Children of Men

[Zorro]

<p><font size="2">Loved the book...hated the movie.</font></p><p><font size="2">PD James wrote this thing as a social commentary with awesome character growth. The movie tosses all that aside, so much so that universal infertility seems like a good idea.</font></p>

[klaus_kinski_Jr]

I was actually looking forward to seeing this film. WEll I'll just now wait for Pan's Labrinyth instead.

[Sheeplovr]

Mexican directors are the best<br />

[FMJeff]

<p>Im still waiting for the movie version of Y the last man, as well as my christmas presents, the remaining issues of y the last man. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>missy, comment? </p>

[Tenbatsuzen]

<strong>FMJeff</strong> wrote:<br /><p>Im still waiting for the movie version of Y the last man, as well as my <span style="background-color: #ffff00">christmas presents</span>, the remaining issues of y the last man. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>missy, comment? </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;Comment: You're a Jew.</p><p>&nbsp;</p>

[MadMatt]

<p>Has anybody seen the movie that hasn't read the book?&nbsp; I'm sure the book is better (they usually are), but how does the movie rate on it's own.&nbsp; Is it a good flick if you don't have any preconcieved notions?</p><p>I'm not busting on you Zorro, I just want to know if it's a good movie on it's own.&nbsp; I know how you feel though - I read Jurrasic Park first so I hated the movie.&nbsp; The effects were good, but the book had a much more solid storyline.</p>

[Uncle Fezster]

<strong>Sheeplovr</strong> wrote:<br />Mexican directors are the best<p><font face="arial,sans-serif" size="-1"><strong>Viva Senor Spielbergo!!!</strong></font></p><p><img src="http://croutonboy.typepad.com/cheekys_hideaway/images/spielbergo_1.jpg" border="0" width="230" height="172" />&nbsp;</p>

[Zorro]

<strong>MadMatt</strong> wrote:<br /><p>Has anybody seen the movie that hasn't read the book?&nbsp; I'm sure the book is better (they usually are), but how does the movie rate on it's own.&nbsp; Is it a good flick if you don't have any preconcieved notions?</p><p>I'm not busting on you Zorro, I just want to know if it's a good movie on it's own.&nbsp; I know how you feel though - I read Jurrasic Park first so I hated the movie.&nbsp; The effects were good, but the book had a much more solid storyline.</p><p><font size="2">I was thinking the same thing. So, no prob. Would love to know what other people think.</font></p><p><font size="2"></font></p>

[MadMatt]

<strong>Uncle Fezster</strong> wrote:<br /><strong>Sheeplovr</strong> wrote:<br />Mexican directors are the best <p><font face="arial,sans-serif" size="-1"><strong>Viva Senor Spielbergo!!!</strong></font></p><p><img src="http://croutonboy.typepad.com/cheekys_hideaway/images/spielbergo_1.jpg" border="0" width="230" height="172" />&nbsp;</p><p><font size="2">&quot;We did twenty takes, and that was the best one.&quot;</font></p><p><img src="/messageboard/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/images/lol.gif" border="0" width="20" height="20" /></p>

[FUNKMAN]

<p>sidnote:</p><p>when i was around 7 this older spanish kid around the corner told me men could have babies and they were called&nbsp;&quot; jelly babies &quot;</p><p>and i believed him and started telling other people the same thing</p><p>&nbsp;</p>

[Zorro]

<img src="http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n67/Chas4604/mex.jpg" border="0" width="300" height="275" />

[Glück]

It looks like a Sliders episode to me! ohh how I love Sliders

[klaus_kinski_Jr]

Intersting ideas no character development. Watched it this
evening after the games at home.



I read the book years ago probably around the time when it
came out in the 90's. So it's not like it was fresh in my mind
when i watched the film.

[LordJezo]

<p>We thought the movie was pretty cool but the anti-Bush crap in there seemed a little out of place for 2027 England.</p> <p>I mean, a direct rip off of a Abu Ghraib prison scandal complete to the outfits the prisoners were made to wear? Come on.. </p> <p>The camera even focused in a Bush sticker that was proceeded by an anti Iraq was sticker. They seemed to be pushing this stuff a little too hard in this movie, but besides for that it was really cool. It was like I was watching Half Life 2 the movie, just with out the Combine.&nbsp; That end sequence, the one thats like 7 minutes long of pure action with out a single cut in it was an act of awesomtude. </p>

<span class=post_edited>This message was edited by LordJezo on 1-8-07 @ 7:31 PM</span>

[shamus mcfitzy]

<strong>MadMatt</strong> wrote:<br /><p>Has anybody seen the movie that hasn't read the book? </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>i never read the book and barely knew what the movie was when my friends told me to come and watch it this past week. Because i have no preconcieved ideas about what it shoulda been I can't say that i was disappointed, but i can definitely see how this wasn't everything that it coulda been. Nothing really ever gets developed past the mere mention of certain things. I would've liked to have had some more development on the whole &quot;England is the only civilized country left&quot; stuff. I really didn't notice the anti-Bush stuff as much other than the obvious undertones of the fact that the movie is being made in this time. And i guess i just kinda wanted a different ending. Overall though, because i have no concept of what it could've been i'd say see it if you haven't read the book. 3 stahzzzz because its actually an intelligent movie when there isn't a lot out there to see.</p>

<span class=post_edited>This message was edited by shamus mcfitzy on 1-9-07 @ 5:18 AM</span>