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Topic - Review: Children of Men, after due consideration. - Audiophilander 14:01:43 01/10/07 (31)

• a totally enjoyable thread... - Jimmy NYC 05:23:51 01/12/07 (2)
• Just "gentlemen"??? - Harmonia 16:05:48 01/12/07 (1)
• Sorry ...and Ladies too! nt - Jimmy NYC 16:41:07 01/12/07 (0)
• A very powerful film. In some ways a plea for us to stop the madness and realize how precious life is. - sjb 17:29:55 01/11/07 (5)
• "Stop the madness." You mean, like wasting time on the Net? And in front of the TV? nt - clarkjohnsen 00:17:29 01/13/07 (0)
• Lightly heavy hands - Bulkington 06:28:05 01/12/07 (0)
• Re: A very powerful film. In some ways a plea for us to stop the madness and realize how precious life is. - TAFKA Steve 18:58:53 01/11/07 (2)
• "He regards "V for Vendetta" as a great movie" - No, I regard V for Vendetta as a near great movie, albeit ... - Audiophilander 22:27:59 01/11/07 (1)
• I liked "V For Vendetta" but it certainly required a MUCH higher suspesion of disbelief than COM did... at least for me. - sjb 22:58:25 01/11/07 (0)
• 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)
• The director deliberately avoided explanations - Doug Flynn 23:41:12 01/10/07 (3)
• All celluloid, Senor Flynn... - Vinylized 13:01:17 01/11/07 (1)
• Re: All celluloid, Senor Flynn... - Doug Flynn 23:12:01 01/11/07 (0)
• Good analysis. - Audiophilander 09:43:33 01/11/07 (0)
• Kind of a dumbass movie, actually, especially in light of the fact that - tinear 17:19:00 01/10/07 (1)
• The world isn't in shambles because of infertility - Bulkington 06:32:09 01/12/07 (0)
• Re: Review: Children of Men, after due consideration. - TAFKA Steve 15:10:56 01/10/07 (0)
• Ever thought of a "spiritual" explanation for all women becoming barren? - mr grits 14:55:03 01/10/07 (8)
• *Yawn* -That's literally a Deus Ex Machina! Even Charlie Kaufman took a poke at that much abused writer's tool... - Audiophilander 16:50:36 01/10/07 (7)
• They were smart to leave it undetermined - Analog Scott 22:08:27 01/10/07 (6)
• Re: They were smart to leave it undetermined - TAFKA Steve 07:55:10 01/11/07 (5)
• Sort of agree, but the open-ended aspect of Cuaron's tale also provides an easy cop-out that arguably weakens the story. - Audiophilander 11:27:36 01/11/07 (4)
• the nativity angle - Bulkington 06:36:56 01/12/07 (1)
• My reasoning: - Audiophilander 14:37:19 01/12/07 (0)
• Cuaron faults science...????? - Harmonia 15:25:36 01/11/07 (1)
• Muslim vs. Christianity? - mr grits 17:10:57 01/11/07 (0)

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• "Stop the madness." You mean, like wasting time on the Net? And in front of the TV? nt - clarkjohnsen 00:17:29 01/13/07 (0)