Saw two movies this weekend. "Children of Men" at the movies and "Devil wears Prada" on DVD.
"Children of Men" tells a story set in the near future when women are unable to have children (cause unknown). Great Britain is a paranoid state in whcih illegal inmigrants are sent to camps and there are terrorists acts everywhere. In the middle of this, a subversive group finds the only woman on earth capable of having a child. And they must protect her from the bad guys (the state, well, almost everyone). It's up to Colin Owen to do it.
This excellent movie, from a novel by PD James, is an intelligent, unpredictable and truly exciting science fiction. In these days when sci-fi means so shit Marvel comic book movie and when "V for Vendetta" is considered "deep"...here is the real thing. An Orwellian, "Soylent Green", "I am Legend" type of great science fiction. Directed by Alfonso Cuaron ( "Y tu mama Tambien"), this is a rare thing. An intelligent mainstream movie. It's playing at the Metro and at Plaza.
As for "Devil Wears Prada", well...believe it or not, it is quite an entertaining movie. A chick flick a guy can actually enjoy. Meryl Streep is great, so is Anne Hathaway and especially Emily Blunt. This is a cool movie that talks about commitment to work but also the commitment that one has to make with quality of life and being with the people you love. Having gone through that phase myself and deciding on the side of quality of life, I can appreciate what this movie says.
2 comments:
I must disagree with you on "Children of Men".(please do not read the comment if you haven't see the movie but are going to, this might spoil it for you). I was quiet disappointed with it actually. Cause I don't think it makes sense for her to run away. She is the only women pregnant in the world, and you saw in the end of the movie how the soldiers reacted to her, she was a fucking miracle! How can we believe they were going to kill her if she was fond in England? So, to me, the movie doesn't make sense from the beginning! And why in hell does everybody have to die?? They could have done better...
Las quiero ver a las dos!!!
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