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Posted: 4/16/2024 2:49:09 PM EDT
What a great and disturbing film that has aged exceptionally well. Incredible cinematography, acting, and audio.
Opening Scene:  Children of Men Opening Scene |
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Posted: 4/16/2024 2:55:00 PM EDT
[#1]
Great film.
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Posted: 4/16/2024 2:59:52 PM EDT
[#2]
Agreed, it’s great and disturbing.
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Posted: 4/16/2024 3:00:45 PM EDT
[#3]
Such a well done movie, rare even. Almost like a premonition these days.
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Posted: 4/16/2024 3:01:26 PM EDT
[#4]
That one-take bombing scene is a masterpiece of modern cinema.
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Posted: 4/16/2024 3:06:21 PM EDT
[#5]
Syd was a fascist pig.
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Posted: 4/16/2024 3:07:15 PM EDT
[#6]
Pull my finger.
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Posted: 4/16/2024 3:12:57 PM EDT
[#7]
Last one to die, please turn out the light.
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OH, USA
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Posted: 4/16/2024 3:16:04 PM EDT
[#8]
I saw it with my friends in high school. They were "too cool" to watch a movie with that title but I wanted to see it. Needless to say they were glad they tagged along after the ending action scenes
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Posted: 4/16/2024 3:17:33 PM EDT
[#9]
Felt entirely too much like predictive programming to me to enjoy. Especially after watching the DVD extras.
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Posted: 4/16/2024 3:19:10 PM EDT
[#10]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By macman37: That one-take bombing scene is a masterpiece of modern cinema. |
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Posted: 4/16/2024 3:19:10 PM EDT
[Last Edit: TNC]
[#11]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By macman37: That one-take bombing scene is a masterpiece of modern cinema. DoUble tap QFT |
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Posted: 4/16/2024 3:19:25 PM EDT
[#12]
Wasn’t bad, I liked it overall
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Posted: 4/16/2024 3:20:42 PM EDT
[#13]
Loved it
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Posted: 4/16/2024 3:25:25 PM EDT
[#14]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Hesperus: Felt entirely too much like predictive programming to me to enjoy. Especially after watching the DVD extras. Predictive programming is a theory devised by conspiracy theorists, it claims that the government or groups of elites are using fictional movies or books as a mass mind control tool to make the population more accepting of planned future events. Wow. Lots of folks on the crazy pills |
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Posted: 4/16/2024 3:31:19 PM EDT
[Last Edit: KILLERB6]
[#15]
The urban combat scenes were pretty accurate.
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FM, USA
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Posted: 4/16/2024 3:39:09 PM EDT
[#16]
It has aged well because it depicts our modern reality.
It's a documentary, we just didn't know it back then. |
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AZ, USA
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Posted: 4/16/2024 3:52:58 PM EDT
[#17]
"Children of Men" is a variation of "Son of Man," a reference to Jesus Christ. The author of the book is very religious.
That was lost on me at the time. |
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USA
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Posted: 4/16/2024 3:56:17 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Clockwork138]
[#18]
It's a movie I would watch anytime it was on a movie channel back when I had TV.
Among other things, I always appreciated that it wasn't the typical evil, right-wing tyranny vs. the righteous, leftist rebels. The gov were self-serving pieces of shit. The resistance were self-serving pieces of shit. Then there were the normal people caught in the middle. |
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Posted: 4/16/2024 3:56:43 PM EDT
[#19]
The part where they bring the baby out of the building is up there with some of the best scenes ever put on film.
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AZ, USA
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Posted: 4/16/2024 3:59:09 PM EDT
[#20]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Clockwork138: It's a movie I would watch anytime it was on a movie channel back when I had TV. Among other things, I always appreciated that it wasn't the typical evil, right-wing tyranny vs. the righteous, leftist rebels. The gov were self-serving pieces of shit. The resistance were self-serving pieces of shit. Then there were the normal people caught in the middle. Did you notice the overt communist propaganda in the old couple's apartment in the quarantine zone? |
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USA
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Posted: 4/16/2024 3:59:16 PM EDT
[#21]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Cypher214: The part where they bring the baby out of the building is up there with some of the best scenes ever put on film. Agreed. |
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Posted: 4/16/2024 3:59:17 PM EDT
[#22]
Anything with Clive Owen as the lead is good.
Inside Man King Arthur The International |
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OH, USA
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Posted: 4/16/2024 4:08:40 PM EDT
[#23]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By BT1989: I saw it with my friends in high school. They were "too cool" to watch a movie with that title but I wanted to see it. Needless to say they were glad they tagged along after the ending action scenes Weird. I also saw it in high school with a couple friends and it felt... just... depressingly realistic. Even the action scenes felt like a brutally accurate portrayal of the randomness of modern war. Bullets aren't even addressed to any one side, but instead carry a label of "to whom it may concern". About the only thing it didn't predict was smart phones. Everything else looks and feels almost exactly like where we ended up. Probably the most accurate representation of what the 2020s would look like. |
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Posted: 4/16/2024 4:10:33 PM EDT
[Last Edit: tifosi]
[#24]
Saw it in the theater. Went in blind. Had never heard of it, but a friend urged me to go.
Walked out speechless. Such a great movie. ** The scene where they are tying to pop-start the car and get away ... the tension in that scene is incredible. |
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OH, USA
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Posted: 4/16/2024 4:11:11 PM EDT
[#25]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By brownbomber: Did you notice the overt communist propaganda in the old couple's apartment in the quarantine zone? Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By brownbomber: Originally Posted By Clockwork138: It's a movie I would watch anytime it was on a movie channel back when I had TV. Among other things, I always appreciated that it wasn't the typical evil, right-wing tyranny vs. the righteous, leftist rebels. The gov were self-serving pieces of shit. The resistance were self-serving pieces of shit. Then there were the normal people caught in the middle. Did you notice the overt communist propaganda in the old couple's apartment in the quarantine zone? Yes. They were geriatric refugees from Eastern Europe and the former USSR who still had their old Soviet medals. That's called environmental story telling, not propaganda. The movie definitely leaned left, but it came from a time when the left wasn't sucking corpo dick like there was a cum embargo. |
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Posted: 4/16/2024 4:13:52 PM EDT
[#26]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Cypher214: The part where they bring the baby out of the building is up there with some of the best scenes ever put on film. Without a doubt. |
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Posted: 4/16/2024 4:15:30 PM EDT
[Last Edit: dhmjr40]
[#27]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By gotigers: Anything with Clive Owen as the lead is good. Inside Man King Arthur The International The only one I can think of that might not be is Shoot'em Up. Super over the top. Decent soundtrack. But gave me a slight anti gun vibe that 'might' be entirely in my head. I still like watching it though which might have a little to do with Monica Bellucci 
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Posted: 4/16/2024 4:19:16 PM EDT
[Last Edit: runcible]
[#28]
I enjoyed it, thought the (Mexican) director leaned pretty hard into the whole illegal immigrant thing.
Apparently, Western countries having borders is wrong. I wonder how he feels about Mexico's immigration policies? |
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Posted: 4/16/2024 4:19:54 PM EDT
[#29]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Cypher214: The part where they bring the baby out of the building is up there with some of the best scenes ever put on film. |
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USA
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Posted: 4/16/2024 4:21:14 PM EDT
[#30]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Scratch45: Predictive programming is a theory devised by conspiracy theorists, it claims that the government or groups of elites are using fictional movies or books as a mass mind control tool to make the population more accepting of planned future events. Wow. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Scratch45: Originally Posted By Hesperus: Felt entirely too much like predictive programming to me to enjoy. Especially after watching the DVD extras. Predictive programming is a theory devised by conspiracy theorists, it claims that the government or groups of elites are using fictional movies or books as a mass mind control tool to make the population more accepting of planned future events. Wow. FIFY. |
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Posted: 4/16/2024 4:26:18 PM EDT
[#31]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Scratch45: Predictive programming is a theory devised by conspiracy theorists, it claims that the government or groups of elites are using fictional movies or books as a mass mind control tool to make the population more accepting of planned future events. Wow. Lots of folks on the crazy pills |
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Posted: 4/16/2024 4:34:26 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Scratch45]
[#32]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By runcible: You think that sounds far fetched? I am sure it is a thing. Do you think some folks see conspiracies everywhere? Do you think Children of Men is predictive programming? DO you think any movie with any kind of social commentary is predictive programming? |
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Posted: 4/16/2024 4:35:41 PM EDT
[#33]
Saw it in the theater with my old man. We loved it.
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Posted: 4/16/2024 4:52:19 PM EDT
[#34]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By gotigers: Anything with Clive Owen as the lead is good. Inside Man King Arthur The International Even commercials.  BMW FILMS: JOHN WOO (Clive Owen) (Cannes advertising) (Film Lions Grand Prix 2002)  BMW FILMS: GUY RITCHIE (Clive Owen) (Cannes advertising) (Film Lions Grand Prix 2002)  BMW Films - The Hire - Ambush |
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Posted: 4/16/2024 5:11:24 PM EDT
[#35]
One of my favorite movies of all time.
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Posted: 4/16/2024 5:23:07 PM EDT
[#36]
For me, this is the best scene in the movie. It blows me away that it was done in a single take.
 Children Of Men (2006) One-Shot Car Scene | Science Fiction Station |
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Posted: 4/16/2024 5:31:48 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By X-CaptHook: For me, this is the best scene in the movie. It blows me away that it was done in a single take.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOyAXPn1V9kThis is the one that hooked me and drew me in. |
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Posted: 4/16/2024 5:35:32 PM EDT
[#38]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By lowcountry: Great film. |
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Posted: 4/16/2024 5:38:27 PM EDT
[#39]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Scratch45: Predictive programming is a theory devised by conspiracy theorists, it claims that the government or groups of elites are using fictional movies or books as a mass mind control tool to make the population more accepting of planned future events. Wow. Lots of folks on the crazy pills Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Scratch45: Originally Posted By Hesperus: Felt entirely too much like predictive programming to me to enjoy. Especially after watching the DVD extras. Predictive programming is a theory devised by conspiracy theorists, it claims that the government or groups of elites are using fictional movies or books as a mass mind control tool to make the population more accepting of planned future events. Wow. Lots of folks on the crazy pills You know who's on the crazy pills? Our Government and other world leaders. |
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Posted: 4/16/2024 5:44:10 PM EDT
[#40]
Night Raiders on Netflix was supposed to be influenced by Children of Men. Might have to give it a watch.
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Posted: 4/16/2024 5:53:41 PM EDT
[#41]
I have never seen this film.
Should I watch it? |
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Posted: 4/16/2024 5:54:31 PM EDT
[#42]
The fighting sounds are some of the more realistic I’ve heard in movies.
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Posted: 4/16/2024 5:54:32 PM EDT
[#43]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By X-CaptHook: For me, this is the best scene in the movie. It blows me away that it was done in a single take. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOyAXPn1V9kYou think she’s going to be a major character and then boom! |
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Posted: 4/16/2024 5:54:44 PM EDT
[#44]
Children of Men is on the archive.org
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USA
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Posted: 4/16/2024 5:56:59 PM EDT
[#45]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By dhmjr40: The only one I can think of that might not be is Shoot'em Up. Super over the top. Decent soundtrack. But gave me a slight anti gun vibe that 'might' be entirely in my head. I still like watching it though which might have a little to do with Monica Bellucci Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By dhmjr40: Originally Posted By gotigers: Anything with Clive Owen as the lead is good. Inside Man King Arthur The International The only one I can think of that might not be is Shoot'em Up. Super over the top. Decent soundtrack. But gave me a slight anti gun vibe that 'might' be entirely in my head. I still like watching it though which might have a little to do with Monica Bellucci The plot was an evil gun manufacturer killing people to prevent the repeal of the 2nd Amendment. The protagonist, whose family was killed in some sort of shooting, kills a corrupt politician and explains that his assassination will trigger stricter gun control. I'd say it's more than a "slight anti-gun vibe". All hypocritically done with excessive amounts of gunplay. |
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Posted: 4/16/2024 5:57:01 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Scratch45]
[#46]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By TxLewis: I have never seen this film. Should I watch it?  And report back in this thread |
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Posted: 4/16/2024 5:57:22 PM EDT
[#47]
Great film.
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CO, USA
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Posted: 4/16/2024 5:57:59 PM EDT
[#48]
It's my favorite movie of all time and for good reason. Clive Owen and Michael Caine are excellent in it and the cinematography is top notch.
The scene near the end where he is escorting the pregnant woman to the dockyard is GOAT material. |
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Posted: 4/16/2024 5:59:00 PM EDT
[#49]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Hesperus: Felt entirely too much like predictive programming to me to enjoy. Especially after watching the DVD extras. Sigh |
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Posted: 4/16/2024 5:59:08 PM EDT
[#50]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Clockwork138: The plot was an evil gun manufacturer killing people to prevent the repeal of the 2nd Amendment. The protagonist, whose family was killed in some sort of shooting, kills a corrupt politician and explains that his assassination will trigger stricter gun control. I'd say it's more than a "slight anti-gun vibe". All hypocritically done with excessive amounts of gunplay. Well....sure if you put it like that....... |
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