Monday, December 25, 2006

Short Review of 'Children of Men'

Ever wonder why are there so many dystopic films these days? Well, i thought that these films had their renessaince long ago ('Blade Runner', the 'Alien' series, Mad Max or '12 Monkeys'), but luckily they revived with '28 days later ' and, the freshest piece, 'The Children of Men'(based on P.D.James's novel).
Clive Owen (you know him from 'Sin City' - you know the guy with red Converse shoes)- lives his seemingly simple life in world where there have not been a single newborn's crying for 27 years. His friend Jasper Palmer (Michael Caine) lies in a remote place, far from London. He and his disabled wife live in remote woods, in perfect tranquility. I could not observe that Jasper really looks like the elder John Lennon - not to mention his attitude towards peace and marijuana. Well, it is not the only mark of British popular culture.When Theo (Owen) and Patrick (Charlie Hunnam) are having a conversation, we cannot help noticing the flying pig above London, which obviously refers to Pink Floyd's Animal album.
Anyway, Theo gets a mission to do from his ex-wife, Julian Moore to help a pregnant fuggee get on boat, called Tomorrow'. And from then on we are keen to see what is going to happen to them.
I intentionally do not tell the story of the film, i do not want to spoil it, though it would be very worthy, as it operates on original wit (the scene Michael Caine confesses the use of the tranquilizer), scenery (road to Bexton) and heavy filmic solutions (like the frequent use of Doggicam).
I do believe that this movie is going to be a great success, because the budget of $72,000,000 seems to be well invested.

3 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

What is a doggicam, zsolt?


oh and what is at new years eve???

I want to show of with you and the others. so coem one, give me a call, asap!

Cheers
-Hannes

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