Goodbye Ruby Tuesday

Rating: 8/10 (14 June 2009)

In order to more appreciate this movie, it is worth it to pick up the DVD which has extras that explain the movie & then watch it on a home theater sound system. With this in mind, once you understand what the film makers were trying to do here, you appreciate their effort. There is a documentary condemning Globalization & Capitalism on this DVD titled The Possibility of Hope.
What this film successfully does is it takes our world and freezes it in 2010, but moves forward to 2027 and shows the chaos that is coming with Globalization. The Acronym used here in the US for Globalization is Free Trade. The old saying is that nothing in life is free. This film (and the authors book) attempt to explain that cost and how they see it effecting the earth. Alfonso Cuaron directing is very capable.
Michael Caine proves his acting skills yet again playing an overage hippie in this one. A far stretch from Alfred on the Batman movies, but very well done. The theater sound is nice to have as the movie uses several Rolling Stones compositions to set the mood in this film. They are new recordings by different artists but the songs they use are chosen very well and fit in brilliantly.
Clive Owen as the main character, trying to protect the only pregnant woman on earth is brilliant and Julianne Moore is good too. The cast excels in their roles despite all the technical stuff thrown in. This is the last days of the human race done in high style & concept.
The film is well done & to me a unique & all too rare verdict on the cost of the globalization of the planet. It is done without preaching & paints a world in chaos in a subdued tone. Brilliantly done is the hyperbole, but this film lives up to that premise.
The sound track while subtle correctly sets the tone of this movie which depicts a dreary future for man. If there is a drawback, you need to see the extras on the DVD in order to completed understand what the film makers are doing.