



Would still recommend it to others to see, but wouldn't hype it as much as I expected.



Cathy didn't really like it that much at all, but I'm not that surprised about that. Told her next time was her choice. Sushi and martinis afterwards were nice though.

weird.



The scene where they come outta the building, near the end, carrying the baby, left me crying and shaking.

I also found this scene moving me to tears... I can't even describe why exactly but it was one of the most moving thins I've ever seen

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weird.



The scene where they come outta the building, near the end, carrying the baby, left me crying and shaking.

I dunno. It just didn't resonate with me particularly. It didn't go where I hoped it would go. Perhaps the most damning thing I could say about it is that the ending reminded me of 'Titanic'.



But that would give an overall harsh impression. I did enjoy the movie quite a bit. The premise was fantastic, the trailer left me salivating, but it wasn't a fully realized movie the way V for Vendetta was.



I really wish I could pin exactly what didn't quite hit the mark for me because I loved the cinematography, the plot, the casting, etc. I'll definetly watch it again when it hits DVD and see if I feel differently.

Yeah, sometimes when something is hyped so much, the end result seems to be a bit lacking. Star Wars Phantom Menace, anyone?



But oooooooo the Titanic reference, Darkstar that is harsh, man. Harsh!! I'm gonna beat your lily white Winnepegian ass when you get back out to California! X-D For me I wasn't expecting that to happen to the hero of the story. We knew what happened with the Titanic survivors, we don't know what happens on the goodship Tomorrow -so there's that mystery of not really knowing what the future holds or what tomorrow will bring.



I completely forgot about V For Vendetta which isn't even in the same league - heck, not even the same ball park as Children Of Men imo. Entertaining no doubt, brilliant story but it's kind of apples and oranges here.



For all the reasons why you can't put your finger on what you disliked about it, I can't put my finger on any one place why I liked Children of Men so much. I suppose there are a lot of reasons. The grim picture that is painted of the future felt very real, and scarily possible. Michael Cain's character, his wife - her demeanor reminded me so much of my grandmother before she passed away and it hit close to home for me. And that part with the baby crying as the 2 were walking out of the building was such a poignant scene, one of the most powerful things I've seen in a movie in a long long time.

I know, I know. I can intellectually identify all the elements that were good, but for whatever reason, things just didn't resonate.



The world didn't seem dark and bleak enough to me. The world was almost too recognizable, which of course is the point.



Maybe it was the Blade Runner comparisons or the fact that people were telling me it was the best movie they'd seen since Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (one of the best movies ever made, IMO).



It's actually bothering me that I wasn't affected by it as much as I normally would've been. Maybe it was because of who I went to see it with. Not that we were on a date so much as we're friends, but sometimes who you watch a movie with can make a difference.



I'm glad the ending was ambiguous, but I think I would have preferred at least seeing them physically rescued by the Tomorrow. I'm not sure anything was gained by not having an additional 5 minutes of film and perhaps, for me at least, something was lost.



I really just can't put my finger on it. And that's why I'm aimlessly rambling, trying to figure it out.

Maybe I'll just go see it again.



There were certainly enough parts where I was enticed into the movie enough to think it would become one of my all-time faves.



I did prefer Pan's Labyrinth though.

Oh, Pan's Labyrinth. I really want to see that!!

I can't recommend that enough. Disa, my date on that occasion, prefers the original Labyrinth (yeah, the one with David Bowie, which I'd never heard of), but I thought this new one was both incredibly magical and horribly depressing. Reminded me of Life is Beautiful in a lot of ways.

You must see Labyrinth. If only for David Bowie's most exquisite mullet.



Reminded you of Life Is Beautiful? Now I am seriously intrigued. That film was outstanding! Definitely on the "moveis that made me cry" list.

haha, now I'm the one guilty of perhaps overhyping a movie. Pan's Labyrinth wasn't as good as Life is Beautiful, but it reminded me of it, in a certain emotional sense. I truly enjoyed the movie. Beautiful, enduring, haunting, and sad.



My date insisted that I need to see Labyrinth and she's downloaded on her laptop it to watch. She doesn't know I bought the DVD off Amazon the other day and am waiting for it to come in as a surprise. I figure movie at her place and a bottle of wine sounds decent.... Now if only I had a free night.

Pan's Labyrinth is definitely a must-see as well. This movie comes to a close second to Children of Men for best movie of the year so far. I'll go more indepth later when I have the time and I remember too...

Please do, I'm interested!!

It's so very sad and yet hopeful. A fairy tale of escape under horrifying circumstances which ends in the most tragic and yet most serene and beautiful way possible.



A movie where you are truly touched by the most magic and most disgusting sides of human nature. A children's movie violent enough to deserve an adult's rating.



I keep using the word "magical" and it is really is applicable. It touched my heart and engaged me in the way such stories did as a child.

Mexican directors FTW!

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Finally saw this tonight with my friend Cathy and have to say I was a bit underwhelmed. It was a good movie, perhaps even very good, but not nearly as good as the trailers or the expectations had led me to believe.



It had parts that had me expecting greatness just around the corner, but there was a certain something that was just lacking. I never got emotionally involved with the characters. Cinematographically it was spectacularly shot. Really well done in that regard, but just a certain something missing that I can't put my finger on.



Would still recommend it to others to see, but wouldn't hype it as much as I expected.



Cathy didn't really like it that much at all, but I'm not that surprised about that. Told her next time was her choice. Sushi and martinis afterwards were nice though.

weird.



The scene where they come outta the building, near the end, carrying the baby, left me crying and shaking.

I also found this scene moving me to tears... I can't even describe why exactly but it was one of the most moving thins I've ever seen

I thought about it, and I'll tell you why it fucked me up so much.



Here were these refugees, terrorists, desperate people, the police forces of this hideous, faceless fascist government, all trying to kill each other, but they recognize that a single child is the hope of the world, and they are all humbled and stunned, and stop killing each other. In real life, every single child is the hope of the world, but in real life, that baby would have been collateral damage, dogfood.

I think, perhaps, in retrospect I can appreciate the power of that scene even more than I did upon watching it. (And make no mistake, it was a powerful scene for me.)



As I draw parallels to the nativity story, I think of what happened to Jesus, both in the exile to Egypt and his eventual fate. Here was a child who was revered upon its birth yet threatened with extermination in infancy. I think it would have been too pessimistic for the movie to lead viewers to the thought of this child growing and eventually dying at the hands of a corrupt government, but it may have been more powerful for it. Especially given the lasting effect Christ's death has had for Christians. It would have had to have been done very subtlely to avoid being cheesy, hamfisted or godawful, but if done with a light touch...



Perhaps I just wanted the Biblical undertones to be a little more significant. Not blatant, but something ever so slightly more tangible than they were.

I loved the look on Clive Owens face when Kee told him it was immaculate conception.

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I loved the look on Clive Owens face when Kee told him it was immaculate conception.

Yeah, that was priceless. I laughed a fair bit throughout the movie. And cringed at the violence. The movie had me going in all the right directions.