Well, no wonder there's no repoduction going on. By the 2030s, the Master's been collecting brides for about 70 years. He probably has them all.
Posted on 01/08/2007 8:27:40 AM PST by No.6
With "Children of Men," Alfonso Cuaron, who directed the last Harry Potter movie, has liberated himself from the demands of children's fiction, serving up a forbidding futuristic drama that offers only the faintest glimmer of hope.
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The Ben Stiller flick, Happyness movie with Will Smith, and Freedom Writers with Hilary Swank killed this movie. The news even sounded disappointed that Children of Men was a dud. It is ashame that another decent movie is being ignored by conservatives. Typical!!! I hate to see threads that complain that Hollywood does not make good movies. It always makes me laugh and cry because conservatives are so unable to be satisfied. What do you want Hollywood to do????? You demand family movies and you ignore them!!!!! If I was Hollywood I would look at the bottom dollar and see only what makes a buck because the last few conservative type movies have not made anything.
Open your eyes and see what Hollywood is pushing on the family. Animated PG or PG-13 movies marketed toward very young children with adult content. It is truly sickening.
What conservative type movies are you referring to?
SAW III?
Yeah bad typo
"Yes it is. This is basically the Nativity Story in the context of a dystopian future. Joseph and Mary in the war zone."
Ah, I missed the part in the real Nativity story where Mary slept with a bevy of men and had no idea who the daddy was. Of course these screenwriters did try and make a poor joke about a virgin birth before revealing this (bit of racism there as well; why is the black momma written as a slut?) Thanks for reminding me of yet another of the ways in which an apparently pretty good SF novel was butchered on film.
When they carried the baby past the various onlookers it sure seemed that a lot of them muttered "Jesus" under their breath. Symbolism alert. Anyway, I haven't read the novel but on it's own this is pretty great filmmaking.
I think this is the movie I caught Michael Medved talking about on his radio show. He said that there are Bush Lied, People Died posters and other slogans in the background of numerous shots.
One of the clippings on the wall says she was tortured.
Nearly all of this killing is done without cause; for instance, the police interrogate the pot dealer about the protagonist's whereabouts by shooting him. This is a helpful way of getting information from a suspect?
Actually it's the Fishies who shoot Michael Caine, after he refuses to tell them where the protagonist has taken the girl.
Good review of the BOOK ('cuz it's not like the movie at all, from what I've read here).
The book is unashamedly Christian, and excellently written. (I read it this weekend.)
I read the book too! And the theme was what you don't value, life, even that of the elderly, you lose...
So sorry that the movie ain't anything like the book.
I will admit to being a huge Clive Owen fan and typically like dark, morose movies. However, I thought that this was an interesting take on what would happen in civilization if something as basic as procreation was taken away. I guess you could read some Bush-bashing into it, but given the nature of Hollywood today, it's going to happen.
I'd highly recommend the movie and hope that it gets several Oscar noms including best picture, director, actor and cinematography.
It's horrible when a movie gets hold of a book and complete changes it, particularly when it was a good and unusual book to begin with. I liked it very much and I think now I might have to go out and buy it and reread it!
"When they carried the baby past the various onlookers it sure seemed that a lot of them muttered "Jesus" under their breath. Symbolism alert"
Wow, now that's deep!
Yeah, I figured as much as when the liberal newspapers gave it 4 stars.
Gosh where to begin. Ok here is a small portion of the millions of conservative movies out there. The Nativity, Apocalypto, Flica, Happily n' ever after, Charlotts web, and many more. All were ignored at the box office by conservatives of you look at the bottom line.
Nativity is one.
Apocalypto is not a conservative movie also there was a lot of baggage with the director
Charlotte's web is a cheap remake of a classic - It has nothing to do with conservatism being the reason it is getting bad reviews. Remakes are almost always produced with the only intent to make a cheap buck.
Happily n'ever after is a PG movie with adult themes targeted @ kids...exactly what I'm talking about.
lol. I am not sure I can win this one. I think the best thing to do is keep seeing family movies and perhaps not see some of the sleezier movies that seem to make quite a buck at the box office.
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