puuushover

this movie is still sort of wonderful.

I think everyone should just come clean and admit that when they went to see Children of Men, Snrub or loyal was pointing a gun to their head and forced them to like it. LITERALLY.

We can get Tony to arrange some restraining orders, guys. Don't worry.

Well i'm one person who was gun free since i saw it on the first day of release back in September so no dice Zing.

A brilliant, cold look at the future. Not one I want to see again, though. A

Aye, as much of a supporter of this film I've been, I originally saw it cold without really knowing that much about it beforehand and was completely struck back by its brilliance.

I'm a fan of the Dr Jam school of thought on this one. If you see it - with hype or without - and come out of it with anything but sheer awe of its achievement as a piece of cinema, then you're just someone I don't want to - nay, can't - discuss film with.

This is truer than ever after a second viewing of one of the decade's few masterpieces.

I love this movie so much I want to take it behind the middle school and get it pregnant.

Cauron directed the SHIT out of this movie. The direction was not only the most significant and stark part of the production, but also one of the best cases of direction I can remember in recent memory. No matter what greatness or shortcomings it has in my eyes, I think I will always remember it for Cauron's incredible camera work.

That said, I'm in the "emotionally detached" group, or whatever. I had a long day; perhaps I'm merely tired. I don't think that's the case. I actually liked how some information about the world was intentionally left omitted. How the infertility actually started and why, as well as the rapid decay of the entire world is unclear, and I liked that a lot. It's just the characters of Kee and Theo just couldn't relate to me in any real way. They seemed to flat and transparent. Particularly Kee.

Part of it may have simply been me falling victim to overhype syndrome. I don't think so, though; being as tired as I was, the only thing that kept me watching the movie was the fact that it was so acclaimed. I was expecting it to pick up. The action scenes certainly kept my blood pumping, but as for it's emotional weight and the awe that most others seemed to have experienced, I'm left wanting. Were it not for Cauron's magic, I might not even have this above a C.

B

The movie had explosions and boobies.

I'm going to watch this tonight. I'm excited to finally be able to understand the hype on this site in regards to this movie....

You should prepare yourself for what is bound to be one of the greatest film experiences you've had. It is a very touching film.

Now that all the boys' cum over the movie has been cleaned off the floor, it's good but not THAT good. lol

Since so much of the great stuff has already been commented on, i'll point out the bad:

- the cease fire over the baby. This scene ruined the movie for me and everything that happened afterwards just pissed me off. Um, yeah, like, that was a baby you were all just gushing over. Um, maybe someone wants to take the baby and mom into custody, and THEN resume fighting? and the ending! ugh. i hate movies that end abruptly with no resolution. it killed babel. it killed volver. and it killed CoM.

- the Uprising. um ok. whatever.

- subtleness. it's nice. but when everything is subtle it stops being subtle. Theo's relationship with animals. the boat. the baby. war. race. etc etc. I get it. there's a lot of "depth" now focus on one thing and deliver it.

i don't see myself watching this again any time soon..

I'm giving it a B.

EDIT: You know what, I don't want to even bother with you people. Nevermind.

Peace,
Mike.

I think Dr. Jam said it best:

It is still very very good. Not excellent.

Just saw it again on DVD. Still outstanding. After seeing it three times, I'm confident that this is in my top ten of all time.

On to watch the special features...

I agree with everything you said. I watched it today, expecting to be let down a bit since I know what happens, but I wasn't. When the tense scenes start, my eyes are just glued to the screen. This was my third viewing, and it's still just as good. In my top ten of all time. Definitely.

I didn't get to the special features yet, but I will tomorrow.

I do feel bad for those on here who didn't see it, but are going to eventually. I'm almost embarrassed by how hyped up it is on here. I was lucky enough to see it when it was only Snrub and Loyal hyping it up. Although, even if I just saw it for the first time today, I couldn't imagine hating it in any way.

I hope a 2-discer is eventually released. I almost didn't buy the single disc, expecting a 2-disc release by Christmas. But it might not get that lucky treatment, so I caved and bought it.

I think the question you should ask yourselves... is why are people here so upset when people love a movie. I got flame PMs because I loved The New World. Should I not say anything? Is it a fucking crime to recommend it to people?

I dunno. I don't think people get mad. The internet is just weird like that. When 90 percent of the internet love something the other ten percent either feel bad they're not in on it, superior that they're not in on it, weird that they're not in on it, or some other thing that I don't understand. So instead of just letting their opinion be known or actually discussing something, they're very vocal about who wrong the majority is, without ever saying anything of substance. I've done it myself, but I do it out of spite and usually in jest (and I'm pretty sure i make it clear). Anyway, the point is, I dun think its ever really a "mad" thing...just a weird thing. :o :O

Also, I wish I'd get flame pms for liking something. :o

Indeed these flaming PM's sound interesting.

Anyways if i love a movie i honestly couldn't give a toss if somebody else hates me for it. I always think of Urban Intelligentsia's when i think about an intolerance of opinion for some reason. Must be my Country redneck heart.

Only a page behind Kong and New World (Which I still need to see ).

I gave it a third viewing before sending it back, and it's still probably the best movie of the decade for me (This or Before Sunset, which I also had a second viewing of recently). It somehow is able to stay fresh with every viewing, and never get stale. Love Love Love it.

I also still need to see The New World. Given the correlation between the fans of that and this, I'm hopeful.

Flame PMs? Wow.

That's just absurd. No one should get flame PMs for loving a movie.

For every movie that I love that a lot of other people also love, there's about ten movies that I love that I could easily get ridiculed for (and sometimes do). But I don't care. We love what we love, and no one should hate us either way.

Sometimes, it's nice being a yoshue. But in the end, I'm just a Zingaling.