FIRST TIME WATCHING: Children of Men

I saw this movie in theaters and I was a little bit afraid to rewatch it, as I remember being a sobbing mess coming out of the theater back in 2006. That final scene where the tanks are pummeling the building and everything goes quiet for Kee and the baby for a brief moment was incredibly powerful in the theater audio system. It's crazy to me that Cuaron put out this movie and Pan's Labyrinth in the same year. One is a fantasy parable set against the backdrop of the Spanish Civil War, the other is a near future dystopia, but both are about the perseverance of the human spirit despite the depth we can fall to when things get hard. He's such an incredible director.

This is one of the best films ever made. fantastic story, acting, sound, and cinematography. It creates a visceral world. And Miriam sacrificed herself to save Kee. I love it. And hope we can avoid it. Pull my finger!

This wasn't just like a good movie. This is one of the best movie's I've ever seen.

Absolutely incredible film, Clive Owen is awesome, so many great British actors in this. Charlie hunnam played the bad guy with dreads, got fame with sons of anarchy. But yeah such a powerful film

Where the heck were they growing that coffee he ordered at the beginning?

I went too far, thx for liking it and taking the time to watch it and be entertained and then entertaining others...apologize. love your channel. Thankyou.

Yet another example of us sound guys getting it in the tail pipe...u said how impressed you were. Those things that impressed you r difficult to do...every time there is one mistake the whole sound department gets a flogging...how about the bad lighting on the bus in the tunnel...or the dirt on the lense that suddenly disappears, twice, in the Longshot, or how come the body of sid slumps over weird when theo knocks him doorside...no cinematic knocks for each department enough to slap a whole field? I am obv touchy but this always happens, nothing is perfect in film ever, we see it too, bit somehow everyone let's the visual slide and then audio can't make one mistake ever or it is the firing squad...our audio awards just started getting televised, usually it's in the mail, no invite to the ceremony....if u made it this far I apologize for the length of my rant and I love u. But it's sadly, hurtfully, personally true what I said... -4.5db club, avoid the middle rail if u see it...*wink* Ignore me if possible, I'm not real.....

"Its probably gonna be less action and more dramatic" whoops

Such a powerful film on so many levels. One thing that jumped out to me on this watch was Kee saying she should only trust Theo. We are meant to question why Theo agrees but why does Julian want to involve her ex? Presumably she already suspects the other Fishes. Is Theo a biblical name? Um, it’s the Greek word for God. He is a kind of prophet figure surrounded by animals and forced to witness the deaths of everyone he loves to bring about a miracle. I think Kee’s name is meant literally as she is the key to humanity’s survival.

Children of Men eh? One of my all time favorite movies. Alfonso Cuarón and El Chivo Lubezki (Director of photography) are an amazing duo, capable of telling a great story with top notch craftsmanship. Theo honestly represents the kind of man that we should all aspire to be. In a way I think it represents the ideal man (kind of like Aragorn in LOTR). I think your analysis about the biblical symbolism is spot on, the way of the hero, with many of the archetypal figures of such stories. Just an amazing movie, so glad you got to see this one and allowed us to watch it with you, Thanks Nat!

Oooh nice. I recently bought this film and have been waiting for an uncut reaction so that I can finally watch this!

First time watch for me too and I got unexpectedly emotional at the end, the image of everyone dropping their guns at the sound of the baby’s cry 🥹😭 cos it’s just a baby.. and it’s also A baby, especially now A great movie, I can’t lie

I can recommend a film by the same director, Alfonso Cuaron, called Roma, in case you want to watch it sometime later.

This movie is an absolute masterpiece.

You get armed police in the UK for serious situations - busts/raids/gang activity - but the average policeman you’d call in a disturbance wouldn’t have a gun

The flying pig is a homage to the cover of the Pink Floyd album Animals, which features a flying pig over the Battersea Power Station, which in turn is the building he's visiting and dining in. Implying that the flying pig is one used in one of Pink Floyds live performances and another art piece "rescued".

Simply put, one of the greatest movies ever made. And, we need more Clive Owen.

For a film almost 20 years old, it still holds up today... it has so many similarities to the holocaust that caused a reaction for Nat...

I have not been able to cry for a long long while. I got to cry watching this with you, so thank you.

One of my all-time favorites, so glad you watched this. Genuinely nothing quite like it anywhere else.

Love to finally see you watching this one - it's one of my favorites! Definitely a wild and gripping ride lol

There's a lot of great behind-the-scenes stuff out there around how this film was shot, especially how they filmed the car ambush and the long "one take" shot towards the end. Amazing stuff.

Funny thing is, this film came out in 2006. So with production and everything it was probably made in '05 And they set it in the distant future of 2027

One of my all time favorite films.

I’m so glad you got to see this. Amazing film.

One of my favorite films. I love a post apocalyptic type genre and this has the profound story with it. It cemented my love for Clive Owen's work.

The momentary ceasefire at the end of the movie is one of the better scenes I’ve seen in any film.

The cinematography in this movie is something I always come back to. Absolutely incredible!

Happy Feature Friday Nat. Thanks for hanging out with us on the livestream yesterday. It was a lot of fun 😊 This is a movie I haven't seen before, and have no idea what it's about. Sounds like I'm in for a traumatic couple of hours. Holy hell Nat. This movie was so brutal. It was really well made, putting you in a totally believable future. The story was unpredictable and the shock moments were jarring and powerful. Certainly one of the best movies we've watched on your channel with a reaction from you to match. Thanks for all your great work this week Nat. Have a great weekend 💛