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In Reply to: Review: Children of Men, after due consideration. posted by Audiophilander on January 10, 2007 at 14:01:43:
That's just one of the reasons I think Children of men is a great film.The core of the movie is about what happens in the world when hope dies as seen through the inner journey of Theo. If you're not watching Theo's transformation from dead man walking to reluctant hero to someone who cares deeply then you're missing over 60% of the film. (Owens give a career best performance IMO and anchors the movie.) I cared very much about the main characters, especially Theo, Kee, Miriam and Froley.
The film is basically a chase picture in structure. Tight and intense - but it blows the genre wide open. CoM has got a lots socio-political commentary on its mind so Cuaron's not going to take the time for a study of the relationship between Theo & Julian for example, but he shows you an awful lot about them together in just the short while Julian reamains in the story.
For people who want tons of explanation and all loose ends neatly tied up - Cuaron ain't your man. He trusts the intelligence of his audience and leaves things up to us to interpret or complete. Cuaron is a strong visual director and there's tons of context and background in every frame - but you're gonna have to look, Cuaron isn't gonna waste vaulable screen time with needless exposition. His scifi inspiration is Tarkovsky, not Spielberg.
Cuaron's not interested in why women can't carry babies any more. (There was no explanation offered in the film, BTW.) He's interested in "what's going on now", set in the "what if" to provide more himself narrative freedom. The infertility is just the premise to get things rolling and explore issues in our present. Cuaron would rather ask questions than provide answers - which is fine by me.
I found CoM utterly captivating - it really demands to be seen at least twice - no way you can catch everything the first time around.
I've seen it twice and plan to go again while its in theaters.
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Follow Ups
- It's not about plot. Or McGuffins. - Harmonia 14:33:07 01/11/07 (5)
- I agree with you about Owen's transformation; that's another reason for rating the film as highly as I did. - Audiophilander 17:23:38 01/11/07 (4)
- "One can't explore solutions without knowing something about the causes." - sjb 17:48:17 01/11/07 (3)
- "Nobody in the film was exploring solutions." - Arguably, that may be one of the film's problems, but ... - Audiophilander 23:48:10 01/11/07 (2)
- The film was speaking more to the heart and emotions than the mind per se. - sjb 09:05:57 01/12/07 (1)
- Excellent point. - Audiophilander 15:03:06 01/12/07 (0)
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