One of the best Science Fiction films ever made

Rating: 10/10 (2 April 2007)

Ahhhh... Deep sigh... Finally it has started. Once in every other blue moon do films like this come out. I rank this with some of the best 'mood' sci-fi in cinema history, with Metropolis, the Empire Strikes Back, Blade Runner, 2001, Solaris, and more recently Minority Report and Dark City. So rare is it to go into the theatre these days and be completely and utterly awe struck by the power of a film, that when it was finished I immediately bought a ticket for the next showing and looped right back around and sat through it again. What an experience this was to sit through! A word that comes to mind is 'rich'. There is such careful construction to every aspect of Children of Men, I was flabbergasted when it was passed over for a production design nomination by the Academy. And personally I think the cinematography award was stolen as well... This is some tight, tight film-making right here. I wish I could write more but my brain can hardly process the impact this movie had on me.. I'm without words. I suggest you see this if you still can in the cinema, this deserves to be seen in surround sound in your face more than any other film this year.