Thursday, May 17, 2007

Children of Men

 

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A great movie.

Great cinematography, acting, writing... the whole bit. From very long action shots with no cuts to great characterization and believability... a great achievement.

Well, I loved it and I'm not ashamed. It's unremittingly bleak and violent, but so beautifully filmed and realized that, at one point, I damn nearly burst into tears that someone could have created something so fresh and so moving, so provocative, so disturbing and so grimly beautiful. I thought it brought a real sense of imagination to the screen and that it was possessed of a fantastic visual flair. I felt that it ended on a note of hope, however uncertain and unclear, and certainly a note of redemption for the hero. I'll admit that Owen, while he still hasn't convinced me that he's a great actor, pulls off this role with a hangdog...um, doggedness that I found believable and often even moving.

I left the cinema strangely elated, relieved that cinema still has the power to move.


http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0206634/

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