Wednesday, August 08, 2007

Children Of Men

Still great. The main criticism of the film I've heard seems to be that the situation isn't adequately explained. i.e. the idea that everyone's infertile is just too far-fetched. There's not much you can say about that other than to point out that 1. All films esp. science fiction films require you to accept some set of circumstances that aren't fully explained. 2. What do you want some Star Trek style nonsense about DNA degrading or something> and 3.point out that one in seven couples are infertile and the number is increasing, and no one knows why. A doctor who I was talking about it suggested that the situation was analogous to growth rate in bacterial populations.

Anyway, everything about this film is superb from the cinematography and special effects and the subtly rendered background of a world in decline.



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