"Children of Men" movie: Trailer inside [Archive]

friesenth

Jul 20th, 2006, 08:24 PM

Trailer (http://www.apple.com/trailers/universal/childrenofmen/large.html)

Just checked out this trailer. Has a good cast and an interesting concept. What do you guys think?

Carpe Diem

Jul 20th, 2006, 08:40 PM

Looks good, That'll be a rental for me though.

botai

Jul 20th, 2006, 09:17 PM

though its based on a book

its like the comic "Y the Last Man" but reverse

Headhunter

Jul 25th, 2006, 04:30 PM

Catchy trailer, some logic holes but I like what's been shown so far.

its like the comic "Y the Last Man" but reverse
That's been optioned as a movie, if I'm not mistaken...

konfusion666

Jul 25th, 2006, 04:33 PM

Catchy trailer, some logic holes but I like what's been shown so far.

I'm always for movies which depict an apocalyptic vision of the future, so I think i'll check this one out... even if the basic storyline has been done numerous times before in "sci-fi".

StarStrike

Sep 29th, 2006, 11:33 PM

This movie is supposed to come out in North America on December 25th, but as I was walking to school in London (England) today, I saw a poster for Children of Men and it said "Starts from September 22nd". That's a first :-0 It's already out here before we get it in Canada. Anyways, it looks pretty good so I will probably check it out during the weekdays and let you guys know how it is :cheesygri

sfu_lifer

Sep 30th, 2006, 04:33 AM

The premise seems so lame (just like the Last Samurai being a white guy).
I'm gonna avoid it. I don't think I can bend my brain enough to enjoy it :).

friesenth

Oct 1st, 2006, 12:07 AM

This movie is supposed to come out in North America on December 25th, but as I was walking to school in London (England) today, I saw a poster for Children of Men and it said "Starts from September 22nd". That's a first :-0 It's already out here before we get it in Canada. Anyways, it looks pretty good so I will probably check it out during the weekdays and let you guys know how it is :cheesygri

September I believe was the original release date for NA, but then it got pushed back. Was this just printed on the poster, or was there a special sign that said it started on the 22nd? If it was just on the poster it could have been an old poster that didn't have the updated date on it.

Ojam

Nov 18th, 2006, 01:00 PM

I just watched this, and all I have to say is ... wow. There was one scene that almost brought a tear to my eyes, I really think it was amazing. Not only was the story compelling, but the cinematography was great, some really amazing, and tense long shots, that go on for minutes without any cuts. Really great movie.

konfusion666

Jan 7th, 2007, 01:59 PM

WOW!

What an amazing movie. It's been "limited" up until 2 days ago, when it went WIDE.

I caught it at the Queensway in southern Etobicoke, which is a VERY impressive theatre if I may add.

Highly recommended!

jayk

Jan 7th, 2007, 02:12 PM

pretty lame sounding story, doesn't sound very original.

skyblue12

Jan 7th, 2007, 07:03 PM

looks okay.. but i don't kno if i want to spend money to go watch it at a movie theater, or even rent it at blockbuster.

maybe use up my free rentals at blockbuster for it..

then again, maybe not.

konfusion666

Jan 7th, 2007, 07:07 PM

looks okay.. but i don't kno if i want to spend money to go watch it at a movie theater, or even rent it at blockbuster.

maybe use up my free rentals at blockbuster for it..

then again, maybe not.

it's meant to be seen on the big screen.

although it's not an action movie, it benefits more from the "big screen effect" than the most popular action movie of 2006, Casino Royale!

* spoiler text in white *

the urban warzone scenes are the best I've seen since Black Hawk Down!

BadDrafter

Jan 7th, 2007, 10:56 PM

Well it's rated pretty high on IMDB and they (the people) are seldom wrong.

How come I haven't heard of this movie before?

frogger

Jan 7th, 2007, 11:30 PM

I enjoyed it

jason9945

Jan 7th, 2007, 11:31 PM

Anyone remember that episode of the outer limits with the same idea?

jerryhussain

Jan 8th, 2007, 12:29 AM

Best movie of the year (2006) for me. Alfonso Cuar�n is one of my fav directors now.

konfusion666

Jan 8th, 2007, 12:44 AM

How come I haven't heard of this movie before?

maybe cuz it's British, not Hollywood :confused:

i love this movie and strangely enough, i really liked another 2006 movie also about a Fascist Near-Future Britain - V for Vendetta.

strange meme going around!

Ryan

Jan 8th, 2007, 12:49 AM

Based on the trailer I saw months ago, I didn't have high hopes for this movie, but it turned out to be the one of the best movies of 2006. I really liked it.

TechRock

Jan 8th, 2007, 12:51 AM

this movie was alright...a lot of cool camera work (in the car, the fight at the building) but thats all.....the storyline was horrible, they idndt even bother explaining why humanity cant have babies..like cmon

BadDrafter

Jan 8th, 2007, 12:59 PM

Ok I went and saw it. It was a good movie except for one major error, it broke the fourth wall near the end of the movie when some blood splattered on the camera and continued to stay on the camera as it followed the protagonist around.

I know I'm nitpicky, but I was really enjoying the movie up till that point.

Maybe it will get edited out when it hits DVD.

For those who don't know what the fourth wall is
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourth_wall

Shook1s

Jan 8th, 2007, 04:01 PM

I don't understand how people can say this movie was no good. It was honestly one of the best movies I have seen in the last little while.

GO SEE IT KIDS ...

money1

Jan 8th, 2007, 04:09 PM

it was just "ok"..nothing really special except maybe the firefight scenes

6.5/10

Ryan

Jan 8th, 2007, 04:26 PM

Ok I went and saw it. It was a good movie except for one major error, it broke the fourth wall near the end of the movie when some blood splattered on the camera and continued to stay on the camera as it followed the protagonist around.

I know I'm nitpicky, but I was really enjoying the movie up till that point.

Maybe it will get edited out when it hits DVD.

For those who don't know what the fourth wall is
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourth_wall

That was obviously intentional and probably a homage to Speilberg in Saving Private Ryan.

Ojam

Jan 8th, 2007, 05:26 PM

this movie was alright...a lot of cool camera work (in the car, the fight at the building) but thats all.....the storyline was horrible, they idndt even bother explaining why humanity cant have babies..like cmon

Yes they did, they said they didn't know either.

Ojam

Jan 8th, 2007, 05:27 PM

That was obviously intentional and probably a homage to Speilberg in Saving Private Ryan.

It was on it for a long time too, which means they didn't cut while they were running from building to building which is cool.

drucillica

Jan 8th, 2007, 05:29 PM

Awesome movie.

vladislav

Jan 8th, 2007, 08:58 PM

10/10 for me, incredible movie. Might go watch it again (I never do that, I barely go to theaters as it is).

pm_john

Jan 8th, 2007, 09:19 PM

sound like a very good movie, maybe I'll check it out too.

Yukikaze

Jan 8th, 2007, 10:08 PM

6.5/10 for me. It left out a lot of unexplain answers, and surprised that the main characters die off far to easily. And they LEFT OUT CANADA, i'm curious to know what happen to canada while the riot went on! :cheesygri :lol:

kevin01

Jan 8th, 2007, 10:52 PM

6.5/10 for me. It left out a lot of unexplain answers, and surprised that the main characters die off far to easily. And they LEFT OUT CANADA, i'm curious to know what happen to canada while the riot went on! :cheesygri :lol:

ok you basically just ruined the movie for alot of people

stooker

Jan 9th, 2007, 12:41 AM

Great movie. Worth seeing a second time. 8.5/10

cmge

Jan 11th, 2007, 09:20 PM

just saw it... the fire fight was good... it was worth the admission price

UrbanPoet

Jan 16th, 2007, 12:42 PM

6.5/10 for me. It left out a lot of unexplain answers, and surprised that the main characters die off far to easily. And they LEFT OUT CANADA, i'm curious to know what happen to canada while the riot went on! :cheesygri :lol:

possible spoiler warning

They mentioned that the whole world went to shits and that britain was the only stable country left... thats why there were so many immigrants in britain... b/c all the refugee's ran to the only standing country left.

sleepyguy

Jan 22nd, 2007, 01:22 PM

i didn't like the ending... but overall i really enjoyed the movie, not a single 'yawn' which is a thumbs up on my book :) -sg

joshmxpx

Jan 22nd, 2007, 05:30 PM

Saw this on thursday. I really enjoyed it, especially the camera work, which was amazing for the long cuts.

I like movies with futuristic, dystopian societies, and the one in this film was very believable. My wife and I were impressed at how plausible the story was. The vision of the future was very subtle and realistic, not like some other movies with flying cars and androids everywhere.

The Beatles music was a plus.

UrbanPoet

Jan 22nd, 2007, 05:44 PM

Saw this on thursday. I really enjoyed it, especially the camera work, which was amazing for the long cuts.

I like movies with futuristic, dystopian societies, and the one in this film was very believable. My wife and I were impressed at how plausible the story was. The vision of the future was very subtle and realistic, not like some other movies with flying cars and androids everywhere.

The Beatles music was a plus.

infertility seems a bit far fetch.
a Sickness that infects large % of the population seems more realistic.
The terrorism and war is very plausible tho... In real life Britain has gotten some pretty nasty terrorist attacks...

Kynax

Jan 22nd, 2007, 05:44 PM

just saw it... the fire fight was good... it was worth the admission price

agreed. the last 30 minutes were worth the admission price

konfusion666

Jan 22nd, 2007, 06:46 PM

IMO it's a crime that CoM didn't win a Golden Globe. Babel, which a decent movie in it's own right, has NOTHING on this flick.

hyperion

Jan 22nd, 2007, 06:56 PM

One of my new top 10 movies ever seen. 5/5

bembol

Jan 22nd, 2007, 07:11 PM

Saw it earlier this afternoon...loved it Great movie from beginning to end. Though I was disappointed when Julian Moore's character was killed!.

Can't wait for this on HD DVD!

I'm actually watching this, The Queen, Babel just to compare it to The Departed, which I think will take home Oscar this year!

john widow

Jan 22nd, 2007, 07:24 PM

Has anyone seen the trailer for 300? It's inspired by frank miller(sin city?).
IT LOOKS LIKE ITS GONNA BE AN AWESOME MOVIE!
http://www.apple.com/trailers/wb/300/hd/
Downloading trailer 2 made me want to download trailer 1b :razz:

Evil Techie

Jan 22nd, 2007, 08:05 PM

8.5 out of 10 from me
good movie overall

300 looks like a good movie too, but what does that have to do with Children of Men?

john widow

Jan 22nd, 2007, 08:42 PM

It doesn't have to do with the "children of men" but the "trialer inside"

joshmxpx

Jan 22nd, 2007, 10:06 PM

Has anyone seen the trailer for 300? It's inspired by frank miller(sin city?).
IT LOOKS LIKE ITS GONNA BE AN AWESOME MOVIE!
http://www.apple.com/trailers/wb/300/hd/
Downloading trailer 2 made me want to download trailer 1b :razz:

wrong thread, buddy.

Blunt

Jan 27th, 2007, 09:16 PM

Good movie... but I NEED to know what happens next with the Human Project.
Are they real? Will mankind be saved?
I felt empty without knowing more at the end.

The scene where they were walking out of the building with the baby and everyone stopped fighting was awesome.
It was the most poignant scene ... and the they started fighting again... :cry:

D-Roc

Jan 28th, 2007, 09:15 AM

Saw it last night along with Babel. I prefered Babel but do not get me wrong, I am not calling it a bad movie. It was good and thought provoking. I just enjoyed Babel more. And I hated the fact that they killed everyone off except the girl and the baby.

bleeet

Jan 28th, 2007, 06:52 PM

i really hope the DVD will explain more about what is going on

hyperion

Jan 28th, 2007, 08:44 PM

Saw it last night along with Babel. I prefered Babel but do not get me wrong, I am not calling it a bad movie. It was good and thought provoking. I just enjoyed Babel more. And I hated the fact that they killed everyone off except the girl and the baby.
The movie has a quite negative outlook of humanity, and it stuck to that to the end, thats why the main character died. Examples that demonstrate this are the use of the baby by the Fishes for politics, the brief pause in shooting when they walk out of the building and then quickly resumes.. That's why the left the element of doubt at the end, instead of a happy ending.

bembol

Jan 28th, 2007, 09:30 PM

Saw it last night along with Babel. I prefered Babel but do not get me wrong, I am not calling it a bad movie. It was good and thought provoking. I just enjoyed Babel more. And I hated the fact that they killed everyone off except the girl and the baby.

The movie has a quite negative outlook of humanity, and it stuck to that to the end, thats why the main character died. Examples that demonstrate this are the use of the baby by the Fishes for politics, the brief pause in shooting when they walk out of the building and then quickly resumes.. That's why the left the element of doubt at the end, instead of a happy ending.

Exactly. Would the movie would've been better?

Can't wait for this on HD DVD!