Children of Men

[BeautifulBurnout]

Anyone seen this yet? Every clip and every review screams out for me to see this asap. Clive Owen's role has been described as his best ever, and Michael Caine as an old long-haired hippy is just too tempting a prospect for words.

PD James was always a good writer. I haven't read this book but it will be interesting to see how she translates to the big screen. She is most famous for her Adam Dalgleish detective stories which do well on the TV here.

[GoatSucker]

Saw this last night and can definitely recommend it. Clive Owen and Michael Caine are excellent and the film portrays a genuinely believable future.

[Bargo]

I saw this on the weekend and I have to say it's definitely my #1 movie for 2006 unless something comes later to bump it off (The Fountain, perhaps).

Some of the action and suspense scenes were just mind-blowing, most of them done (or appearing to have been done) in just one take. I've got to give particular mention to the roadside attack, and the way the camera swirls around inside the vehicle (rather than cutting) to show the different perspectives of its passengers whilst absolute chaos goes on outside.

Great soundtrack, too. Michael Caine's character has some good taste.

[b.miller]

i really really really want to see this but won't get the chance for about a month. I think it plays just about everywhere else in the world before here in the States (damn oscars)... looks great though.

[grady]

This is one of those films that I'm itching to see at the moment and thanks to the wonderful late release as others have mentioned, we get it here in the states last.

I just wish the trailer didn't reveal so much(I presume) of the story. I might be wrong, but perhaps some of those who've seen the film can verify whether my assumption is correct or not.

[b.miller]

resurrecting since I think i'll be out in the states before too long.

This movie really blew me away. Don't mind the trailer... don't even watch it if you've been lucky enough to dodge it. the trailer's wrong. this is a very very very good movie.

[jOHN rODRIGUEZ]

Looking very forward to this one. I hear Oscars(not that I pay attn to them much anymore).

[grady]

I grew impatient last night after seeing The Good Shepherd and learning that Children of Men would not open in Portland until the first or second week of January that I broke down and watched the screener copy I've had for a few weeks.

Damn that was a great film. Perhaps one of the best I've seen this year.

The trailer for this film is very very wrong.

[jOHN rODRIGUEZ]

I hate you grady. (just kidding)

could someone post something in the Silver Surfer thread already.

[Emmet]

possibly my favourite film of the year