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Children of Men

Started by One Horse Town, January 31, 2011, 03:01:36 PM

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One Horse Town

January 31, 2011, 03:01:36 PM
It's been a while since i've seen it - this isn't a review, but i just wonder if i missed something.

I really don't rate it much at all. For a start its got Clive Owen in the lead role, yet it seems wherever i look, geekdom seems to think it's ever so deep and worthy and a cool film to boot. I don't think it's any of those things.

Spike

#1
January 31, 2011, 03:25:03 PM
In the spirit of the OP, I thought it was a deep and well done film with Clive Owen in the lead role.

But I won't tell you why.

:p
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One Horse Town

#2
January 31, 2011, 06:48:46 PM
That's not very Christian!

Hairfoot

#3
January 31, 2011, 08:16:39 PM
Can you show us where in geekdom it gets such acclaim? I'm a qualified geek and this is the first time I've seen it mentioned in the dom.

The Butcher

#4
January 31, 2011, 09:17:26 PM
It's a good apocalyptic flick, nothing to shout about.

The inexplicable "epidemic sterility" was novel enough, to me anyway.

And Michael Caine as an aged, irreverent pothead is priceless.

Pseudoephedrine

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February 01, 2011, 12:17:18 PM
Very well made on a technical level.
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February 01, 2011, 01:12:02 PM
Quote from: The Butcher;436620And Michael Caine as an aged, irreverent pothead is priceless.

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#7
February 01, 2011, 03:39:49 PM
I've heard acclaim for the movie, mostly from doomsayers, but really didn't see anything of great worth in it when I watched it.
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#8
February 01, 2011, 08:43:02 PM
I thought it had a lot of great production - the pseudo-PA world really came across well - but the story itself was less than brilliant.

Lawbag

#9
February 04, 2011, 03:31:09 AM
The film came out in the era of 28 Days Later, and is a more realistic version of a global epidemic.
 
Clive Owen isnt everyone's cup of tea, but I think he did the film justice and carried it through the slightly boring bits.
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February 04, 2011, 08:42:51 AM
Funny, all I ever hear from geekdom is bewilderment and indignation over how overrated it is.

The production design and the camera work was amazing overall. I also liked how relatively down-to-earth it was. It wasn't glitzy and full of crazy cannibal mutants like Doomsday, and it didn't have an invincible god-hero straight out of a shitty anime like Book of Eli. The future the movie portrayed may or may not be plausible, but it looked plausible, and that's something most apocalyptic sci-fi movies don't bother with.

Spike

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February 05, 2011, 03:36:52 AM
Quote from: Insufficient Metal;437504Funny, all I ever hear from geekdom is bewilderment and indignation over how overrated it is.

The production design and the camera work was amazing overall. I also liked how relatively down-to-earth it was. It wasn't glitzy and full of crazy cannibal mutants like Doomsday, and it didn't have an invincible god-hero straight out of a shitty anime like Book of Eli. The future the movie portrayed may or may not be plausible, but it looked plausible, and that's something most apocalyptic sci-fi movies don't bother with.


Wait. So the movie is overrated because it has amazing camera work and it bothers to present a remotely plausible apocalyptic senario when most other's don't?

Does not compute. :hmm:




I can't speak for gamer geeks, but most of the high praise I saw for the film came from movie geeks and amateur critics.
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Insufficient Metal

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February 05, 2011, 11:00:01 AM
Quote from: Spike;437778Wait. So the movie is overrated because it has amazing camera work and it bothers to present a remotely plausible apocalyptic senario when most other's don't?

Does not compute. :hmm:

I can't speak for gamer geeks, but most of the high praise I saw for the film came from movie geeks and amateur critics.

Maybe it's just the places I hang out online, but I saw a short burst of breathless praise followed by a truckload of backlash.

I don't think it was overrated at all, though, I love it.

danbuter

#13
February 05, 2011, 12:18:19 PM
I've never seen it. Guess I'll have to.
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February 05, 2011, 12:50:58 PM Last Edit: February 05, 2011, 12:54:58 PM by StormBringer
Quote from: Insufficient Metal;437504Funny, all I ever hear from geekdom is bewilderment and indignation over how overrated it is.

The production design and the camera work was amazing overall. I also liked how relatively down-to-earth it was. It wasn't glitzy and full of crazy cannibal mutants like Doomsday, and it didn't have an invincible god-hero straight out of a shitty anime like Book of Eli. The future the movie portrayed may or may not be plausible, but it looked plausible, and that's something most apocalyptic sci-fi movies don't bother with.
Exactly.  I am working on a review of Book of Eli and why it is just about the shittiest movie on which to base your post-apoc game.  The cinematography was OK, but the story was insanely trite.  I mean, really, Gary Oldman couldn't find a single fucking copy of that book lying around in the ruins somewhere?
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