The thing I noticed on CoM this time around (I've seen it three times...I may be a little obsessed...) was that, in a movie that contains maybe five minutes of people not shooting at each other, Theo never once picks up a gun. The only time he picks up a weapon of any kind is when he knocks out Sid in the refugee camp (and he doesn't hold onto it afterwards). Very rare for the protagonist of a movie with this much action in it. (I can't bring myself to call him an action hero because he's not, he's a protector.)
It's my estimation that... every man ever got a statue made of him, was one kind of sumbitch or another.
Mal ,'Jaynestown'
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Jessica - Jan 08, 2007 5:30:14 am PST #6883 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
beekaytee - Jan 08, 2007 5:31:56 am PST #6884 of 10001
Compassionately intolerant
I noticed that too! It was a surprising feature that made the character all the more real to me.
Boy...I seem to be stuck on that word.
The other thing that really struck me was in the refugee camp after everyone had seen the baby and had what amounted to a religious experience. It took them exactly a nano second to forget the only salient point in that moment and to start trying to kill each other again.
What the? Shouldn't the soldiers have surrounded them and spirited them to safety?
And it was cool that the rescuers were a proto-Greenpeace model.
Polter-Cow - Jan 08, 2007 6:01:28 am PST #6885 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
That's a lot of water displacement, man.
Is the "just add water" schtick from the comics?
esse - Jan 08, 2007 8:26:11 am PST #6886 of 10001
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!
So CoM just came out in the States? It really is an amazing film.
I keep thinking I'd like to go down to Dayton, TN, when they have their annual re-enactment of the Scopes trial.
Man, I don't even think that works to recommend the town. (I had to drive through it when I went from KY to my parents'.)
Gris - Jan 08, 2007 8:26:50 am PST #6887 of 10001
Hey. New board.
I think I'm going to watch Children of Men today. Maybe.
Jessica - Jan 08, 2007 11:57:08 am PST #6888 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
For Your Consideration fanvid for Children of Men.
Very nicely done -- it gets spoilery around the 3-minute mark, though, so people who haven't seen it might want to cut it off before that. (And hey...check out the quote at 46 seconds...)
Laga - Jan 08, 2007 12:00:41 pm PST #6889 of 10001
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Yay someone else saw Kiss Kiss Bang Bang isn't it swell? I finally admitted that Val Kilmer can act after that one.
DavidS - Jan 08, 2007 12:02:25 pm PST #6890 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I finally admitted that Val Kilmer can act after that one.
Have you never seen Tombstone, Real Genius or Top Secret?
Sean K - Jan 08, 2007 12:04:08 pm PST #6891 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Thunder Heart was passable, too.
beekaytee - Jan 08, 2007 12:04:50 pm PST #6892 of 10001
Compassionately intolerant
What David said.
And I liked Kiss Kiss too. A lot. And I watched it twice in a row too. Much to see. Lots of detail and thrown away lines that get gleaned on rewatch.