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Children of Men (2006)

Bald Move Prestige

Bald Move

Tv & Film, Film Reviews

4.5942 Ratings

🗓️ 3 June 2020

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Children of Men is a fondly-remembered, dystopian, science fiction thriller about the end of humanity, from Alfonso Cuarón's mid-2000's filmography. A.Ron has never seen it. Jim saw it once many years ago and enjoyed it but wasn't blown away. What do we think of it over a decade later? Check out the podcast to find out. Join the discussion: Email | Forums Follow us: Twitch | YouTube | Twitter | Instagram | Facebook Leave Us A Review on Apple Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hey everybody it's Jim and A Ron back with another I should say Aron and Jim if I'm leading I should say Aron right I'm trying to be deferential to you Jim we're back that's the that's the headline and we got another fresh bald movie for you this one is 2006

0:14.5

dystopian science fiction action thriller is what Wikipedia calls it

0:19.9

Children have been directed by one off Fonzo Quiron, who you might recognize as director of E to Mama Tambian,

0:28.0

or your mom also.

0:30.0

Harry Potter and prisoners of Azkapan,

0:32.0

aka the best Harry Potter. prisoners of Azkapan, aka the Best Harry Potter.

0:34.0

Children of Men, Gravity and Roma.

0:36.5

It stars Clive Owens, Claire Hope Ashatee,

0:40.0

Julian Moore, Michael Kane, Chuitel, a Geo4, and Pam Ferris, who you might recognize as the hideous

0:47.2

great aunt from Prisoner of Azkaban.

0:51.6

Jim, I had never seen this movie before. It's been on my watch list for a long long time. I know it comes up a lot of times when people whenever we're watching stuff people's like, oh this reminds me of children to men or whatever.

1:03.0

I thought this movie was set in the slums of Brazil and it involves some kind of alien,

1:10.0

alien occupation.

1:13.0

It's like a district nine meets.

1:15.8

Yeah, like it's some kind of independent day

1:18.4

meets some dog millionaire.

1:20.1

Yeah, it was some kind of like, exactly right, like class conscious, apartheid allegory, you know, thing,

1:29.6

and what I got was a fucking, I don't know, this movie is a trip to watch with the current state of the world.

1:39.0

And was really emotionally affecting for me.

1:43.6

And it's also just an amazing film.

1:48.0

The shots that this movie cost 70 million dollars

1:51.6

and every fucking penny is up there on screen twinkling at you.

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