The Greatest Depiction on film of a seeming ever more imminent dystopia

Rating: 10/10 (28 June 2013)

Children of Men is a very special movie, a rare movie. Most of the films that have been made about a future dystopian /science fiction world, are without doubt always lacking in a palpable sense of vital realism. They are all unbelievable, no matter how good the story or visuals are, however much they deserve acclaim for entertaining generations of film goers, they all look fake in one respect or another. This applies to even those films made after the onset of the digital revolution in film, that affords the opportunity to use digital fx, they all , no matter how good they are look fake. Children of Men is different, it looks real, and is one of the most accomplished use of the modern cinema camera, it is breathtaking how good it looks, how the shots are staged, and how the story, characters and action develops. It is like a modern fable, a fable for our time, set in a world that looks so real you can touch and smell it, it engages your senses , envelops you in it's plight,it fully engages your imagination in a way science fiction and fantasy never does. It is because of the great achievement a landmark of modern film in it's cinematography, that Children of Men is a true classic of cinema, only years after it's release. The cinematography in Children of Men is the standard that modern filmmakers who use digital cinema cameras, have so far failed to equal, and failed so appallingly, it is a embarrassment to the whole of the film industry. The reliance on such utter abortions of the likes of Avatar to wave the flag of modern cinematic achievement, at the expense of actual filmmaking using modern digital cameras in real environment and not in a green room studio, as is the case of Children of Men which actually uses planet earth as it's studio, is an utter indicment against the complacency of the modern film industry.