Yeah, it came out there back in the summer, didn't it? Or ... a while ago anyway. I remember them talking about it on Front Row. This was its opening weekend here.
I don't know what 'they' (who say it wasn't good) were expecting to see, but as far as an apocalyptic movie goes, it was bleak in a frighteningly realistic way. It wasn't a roller-coaster ride of thrills and chills, or a shoot-em-up action movie, or some sort of over-the-top futuristic melodrama, but it was very well written, very well-acted, and ... well, good. In that way. So good that I can't imagine buying it on DVD and watching it over and over. That might be a different kind of 'good' than people would hope for, but it is certainly successful at what it tries to do.
I'm going to recommend it to any of my friends... I know it's something i'll want to see again someday. I enjoyed the way it defied convention, not by a great deal, or just for the sake of being different. But enough to make it seem unlike anything i've seen. It also carried a mood very well throughout.
My friend Adam and I almost saw this movie Saturday night. The next showing was a little late (and I really didn't know what it was about), and we didn't feel like killing time anymore than we already did, so we ended up watching Happy Feet, which I enjoyed.
I saw it! I expected it to be the best movie ever (been pumped for months!!!) but because of that, it wasn't what I expected. It was still a really, really, awesome movie but not in the way I wanted it to be awesome. Let's all give 'em a hand for those thirty-minute continuous shots, eh?
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Date: 2007-01-07 05:54 pm (UTC)Children of Men = A+
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Date: 2007-01-08 08:41 am (UTC)The ending bugged me, wtf?
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Date: 2007-01-07 09:32 pm (UTC)Tell me it was so good, it looks amazing.
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Date: 2007-01-07 11:51 pm (UTC)I enjoyed the way it defied convention, not by a great deal, or just for the sake of being different. But enough to make it seem unlike anything i've seen. It also carried a mood very well throughout.
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Date: 2007-01-09 01:52 am (UTC)My friend Adam and I almost saw this movie Saturday night. The next showing was a little late (and I really didn't know what it was about), and we didn't feel like killing time anymore than we already did, so we ended up watching Happy Feet, which I enjoyed.
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