Children of Men - The Movie

[Drolefille]

It is possible, though the book talks a wee bit more about international relations than the movie does. But never gives any reason for the infertility. I think it has to do with the ambiguous ending. If you know WHY women are infertile, than you have hope of fixing it, without a concrete reason, it leads to the hopelessness you see in the movie.

I would certainly not complain if either the author or Hollywood revisited this world and continued or explained more of the story. I just don't see it happening.

/die-hard sf nerd

[firecracker08]

I found the book extremely different from the movie in terms of the actual action. The relationships that are developed in the book are explained much better. The action is much more simplistic in the book than the movie. But I definitely understand the transition to the movie as a different perspective on the book. The book itself does not give the director tons to work with in terms of action in the movie, there is plenty of info on the state of the world, the hopelessness, an extremely disturbing scene called a quietus, which is somewhat mentioned in the movie but not in the same way as the book.

Overall, the movie is good and the book is good but both for different reasons. I enjoyed both.

[SummerChild]

Thanks Soror. I think I might enjoy the book b/c I really wanted to see more of a development of those relationships, etc. It was good but it just seemed like a movie that could have really left the audience kind of stunned but it didn't do it.

Keeping my fingers crossed for a part two LOL
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Originally Posted by firecracker08

I found the book extremely different from the movie in terms of the actual action. The relationships that are developed in the book are explained much better. The action is much more simplistic in the book than the movie. But I definitely understand the transition to the movie as a different perspective on the book. The book itself does not give the director tons to work with in terms of action in the movie, there is plenty of info on the state of the world, the hopelessness, an extremely disturbing scene called a quietus, which is somewhat mentioned in the movie but not in the same way as the book.

Overall, the movie is good and the book is good but both for different reasons. I enjoyed both.

[firecracker08]

I have to agree about the lack of a stun at the end or so. Very openended.

Had the movie spent a bit more time on the hopelessness of the people and the police state that Britain had developed into, the audience might have been a little more hooked. Sorry to burst your bubble but I doubt for a part deux.

[Obsession8]

I just saw it with a couple of my sorors (I thought more of it than they did). I agree about questions unanswered and the open-endedness of the ending. I guess I'll have to read the book now in order to have a final, "fair" opinion. I give it an "A" for effort, mainly because I like movies with futuristic, Orwellian themes (i.e. Minority Report {a MASTERPIECE, imho}) and I appreciate Alfonso Cuaron's body of work.