Sorry the sites been a bit bare lately, but I've been away all week with some friends celebrating the end of school and the beginning of whatever it is that comes after school. For me, I hope that'll be a lot more watching movies, and a lot more writing about movies.
Anyway, while I was away, in between the binge drinking and the smashing of light fittings (sorry Stuart), I did have a chance to watch a few films. Most of them were old favourites that me and my friends watch all the time - Fight Club, Full Metal Jacket, American Psycho. But we did get the chance to cover some new ground and so this week I saw for the first time Alfonso Cuaron's 2006 dystopian sci-fi film Children of Men, and I was absolutely blown away.
This movie deserves to be (and know doubt will be remembered as) a science fiction classic. It's both thought provoking and exciting, with great performances, a terrific script and first class direction. It's also features several phenominal action sequences filmed in one single continuous shots, the final and most complex of which I have selected for this weeks scene. I honestly cannot remember being as impressed by a director's innovation as I was by Cuaron's in these scenes. I encourage everyone to seek out Children of Men as soon as possible - I plan on buying it on blu-ray the moment I can afford a blu-ray player (which could be a while).
Unfortunately, the scene cannot be embedded, so click on the image below to be redirected to the clip on YouTube. Be warned though, it may contain spoilers.
Anyway, while I was away, in between the binge drinking and the smashing of light fittings (sorry Stuart), I did have a chance to watch a few films. Most of them were old favourites that me and my friends watch all the time - Fight Club, Full Metal Jacket, American Psycho. But we did get the chance to cover some new ground and so this week I saw for the first time Alfonso Cuaron's 2006 dystopian sci-fi film Children of Men, and I was absolutely blown away.
This movie deserves to be (and know doubt will be remembered as) a science fiction classic. It's both thought provoking and exciting, with great performances, a terrific script and first class direction. It's also features several phenominal action sequences filmed in one single continuous shots, the final and most complex of which I have selected for this weeks scene. I honestly cannot remember being as impressed by a director's innovation as I was by Cuaron's in these scenes. I encourage everyone to seek out Children of Men as soon as possible - I plan on buying it on blu-ray the moment I can afford a blu-ray player (which could be a while).
Unfortunately, the scene cannot be embedded, so click on the image below to be redirected to the clip on YouTube. Be warned though, it may contain spoilers.
