Darkstarexodus Escribi�:

Children of Men just got 5 stars in the local paper. Will see it soon. Potential date movie? Or should I go see it with movie enthusiast friends?

Its touching in a way, so that might be good, but its something you just want to experience your own way I suppose. I'm not sure I think it could go either way.

Darkstarexodus Escribi�:

Children of Men just got 5 stars in the local paper. Will see it soon. Potential date movie? Or should I go see it with movie enthusiast friends?

hmmmz. It's hardly a potential date movie (unless she is a completely hardcore movie buff with an appreciation for really dark sci fi). It's probably a little too intense, violent, gripping and emotional - not really an easy going popcorn flick. ;) It's something to be seen with people who are movie enthusiasts who are on the same wavelength of cinematic appreciation as you.

Dude, totally... it's so intense it's almost like an e type bonding experience... that is, IF she likes it. and if she has half a brain and most of a soul, she will like it. So basicly if she's cool, she'll like it and want to fuck your brains out afterwards.



so go for it.



on another note, we're watching 'R96L SEX'... Puppetry of the Penis + Surrender... bwahahahah

I just finished watching it. I really don't understand what the fuss is about :?

i dled a dvd rip of it, good stuff but i think they movie could of gone farther with the ending, just as it was getting to the best part it ended.

iguanapunk Escribi�:

I just finished watching it. I really don't understand what the fuss is about :?

Really? For me, it was the camera work, and the completely convincing picture of the future.



I really don't think I've ever seen a more compelling look at what the world will be like in 20 years.

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iguanapunk Escribi�:

I just finished watching it. I really don't understand what the fuss is about :?

Really? For me, it was the camera work, and the completely convincing picture of the future.



I really don't think I've ever seen a more compelling look at what the world will be like in 20 years.

agreed i was watching the movie in bed but when they got to the refugee camp the camra work was so riviting i sat right up in bed an actuly started sweating(this has only happned once before from a movie!) i loved the different camra angles and when blood gets on the lens

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iguanapunk Escribi�:

I just finished watching it. I really don't understand what the fuss is about :?

Really? For me, it was the camera work, and the completely convincing picture of the future.



I really don't think I've ever seen a more compelling look at what the world will be like in 20 years.

agreed i was watching the movie in bed but when they got to the refugee camp the camra work was so riviting i sat right up in bed an actuly started sweating(this has only happned once before from a movie!) i loved the different camra angles and when blood gets on the lens

The blood on the lense was graphic, but not in a horror flick sense - it wasn't gratuitous. There was something about it that felt so real almost like field reporting coverage of a battle. At first it was shocking, like "OK, aren't those spatters going away?" but as the long sequence went on and the more engrossed you got, it was just another thing added to the cinemascape.



About the ending - I like how there was a certainty of the immediate present, but a mixed sense of hope and uncertainty for the future. Sometimes depending on context, a movie that doesn't wrap up in a nice neat package can work really well. But I can see how that can be disoncerting for a movie goer. But I like how this movie ended with a door closing on the 'present' and another door opening to an unsettled future. You don't know what it will bring but you know Tomorrow will be there.



I think the overall narrative the film portrayed was pulled off really well. Something about it almost flowed like a literary 2nd person narrative which is very, very difficult to do.



I love the major Pink Floyd reference in that flick too. I think JacksRevenge should see it just for that. :P

hmmm maybe i'm not cultured enough to appreciate it. I watched it on a 17" CRT from a compressed DVD screener (1.41GB) so maybe watching it on a big tv, surround sound, or the cinema could make all the difference? I don't know, I want to fit in and like it so I can be cool to, but I can't.

Children Of Men was my movie of the year, bloody brilliant.



[rant] @ movie downloaders: FFS go to the fucking cinema to see a movie. Independant films rely on people going to see their films at cinemas. If people stop going to the cinema all we will be left with is moronic hollywood remakes and michael bay films. Or quite possibly no cinema releases at all. At the very least you should buy the DVD releases instead.[/rant]

Nah iggy, it's all good - it's just a flick and it depends on what you feel like watching. If you didn't like it, you didn't like it and it's simple as that!

hubie Escribi�:

[rant] @ movie downloaders: FFS go to the fucking cinema to see a movie. Independant films rely on people going to see their films at cinemas. If people stop going to the cinema all we will be left with is moronic hollywood remakes and michael bay films. Or quite possibly no cinema releases at all. At the very least you should buy the DVD releases instead.[/rant]

It's not in the cinema fool. I missed it.

For what it's worth, it's in the theaters here in the States, it just came out! I don't know about anyone else but I plan on buying the DVD the moment it's released.

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[rant] @ movie downloaders: FFS go to the fucking cinema to see a movie. Independant films rely on people going to see their films at cinemas. If people stop going to the cinema all we will be left with is moronic hollywood remakes and michael bay films. Or quite possibly no cinema releases at all. At the very least you should buy the DVD releases instead.[/rant]

It's not in the cinema fool. I missed it.

then buy or rent the DVD fool. What are you? A student or something?



It comes out in the UK in four days time ;)

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[rant] @ movie downloaders: FFS go to the fucking cinema to see a movie. Independant films rely on people going to see their films at cinemas. If people stop going to the cinema all we will be left with is moronic hollywood remakes and michael bay films. Or quite possibly no cinema releases at all. At the very least you should buy the DVD releases instead.[/rant]

It's not in the cinema fool. I missed it.

then buy or rent the DVD fool. What are you? A student or something?

Yes. Money is tight. If a film is good enough I will buy it, but I don't have enough cash to go to the cinema all the time, it's extortionate.

my sister just recommended I not see it.. now I'm torn

hubie Escribi�:

Children Of Men was my movie of the year, bloody brilliant.



[rant] @ movie downloaders: FFS go to the fucking cinema to see a movie. Independant films rely on people going to see their films at cinemas. If people stop going to the cinema all we will be left with is moronic hollywood remakes and michael bay films. Or quite possibly no cinema releases at all. At the very least you should buy the DVD releases instead.[/rant]

When I'm allowed to bring my bong and my beer and my smokes to the theater, when the place isn't full of moronic wankers with cell phones, then I'll go to the theater.



Too many movies suck to risk blowing $30 to see them in a sub-optimal condition.



My sister was in a theater full of 16-20 year olds, and they ruined the experience of Children of Men by laughing at inappropriate moments, and talking loudly.



I'll probably buy the DVD tho'.

I have to agree with both of you.

I think - Especially with new film makers that dont make 60 million per movie - we should go to the cinema and pay the money to see that film.

BUT - i saw so many great movies that were just ruined by fucking annoying people! I dont mind the cinema - i love the big buckets of popcorn - but i know wich cinema's to go to and wich not. I HATE people talking in cinema's and giggling when the scene is quite full-on or something. One time i was watching this movie and this annoying girls sat behind me talking all the time. I turned around and i said " Girls , i really think you little talk - group is a wonderfull idea , but could you please discuss youre issues elsewhere !? " to wich they got really pissed off about and started to throw popcorn in the theather. No way you can enjoy a movie that way!

I also just really enjoy stealing shit. Doesn't really matter what it is. I'm like a digital kleptomaniac.

toomuch'stash Escribi�:

digital kleptomaniac.

wow, cool name.