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""Children of Men," now out on DVD"

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Anonymous Riot Nrrd said...

I understand that the record walking scene in feature films in terms of running time, is "Niagara" with Marilyn Monroe. Let's see, do I want to watch some geezer's face or MM's rear end??? Hmm.

Let's see.Uh......I might be a nerd, but I'm not dead.

4/4/07, 10:34 PM

Blogger Alex said...

"loooong tracking shots that excite people who play first-person shooter video games."

Oh snap! As a partisan of oldschool side-scrollers I’m waiting for a movie where the hero is shot entirely at a right angle and moves only left and right along the horizon the entire time.

Actually, the big long shot in Children made me laugh because it had a stain, water or mud or something, on the camera lens for much of it. It sure reminded you what a badass super cool awesome genius-auteur long cut you were watching, but it also reminded you that a dude with a camera was running around in this dystopian war zone filming a glorified adventure movie.

4/5/07, 12:38 AM

Blogger Tim R. Mortiss said...

Cuaron basically ditched the science-fictional premise in favor of making his political statement. The state of affairs he displays has little to do with children not being born; it could have been brought by a number of stock catastrophes. I'm still waiting for a respectful adaptation of William Aldiss' melancholy novel Greybeard.

Now, consider 28 weeks later. Judging from the trailer, the movie could be understood as an allegory for failure in nation-building. I bet the premise and the message will be much better integrated in that movie, zombie sequel or not.

4/5/07, 2:13 AM

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Its notable in 28 Days that all the English people are killed off and replaced by the central black & Irish characters. Except the young, compliant, English female child. Her people & culture totally destroyed she will group up amongst the new people as one of them. The War Nerd ought have spotted this one as a perfect example of traditional warfare!

4/5/07, 6:33 AM

Anonymous Lenin said...

"Children of Men" and "28 days later" - do these oddly similar films both have the female version of the Magic Negro archetype? The Magic Negro is a saintly close-to-nature figure, while the Militant Negress is a take-no-shit figure.

4/5/07, 2:07 PM

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