Duck and Cover

pIp wrote:amusing

Yes. Though perhaps not for the reason(s) you counted.

Alice wrote:no

*laughs*

O, by refutal undone. How . . . unusual.

Heard good things about the Proposition, but Nick Cave??

Yes, don't you want to stab his face every time you see it?

Redeye wrote:

DaC-Sniper wrote:my friend told me i should watch it, now DaC tells me i should watch it, maybe i will watch it. DaC is more important than my friend, of course

Welcome to our dark, sad world.

jahwol!

9 times outta 10, i'd trust a dacker's tastes over those of one of my flesh-and-blood friends.

Depends on the dacker, though.

S4ur0n27 wrote:Depends on the dacker, though.

That's what I meant, though there's a few more I could add to the list.

D5it-m38 wrote:Nick Cave??

Fortunately he avoided acting.

TinyTeeth wrote:stab

Of (not so) recent times, I find memories of the (few) unusual souls by the absence of such (and similar) whims upon them.

I saw children of men but I would not call it an action movie by any means. It's a drama with some actiony type scenes(like 2 total) that were very well executed.




SPOILERS

For those that saw it what was the reasoning for detaining all immigrants and the like?

POOPERSCOOPER wrote: SPOILERS

For those that saw it what was the reasoning for detaining all immigrants and the like?

I'm not really sure, as I haven't read the book. But it looks like the Brits were just being all uppity and racist. They didn't want anyone but pure Brits or something in the country.

Which reminds me....their busride into the immigrant camp at the end soooo reminded me of a tram ride intro or something in Halflife. Just staring out the windows at all the brutality.

Children of Men = Good book.

I won't go to the theatre to see it, though. I'll wait for DVD and buy it.

POOPERSCOOPER wrote:SPOILERS

For those that saw it what was the reasoning for detaining all immigrants and the like?

Purdy sure it's one of those Hitler-type, "it's those jew-wogs that are the reason things have gone to shit. GET THEM." scenarios. Political scapegoating.

Definitely see it in the cinema, mind.

POOPERSCOOPER wrote:SPOILERS

For those that saw it what was the reasoning for detaining all immigrants and the like?

do you remember in the beginning of the film, the news reels showing the devastation and civil upheaval in just about every other nation on earth? people were flooding into britain because there was at least some small level of stability there, it was probably an attempt to keep the place from becoming overcrowded and eventually becoming what the rest of the world had become.

good movie, by the way, but

SPOILER

clive owen absolutely did not need to die. does anyone else feel slightly cheated when they sneak that shit in the last five minutes of the story, because of some hokey belief that for maximum effect the hero has to die? it was the same shit in blood diamond, and its just ridiculous

It's probably the best movie of the year. I was impressed by the camerawork and violence, especially in those really long action sequences (the uprising in Bexhill and the ambush on the road). Another thing that flabbergasted me was how the delightfully dystopic future was presented; Ill-tempered police with guard dogs, caged immigrants, outcasts throwing rocks at you and the occasional stray animal... At times, the scenery reminded me of Half-life 2.

On the other hand, the main character's 'I've got nothing to lose, so okay why not' -attitude didn't seem right and the movie was a bit too straightforward. A plot twist or two would've made it above excellent. Even with a few flaws, I enjoyed Children of Men more than V for Vendetta, which was the best movie of 2006. More of these, please.

9,5/10

Well, for me 'dystopic' setting or picturesque imagery is not enough to make a good movie. I could count a few films that are quite better than ch. of men or V for v. in 2006 and 5, such as Babel, United 93, Volver and Broken Flowers, Jarhead, or even Kiss Kiss Bang Bang and The Curse of the Were-Rabbit. Plus one Polish film that you wouldn't know

It doesn't looks post-apoc nor dystopia, really.

The Proposition was good?!

Dogmeatlives wrote:The Proposition was good?!

I enjoyed it quite a bit. Director has been signed on to direct the film adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's post apoc novel The Road.

Dont know about the Proposition, but Children of Men was a pretty good
movie. i was very baked at the time so my rather poor memory of the
film could be wrong, but it did have a few quite memorable characters..

Killzig wrote:Director has been signed on to direct the film adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's post apoc novel The Road.

wonderful news. could turn out to be the decent postapo movie of the year.