Posted by: jbauer
Children Of Men (movie)... - 27/12/2006 03:56
Wow. If you liked "V For Vendetta" and/or "28 Days Later" then see "Children Of Men."
Nuff said.
- Jon
Posted by: spider
Re: Children Of Men (movie)... - 27/12/2006 09:32
sweet, I'll have to check that out thanks!
DREAMLiGHT released a DVDSCR on 12/13/2006 for all interested. However it is PAL. But, PUKKA did put out a 2 disc xvid.
7.9/10 (8,959 votes) on IMDB.com
Posted by: jbauer
Re: Children Of Men (movie)... - 27/12/2006 17:17
http://www.apple.com/trailers/universal/childrenofmen/hd/There are scenes in this movie that are absolutely unreal. I can't fathom how they were done. I guess I'll need to wait for the DVD to find out more. If you've seen it, you'll know what I'm talking about...
andym, you saw it?
How do I turn on that spoiler feature? I don't see it in the UBBCode cheat sheet...
- Jon
Posted by: wfaulk
Re: Children Of Men (movie)... - 27/12/2006 17:23
Put the text inside [spoiler] tags.
Posted by: jbauer
Re: Children Of Men (movie)... - 27/12/2006 17:26
Cool. Thanks.
Spoiler:
Fb ubj gur S qvq gurl qb gung fprar jurer gur "onq thlf" nggnpxrq gur pne? Be gur ovegu? Be gur VZCBFFVOYL ybat sebag yvar onggyr fprar jurer Gurb ybfg Xrr naq gura sbhaq ure ntnva? Gubfr fprarf whfg oyrj zr njnl! Nyfb, qba'g lbh YBIR gur pynffvp zhfvp naq gur Cvax Syblq "Navznyf" nyohz pbire ersreraprf (Onggrefrn Fgngvba naq vasyngrq cvt)?
- Jon
Posted by: hybrid8
Re: Children Of Men (movie)... - 27/12/2006 20:26
Damn, I wasn't even aware this was out already. I mentally marked it as a "must see" after seeing the trailer for the first time. My girlfriend was equally intrigued. And we both quite liked V and 28 Days Later.
Posted by: tfabris
Re: Children Of Men (movie)... - 27/12/2006 21:35
It was limited release on Christmas day, it's supposed to go into wide release on January 7th.
Posted by: jbauer
Re: Children Of Men (movie)... - 27/12/2006 21:40
Yeah, it was only playing at one theater here in SF...
Andy - did you see it on the small screen via the DREAMLiGHT DVDSCR posting?
This is a pretty amazing # if you are familiar with Rotten Tomatoes, btw:
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/children_of_men/- Jon
Posted by: FireFox31
Re: Children Of Men (movie)... - 27/12/2006 23:59
Just watching the trailer has made me feel hopeless and insecure (infertility inducing rioting, martial law, and concentration camps?). Crazy how a movie can have that effect.
The deciding issue for me to see the movie is: do they tell you why woman are infertile and/or resolve the issue? The movie seems so damn depressing that I'd be bummed for a week without a reasonably happy ending.
And having slightly read the spoilers, I wonder if LotR's Massive engine was used for effects. Apparently it was good enough three years ago, imagine it now.
jbauer: The movie was released in theaters, not DVD, in September. I remember seeing signs for it while in the UK for the meet. The question becomes, why do studios release movie to DVD so soon. Apparently, it's a good movie, so why give it the quick shuffle?
Posted by: jbauer
Re: Children Of Men (movie)... - 28/12/2006 00:06
Well - FireFox - maybe you won't want to see it then... They don't give you all the answers, and it is a tad depressing. :-)
Spoiler:
Vg QBRF unir n fbeg bs unccl raqvat gubhtu...
Yeah, I understood that it was released in theaters in Sept - why would they do that? Why not release it everywhere at the same time? I'm sure there's a good marketing reason for it...
- Jon
Posted by: hybrid8
Re: Children Of Men (movie)... - 28/12/2006 00:46
It was a festival movie and didn't receive wide release in September. Many places premiered it in October and November for example. Since it's a European production it no doubt had European distribution long ago. US distribution probably came around later and fitting it into a busy North American movie schedule was probably difficult. This is all just conjecture of course, but at least it makes sense in my mind.
Definitely looking forward to seeing it. I just saw Superman Returns and need some decent cinema on the horizon to help me forget it.
Posted by: Cybjorg
Re: Children Of Men (movie)... - 30/12/2006 07:51
Here are some of the cinematography secrets from
Wikipedia:
Spoiler:
Sbe bar fprar, fubg va bar rkgraqrq gnxr, n fcrpvny pnzren evt jnf vairagrq ol Qbttvpnz Flfgrzf, qrirybcrq sebz Qbttvpnz Flfgrzf' Cbjre Fyvqr flfgrz — naq n iruvpyr jnf zbqvsvrq fb gung frngf pbhyq or znqr gb gvyg naq ybjre npgbef bhg bs gur jnl bs gur pnzren. Gur jvaqfuvryq bs gur pne va juvpu gur svir npgbef ebqr jnf qrfvtarq gb gvyg bhg bs gur jnl gb nyybj pnzren zbirzrag va naq bhg guebhtu gur sebag jvaqfperra. N perj bs sbhe, vapyhqvat gur QC naq pnzren bcrengbe, ebqr ba gur ebbs. Nyy bs guvf gbbx cynpr, va bar haphg fubg, juvyr ahzrebhf qnatrebhf fghagf vaibyivat sver, guebja zvffvyrf, naq fghag snyyf jrer rkrphgrq jvgu zrgvphybhf gvzvat, juvyr gur npgbef cresbez, qbqtvat gur zbivat pnzren.
Va nabgure fprar, srnghevat na nezl bs npgbef, nyfb fubg va bar rkgraqrq gnxr, uhaqerqf bs ohyyrg fubgf, gnax zbhagrq 'ovt tha' vzcnpgf naq bgure clebgrpuavp rssrpgf fheebhaq gur cevapvcny npgbef nf gurl zbir uhaqerqf bs srrg nybat n fgerrg, vagb n ohvyqvat naq hc n syvtug bs fgnvef, unir n fprar jvgu qvnybthr, qhevat juvpu gurer vf pbagvahbhf thacynl naq rkcybfvbaf, naq n ergerng onpx qbja naq bhg bs gur ohvyqvat. Gur hfr bs n unaquryq svyz pnzren — jubfr yraf orpbzrf fcnggrerq oevrsyl ng bar cbvag jvgu 'oybbq' naq qveg sebz na rkcybfvba — yraqf na nyzbfg qbphzragnel srryvat gb gur pvarzngbtencul.
Posted by: hybrid8
Re: Children Of Men (movie)... - 30/12/2006 13:06
Saw it. It was good, but not as good as V or 28 Days Later. There just seemed to be too many pieces missing for me to consider it superb.
Why did "they" pull the (sort of midwife) woman from the bus and let everyone else move on? Seemed just too convenient a plot device to remove a character from future shots.
Posted by: wfaulk
Re: Children Of Men (movie)... - 11/04/2007 02:09
Finally got around to seeing this. Awesome movie. The one movie it reminded me of more than any other was Brazil. Well, other than the ending. I'd liked to have seen a different ending. But that was about it for the entirety of the problems I have with the movie. Early on it told me not to expect anything, and it (almost) held true to that promise. So often I see movies and I know what's going to happen well before the movie shows it to me. This was most definitely not one of those films.
Spoiler:
V guvax gur orfg raqvat sbe gur zbivr jbhyq unir orra Gurb (nccneragyl) qrnq va gur obng jvgu Xrr naq gur onol, jnvgvat. Va bgure jbeqf, V guvax vg fubhyq unir orra yrsg bcra abg bayl nf gb vs Gur Uhzna Cebwrpg jnf tbvat gb cvpx gurz hc, ohg vs vg rira rkvfgrq.
Nabgure cbffvoyvygl zvtug unir orra gung gurl (Gur Uhzna Cebwrpg, gur Svfu, be gur tbireazrag -- jubrire) trg gur onol naq jr qvfpbire gung gurl unir uhaqerqf be gubhfnaqf bs onovrf gung gurl'ir pbyyrpgrq bire gur lrnef. Gung zvtug raq hc orvat n yvggyr cernpul, gubhtu. Abg gung gur erfg bs gur zbivr qvqa'g unir vgf cernpul zbzragf.