Children of Men was not nearly so impressive as I was led to believe. Though the climactic 1000 minute take was impressive from a cinematic perspective.
I have yet to see The Constant Gardener, though I suspect John Le Carre's novels will not translate well at all to film. While I like them, every single one I've read deals with the interior thoughts of an actual, working, non-super-human, intelligence officer or spy. Since Le Carre had been a British intelligence officer himself, I suspect that his portrayal of the job as frustrating, boring office work, combined with petty treachery is probably a lot closer to reality than all the daring-do of James Bond, et. al.
My problem with Children of Men is that I found the scientific underpinnings of the film hard to suspend disbelief for. If they had given some plausible mechanism for humanity's infertility, I wouldn't have had a problem with the rest. As it was, this movie existed solely as another exercise in showing passionate Leftist rebels fighting an insurgency against an increasingly authoritarian state. Furthermore, no good reason is given for why only Britain survived the chaotic conditions (mostly) politically intact. If
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My problem with Children of Men is that I found the scientific underpinnings of the film hard to suspend disbelief for. If they had given some plausible mechanism for humanity's infertility, I wouldn't have had a problem with the rest. As it was, this movie existed solely as another exercise in showing passionate Leftist rebels fighting an insurgency against an increasingly authoritarian state. Furthermore, no good reason is given for why only Britain survived the chaotic conditions (mostly) politically intact. If ( ... )
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