BORING SHIT CONTAINED HEREIN
Children of Men is a movie in which leading man Theo, played by
an extremely deft Clive Owen, struggles with the dilemma of having lost his shoes somewhere in the second act. As he races through war-torn shanty towns on the English coast, dodging refugees and stray gunfire, he incurs several podiatric wounds due to his loss of appropriate foot covering. Through it all, Owen maintains an impressive and wholly believable limp.
In conclusion, Clive Owen is a great actor, and if anyone in the world were to beat me up, I would want it to be him.
Seriously though, Children of Men is a goddamn fantastic movie. I watched it this morning on a total whim because I was so bored, and I really enjoyed it.
It's science-fiction, in the vague sense that it takes place in the future and TVs look really different. Honestly, the whole thing could be set in totally modern times, and the only thing you'd ever wonder about are "Why do those TVs look so weird?" There's also a scene with a young, totally pointless character playing what looks like Intelligent Qube with what appears to be a hyperfuturistic version of the Nintendo Power Glove. They didn't even do much to make the cars look futuristic, which is something that Spielberg/Kubrick's A.I. taught us is an absolutely vital step in making your movie look futuristic.
But I digress, as I'm making the movie look bad. The cinematography and art direction is fucking beautiful throughout, and every single actor, lead or supporting, does an absolutely stellar job. The film was directed by Alfonso Cuaron, who you may know as the director of Y Tu Mama Tambien and The Best Harry Potter Movie. I've seen Potter, but now I'm really eager to find a copy of his other "big" movie and check that out.
Short plot synopsis:
The year is 2027, and the world has, to put it simply, gone to shit. Britain is the only functional nation left on the planet. Had the movie focused on this aspect of the global setting only, it probably would've been a decent dystopian flick, but thankfully it was anything but. You see, to add a cherry to the ice cream sundae of utter world-wide decimation, every woman in the world has been totally infertile for the last 18 years. Basically, the population is doomed. The plot revolves around a young girl who, by some means, has become pregnant. Terrorist organizations are involved, the government is crazy, Abu Gharib references are made, and a good time is had by all.
Yes, I'm so bored that I just typed up what basically amounts to a movie review. What the hell people. I even hyperlinked a bunch of shit.
In other news, Jared's bed was delivered to our apartment today. It's really nice, but it basically fills up his entire room, and it has these two little lights in the headboard that don't seem to have any sort of mechanism for activating/deactivating them.
an extremely deft Clive Owen, struggles with the dilemma of having lost his shoes somewhere in the second act. As he races through war-torn shanty towns on the English coast, dodging refugees and stray gunfire, he incurs several podiatric wounds due to his loss of appropriate foot covering. Through it all, Owen maintains an impressive and wholly believable limp.
In conclusion, Clive Owen is a great actor, and if anyone in the world were to beat me up, I would want it to be him.
Seriously though, Children of Men is a goddamn fantastic movie. I watched it this morning on a total whim because I was so bored, and I really enjoyed it.
It's science-fiction, in the vague sense that it takes place in the future and TVs look really different. Honestly, the whole thing could be set in totally modern times, and the only thing you'd ever wonder about are "Why do those TVs look so weird?" There's also a scene with a young, totally pointless character playing what looks like Intelligent Qube with what appears to be a hyperfuturistic version of the Nintendo Power Glove. They didn't even do much to make the cars look futuristic, which is something that Spielberg/Kubrick's A.I. taught us is an absolutely vital step in making your movie look futuristic.
But I digress, as I'm making the movie look bad. The cinematography and art direction is fucking beautiful throughout, and every single actor, lead or supporting, does an absolutely stellar job. The film was directed by Alfonso Cuaron, who you may know as the director of Y Tu Mama Tambien and The Best Harry Potter Movie. I've seen Potter, but now I'm really eager to find a copy of his other "big" movie and check that out.
Short plot synopsis:
The year is 2027, and the world has, to put it simply, gone to shit. Britain is the only functional nation left on the planet. Had the movie focused on this aspect of the global setting only, it probably would've been a decent dystopian flick, but thankfully it was anything but. You see, to add a cherry to the ice cream sundae of utter world-wide decimation, every woman in the world has been totally infertile for the last 18 years. Basically, the population is doomed. The plot revolves around a young girl who, by some means, has become pregnant. Terrorist organizations are involved, the government is crazy, Abu Gharib references are made, and a good time is had by all.
Yes, I'm so bored that I just typed up what basically amounts to a movie review. What the hell people. I even hyperlinked a bunch of shit.
In other news, Jared's bed was delivered to our apartment today. It's really nice, but it basically fills up his entire room, and it has these two little lights in the headboard that don't seem to have any sort of mechanism for activating/deactivating them.