Great Film, Awesome Cinematography, so many Rants

Rating: 10/10 (8 December 2011)

I just watched Children of Men on TV, for the fourth or fifth time and I wanted to read the reviews on IMDb just out of curiosity. Most of them are highly praising, but there are a LOT of them burying the movie. Much has been said about the virtues and drawbacks of Children of Men. I think it's easily one of the best films of 2006, at least. I especially loved the grim atmosphere and the fantastic camera work, which gives you the impression of watching a war documentary and not a movie.
On this review, I will stand on the haters, that are focusing on lots of things, like the non plausibility of the story. God, it's science fiction, the story tells you that women are infertile no-matter-what, you take it for granted, end of story. It's not Discovery Channel. Science fiction, is by definition exploring the fiction with a touch of science, it's not science only. Others hate the camera work, but that's just a matter of taste. Camera works well in my eyes and perception, it's a matter of aesthetics. And the documentary-like feeling, fits awesome into the whole atmosphere. Some other guys said: "how can a single baby revert the situation and make women fertile again?". True, but in the movie it's never stated that this child would be the Messiah: it's just a hope, nothing more nothing less.This is why this film is so good, it leaves the viewer wondering about things like: "Will this child be the answer?" or "What if this Human Project is another organization like Fish?" or "Presumably this baby is the solution to infertility, will the world become a better place or is it already too late?". These questions make this film deep: the urge to ask yourself "What if?". Anyway, haters are gonna hate, but I find it greatly unjust for a movie that had a great cast with really humane behaviors like any other regular guy, approached all action scenes entirely different than Hollywood would and provided a simplistic theme-story, so that everyone could relate to, to be ditched that way.