god help us all...
I just finished watching Children of Men and this morning I finished reading the graphic novel Watchmen. I was blown away by both.
Children of Men is overrun with desperation and hopelessness, and yet the most important theme is hope, which is what makes it such a masterpiece. Beautifully filmed, the movie is definitely a thought-provoker. And if you watch it or have already seen it, the very end is my favorite scene. I really liked what Alfonso Cuarón said about it...
He said: "We wanted the end to be a glimpse of a possibility of hope, for the audience to invest their own sense of hope into that ending. So if you're a hopeful person you'll see a lot of hope, and if you're a bleak person you'll see a complete hopelessness at the end."
As for Watchmen, I thought it was extremely interesting that the main characters do not possess any superpowers (except for Dr. Manhattan) and very human in their struggles. They're flawed and I think that is why Watchmen is so unique and so interesting to read. I can't quite explain why I liked it so much, I'm sure you'll understand though if you take the time to read it.
Let me just a little bit of fangirling in there: Clive Owen is SUPER DUPER SEXY (nothing new) and Watchmen is super badass. And the ending is just wow. I can't wait for the movie.
P.S. WTF is with HP 6 being moved back to next summer?!!?!?!??!?!?!!? I don't care that Twilight is coming out early either, because I'm pretty sure it's going to be cheesy as hell. And they had to announce all of this just when I'm starting to get really pumped for HP and am at the same time disappointed with the Twilight series. UGGGHHHHHH.
SO. Go read Watchmen and watch Children of Men, you won't regret it.
Children of Men is overrun with desperation and hopelessness, and yet the most important theme is hope, which is what makes it such a masterpiece. Beautifully filmed, the movie is definitely a thought-provoker. And if you watch it or have already seen it, the very end is my favorite scene. I really liked what Alfonso Cuarón said about it...
He said: "We wanted the end to be a glimpse of a possibility of hope, for the audience to invest their own sense of hope into that ending. So if you're a hopeful person you'll see a lot of hope, and if you're a bleak person you'll see a complete hopelessness at the end."
As for Watchmen, I thought it was extremely interesting that the main characters do not possess any superpowers (except for Dr. Manhattan) and very human in their struggles. They're flawed and I think that is why Watchmen is so unique and so interesting to read. I can't quite explain why I liked it so much, I'm sure you'll understand though if you take the time to read it.
Let me just a little bit of fangirling in there: Clive Owen is SUPER DUPER SEXY (nothing new) and Watchmen is super badass. And the ending is just wow. I can't wait for the movie.
P.S. WTF is with HP 6 being moved back to next summer?!!?!?!??!?!?!!? I don't care that Twilight is coming out early either, because I'm pretty sure it's going to be cheesy as hell. And they had to announce all of this just when I'm starting to get really pumped for HP and am at the same time disappointed with the Twilight series. UGGGHHHHHH.
SO. Go read Watchmen and watch Children of Men, you won't regret it.