what if?
i have to disclose something before i write this post. otherwise, you could take my advice and see the movie and then possibly hate me for it. so here is my disclosure: i have a very high tolerance for films.
this means that i can sit through pretty much anything and watch it to the end. i enjoy about 99% of all movies made. there is nothing i can do about this. i can differentiate between a good movie, a bad movie, a movie you would sit through and a movie i would sit through. so. if you follow my advice, and then yell at me because you disagree with my comments, you have no one to blame but yourself.
we went to the movies last night to see children of men. now, i hadn't really heard anything about it and i knew it had clive owen (hhhhho-té). now the premise is one that is not talked about much except in a handful of books: handmaid's tale, woman on the edge of time, children of men, etc. but what if, what if the world went sterile? what if no babies were born? what if it was only a matter of time for the world to go extinct, and all you can do is sit back and watch?
that is this movie. and i must say, it was so well done.
i warn you, this movie messes with you. and the director clearly declares war on the viewer throughout the movie. he doesn't take it easy on you and you are constantly asked to react while watching the movie.
the imagery is stunning with a documentary, gritty feel even though it is set in the future. you are asked to take a bleak situation, look at it, and then possibly laugh at some of life's greater ironies and twisted moments. because, in reality, life can be funny even when it is dying out.
i strongly suggest seeing this film. and if you hate it. blame it on my tolerance. but really, i don't think you can hate it. try me.
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