'Children of Men', the new Alfonso Cuaron sci-fi flick

Return of the King is about today? Van Wilder 2?

We can get into pissing contests about anything, it's in the Mission Statement.

There was. As someone who's starting to deal with hearing loss issues, I was thinking "oh fuck, Clive, I feel ya, man."

The Passion is about the suffering of the Son of Man, and how essential that suffering was as a part of a permanent sacrifice on the part of God. Children of Men is about the suffering of Man, and therefore redemption is found not in sacrificing the child of the nativity but in sacrificing oneself so that child may live.

Let's not go fucking with the classics. I don't remember 1982 OR 1985 very well, but it seems that both of those movies do an amazing job of retrofitting the future (if you will). Maybe that's for another thread.

Ditto.

I do see what you mean, in that it's a movie about having a future beyond yourself, however intangible. Having children is how most people do that. Maybe all people.

TAMARRAH, TAMARRAH, I'LL GIVE BIRTH TO YA TAMARRAH,
YOU'RE JUST A FLOATING BUOY AWAAAAAYY!!!!!

(sorry)

Yeah, I agree. What's the problem. That's exactly the sort of thing I'd expect.

But it would have been awesome if they came in this instead:

http://www.aztlan.net/oiltank.jpg

I agree with you, re: Brazil. Like CoM, Brazil is/was set in an exaggerated version of the present, enabling the film to function as fairly direct sociopolitical commentary. I think this is much less true of Blade Runner, but again, that's all kinda OT here.

http://www.aztlan.net/ricec.jpg

Jesus, I didn't say TOMORROW was implausible; it disrupts the mood of the last scene with hamfistedness. (As for the dialogue mentions, I've either forgotten them or they were drowned out by the Murmuring Couple Near Me who wouldn't shut the fuck up.)

Brazil (aka Terry Gilliam's good movie) struck me as much more repetitive last time (also more like a futuristic 1948), certainly no classic; I like Blade Runner but not cultishly.

Also, I find your assertion that all people have children somewhat suspect.

Mayyybe.

ever heard of a little film called 12 monkeys?

Yeah, it's the fact that I was looking for a ship named "Tomorrow" as described earlier in the movie that made the name just a little more mundane and therefore not as overstated as it would have been coming at me from out of the blue.

So no thoughts on Nigel shrieking "Take your pills Alex" (or what game Alex was playing)?

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little is right, cutty

funny, all my favorite films are in this thread

fixed

What's to say really? Shiny happy veneer cracks momentarily on an aristocrat, reveals maggots underneath, film at 11.

The birth scene was what, 3 minutes long? Using an animatronic baby does not excuse that, and the lack of mess.

the name of the boat didn't make me cringe that way but calling the kid(s) "Dylan" sort of did

Bob will save us all!

God you're a pretentious prick.

grid wars 2

http://www.universo-nintendo.com/files/Imagenes/Grid_Wars2.jpg

Ha: so if you do a spectral analysis of the rest of the film, you think that one frequency will be stripped out?

The game being played was giving me hardcore flashbacks to playing Hyperframe. (Which, incidentally, rules.)

that would be pretty awesome.

xp - I loved the Cod/'English Fish' line.