Seriously.
My first Alfonso Cuaron movie was Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, which I thought was not very notable at all. If anything, all the fast, chaotic transitions and overly dark atmosphere didn’t suit the story at all. But it was an interesting style, and definitely worth tracking.
Then I saw Children of Men.
Everybody who knows me knows I’m a pathetically easy read. If I saw a good movie, I’ll be sitting in my chair at the end, staring up at the credits with a blank stare on my face. Well, folks, I watched the CoM credits all the way through to silence. It’s an amazing movie in every single way: it’s visually chilling, dark, dreary, and yet hopeful. The level of acting is impressive to say the least, with the always-impressive Clive Owen leading the show it’s hard to go wrong. The soundtrack is amazing, starting with Deep Purple’s classic Hush and ending with the interesting dichotomy of Bring On Da Lucie by John Lennon and Jarvis Cocker’s astonishing Running the World. Most importantly, all of these combine to create a immersive, yet believable world, and a fantastically dark story about hope.
You owe it to yourself to see this movie. If you don’t believe me, watch this. (spoiler warning, nws for language)
And here’s the lyrics to Running The World, which I really quite enjoy, once again NWS for language.
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