Hyped and overrated

Rating: 6/10 (7 March 2012)

Whenever someone or a group of people get very excited about a movie i tend not to follow the masses but do the opposite and wait until the excitement has worn off.
This was the exactly the case for 'Children of men'. A lot of friends and magazines were praising it to the stars an perhaps beyond, also trying to push as much people to go and watch the movie.
It is only now that i felt the urge to see the movie, but as i thought it turned out to be hyped. Yes it has a a few new tricks a fresh story and nice imagery, but it isn't that special as far as movies go.
The story evolves quickly around two people and are more or less bonded from the moment they meet. The couple more or less move from one situation to another, there's little struggle/resistance as far moving from one to the other situation. In the meanwhile a lot of action is going on and people are dying around our couple like flies. The main characters are almost zombie like, there's hardly any emotion going on.
Pro's: * Very good visual atmosphere * Good camera-work
Cons: * weak character building, you can't sympathize with someone * Mediocre storyline * Little/no plot twists or surprises i.e story line is far too linear
All in all the movie gets a 6 because the visual aspects and fresh concept. However if you wan't to see a real sci-fi movie watch 12 monkeys or moon.