The most overlooked movie of the year

Rating: 10/10 (15 February 2007)

What can I say about "Children of Men" to make more people go see it? How about that it's one of the best films I have ever seen in the theater.
It's one of the greatest films I've ever SEEN.
This is one of the few films I would give a perfect 10 for. Alfonso Cuaron, from the first scene of the movie, crafts a beautiful and all too possible future world.
There are almost too many things to list that make up why this movie is so good, but I will try: The story is excellently told. The characters have unique and individual voices. From the very beginning of the film, I was completely absorbed in finding out about what was going in society of the world. The movie is cold, dark, and depressing and scarily realistic. The conflict between the native British and the so-called "fugees," or refugees mirrors the immigration rumbles in the US right now perfectly.
Maybe that is why I love "Children of Men" so much. It was in the future, and yet it was a film that, for me, challenged a lot of modern day politics.
It is also one the film that made me realize something my dad had always told me. My dad always told me that the greatest films were told by pictures or images, and this is a film that certainly does it.
"Children of Men" is a film that I know I will look back on 10, 20, 30, even 40 years from now as a truly great film.
To close, I think it's a crime that this movie was not nominated for either Best Picture or Best Director--and I don't think I'm alone. See this movie.