No children…no future…no hope…
Official Release Date: Dec. 25th 2006
Cast: Clive Owen and Julianne Moore
awesome awesome movie! Loved every min. of it…compelling, provocative and gut-wrenching…set in a dystopia where women can no longer bear children…and the glimmer of hope that’s always there, even with all the chaos around…
awesome effects as well…gaming style XBox 360 graphics for the war scenes…
this should definitly be nominated for best movie of the year…
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Hey if it's being realeased tomorrow...how come you saw it today...? :)
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ahem…I saw it 2 days ago :halo:
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ah ok...lol! Sounds good will look out for it...where are you btw - I haven't heard of this movie yet, do you know when it's releasing in the UK?
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i'm in Toronto :)
I did a search on google, and looks like it was released in the UK back in sept sometime! the release date for the DVD is mid Jan for the UK...
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^ lol thanks! I've obviously had my head in the sand! :) Will def keep an eye out for it...
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only now.. i saw it like one month ago..
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Just saw this movie. It was really very good, but probably one of the scariest and most disturbing movies I've ever seen because it felt so real and emotionally intense.
Powerful.
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I saw "children of men" on saturday.
so the movie wasnt all that....but the main plot of the movie was pretty disturbing. women losing their ability to give birth. and the world ruled by chaos, pollution, fear and terrorism. a future that MUST be avoided at any cost.
It got me thinking....as of today, in America, more and more women are opting to not get married or if they do...not have many kids. kids are a burden...an expense. I read an article in msn which stated more than 50% of women remain unmarried/alone in the US. women all over the world are becoming more independent, more individualistic....and rely much less on men and collective thinking of the society to dictate their lives. Thus the trend is to
a) get married at later stages in life
b) having kids at later stages in life....due to reasons such as independence, expenses, career etc etc
c) it is much easier to get an abortion done today
couple that with other factors in our lives today.....we consume diets loaded with chemicals whose long term effects are not clear as of yet....many of which are claimed by experts to cause infertility in women.....from the lotions we use on our faces to our makeup and our foods. we are a nation that is so busy and so caught up with day to day life that we seldom stop and ponder of the effects of the lunch we grabbed rushing to the train on our body....or research on the chemicals contained in the products we use.
Not to forget another major factor.....pollution. if it isnt going in our bodies through our food or the pores on our skin...we're most probably inhaling it.
so.....would we be surprised if such a monstrous future awaits us?
it seems as if this shift from the view of marriage and family as an institution, to one of marriage as an afterthought to career and fulfillment of individual desires, is a factor. but events do not take place in steps....it is never a case of "such and such happened because of such and such" but things are in a constant flow. random things give rise to other random things. women (or men) did not just wake up one day and decide "hey to hell with having kids or getting married....we wanna make money and do what we really wanna do...go rock climbing" No.....its a VERY gradual process that has shaped the way people think and what people would have thought of as improbable and even absurd some years ago is looked upon as probable and obvious today. many factors and events have gone into making this society more individualistic. so you can hold that finger pointing at "the wicked west".
However....at the same time I am not a proponent of humans acting like sheep, relying too much on group-think and collective wisdom and the braindead ways of the vulgus mobile. But.....I DO realize that what set humans apart from the rest of the species on this planet and was directly responsible for their evolution into a highly successful species was the presence of "culture".....the point at which the female realized she needed ONE male to protect her young and thus monogamy became our thing, developing language for effective communication, building of tools and so on and so forth. so yes culture and society and appreciating marriage and family as an institution is imperative for the success of humans as a species.
On the flipside...culture, society and religions have also led humans to doom. through unneccessary wars and injustices. by telling them what is "right" for them when in fact it is not. money and power will only take a society so far....it is ultimately "culture" that will deem its success in my opinion.
The conclusion is that humans as a whole do need to realize the importance of society and the institutions of marriage and family. We need to realize this great responsibility we shoulder as a successful species. As spidey-man said "with great power comes great responsibility". It is also our responsibility to take care of our mother earth, as well as to engage and excel in art and all things that will give rise to a more complex human being. dont live to make money, eat, **** and die.....but live to the full potential of a human being that is a social being that CARES. I feel first comes individuality....learning to break free of the shackles of culture and society that inhibit our free-thought....and then .....even further SHOULD come a stage where the individual can learn to live again...in a society...but THIS time...they know how to balance their individuality and their society so as to cancel out the negatives of each and so that the Human is successful in the true sense of the word.
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I have not seen the movie but will say that human beings have taken certain commodities for granted and children will be in coming years. Partly feminist views for being an individual and independent, other war, malnutienment and poverty will make it basically impossible for humans to have children.
The End is inevitable, and no matter how much Religion will teach us, we will not accept it. It is in our nature to be optimistic err ignorant about the truth, which is death that one day it will all end and what we have been living is mere a dream to what is next. Do not resist it rather believe it.
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so you're saying we should not struggle...but just accept our ultimate doom? how will we ever know that not struggling to make a difference is what brought our doom in the first place!
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Yes accept the ultimate doom. I will eat healthy and stay fit, stay clear from things that will harm me. I take my life as precious but at the same time know that it can and will be taken away from me. It is not in my hand to change the destiny so I am not worried about it. Struggle and resist what and how? Especially when I did not choose to be here at the first place.
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dont worry, the population explosion in areas where poverty is rampant and where common sense would suggest family planning is needed massively, would not let what is being shown in this movie to take place atleast anytime in near future.
wit the current world population, there is nothing to panic about in terms of having less humans..
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i dont agree with this. you are not just struggling for yourself but to provide future generations a secure and good life.
Mr. Fraudia: I hope you are right.
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Well, I can stay alive without struggling for those things and so can my future generations but whether they will live or will I have a future generation is not in my hands.
I have been told by Religion, parents and culture to struggle for the best possible life. It does not mean I will have it or not...but trying it does not change the fact that things are in my control.
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i saw the movie, but i didn't think it did justice to the book...if you have time read it, its better.
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ramsha i agree. the movie was saved only by michael cain. they couldve made it so much better.
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It got me thinking....as of today, in America, more and more women are opting to not get married or if they do...not have many kids. kids are a burden...an expense. I read an article in msn which stated more than 50% of women remain unmarried/alone in the US. women all over the world are becoming more independent, more individualistic....and rely much less on men and collective thinking of the society to dictate their lives. Thus the trend is to
This is the trend throughout the developed world. From Japan to Italy, from Germany to the US, the birth rates are slowing. Germany recently incentivized its citizens (women) to have children -- look it up on BBC's website.
Guess what happens when countries don't have enough people to run their economy? They import labor. Japan recently announced importing labor to address labor shortage. Guess where all this labor is coming from? Countries where people are having children like gang busters! Indian. Pakistan. Countries in Africa and other develop*ing* nations. Also, where ever these people go, they take their cuisine, music and other part of their culture with them.
[edite: I mean the educated people here.]
Brown and dark skinned people shall inherit the Earth.
Keep procreating O'Pakistanis, one day you shall rule the planet by virtue of sheer numbers.
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god forbid brownies ever rule the world!
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I felt like this after watching The Matrix, "what if this is all fake... what if we're all just... batteries"... of course I was high as a kite. AHAHAHAHAHAH!