Children of Men
I went to see Alfonso Cuarón's film, Children of Men this past Saturday. What a surprise! I had heard some vague things about this film several months ago but I had mostly forgotten about it until I was taking a study break and decided to go see a movie. I went into the theatre with few expectations but was pleasantly surprised by this film.
With the season of Advent still fresh in my mind this film drew many parallels to the story of Christ's unlikely birth for me. The fate of the world is embodied in a small helpless child born of the unlikliest single mother. Beyond the advent parallels I found interesting I thought the film was a serious look at a world without children, a haunting vision indeed. I was so drawn into this story and the fate of this child that I was shocked by the abrupt end which leaves "the rest of the story" unanswered. I suppose it was a fitting ending, but I was so wraped up in the story itself I was sad to see the story actually come to an end. If there's a sequel, I'll be one of the first ones in line. Either way this was a great film and stands on it's own as a great story.
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posted by Charlie at 3:48 PM
4 Comments:
nice i was wondering if this thing was going to be any good.
i loved it too...especially after the Christmas season wherein Christ's birth was accompanied by TWO friends announcing their pregnancies. Did you notice that scene with Theo climbing the stairs at the end was all one long shot? Crazy stuff. i want to see it again.
Yeah, it actually looked like they used a steady-cam or body-mounted "tripods" for most of the film. I noticed very early on the lack of tripod shots. I actually liked this because it gives you such a sense of actually walking alongside the characters as well as a general uneasiness throughout the movie. It also allows you to do those super-long shots without having them stick out like a sore thumb.
I walked away thinking about how we are all so busy destroying ourselves that we don't spend enough time looking at how we can create. It seemed like some people were concerned about keeping that girl, and her baby safe because they could provide much hope for the whole world. But they were really after her as currency for political transactions. When Theo spoke up in the meeting with FISH (by the way, is that a knock at Christians rather than a "shout out"?) that she needs to be made public...Theo continued to have hope even to the end. There were a few folks along the way, and the human project...woah... way too much metaphor here.
Anyway, What I found interesting is that it only took about half a minute for the people to forget that they just witnessed one of the most important miracles of all time to start blowing eachother up.
I don't think there should be a sequel. I think it is best for us to have our own hopeful ending to this story. We get to write our future by the choices we make.
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