children of men

rob and i saw 'children of men' yesterday.
two words: holy fuck

amazing cinematography: used a documentary, hand-held style. loved the blue/green colour palette.
scary realism: the stunt coordinator deserves an award for all the stunts. it looked so real i had to use substantive effort to hold back my emotional response in a few scenes.
spare-enough dialogue: there were only 2 instances where i thought there was too much exposition. but, really, it was needed exposition. otherwise, excellent use of acting to convey information where most directors would dialogue the shit out of it.

okay and now i'll wade into the whole debate about the long takes; like, what the fuck is all the fuss about? i didn't even notice the long takes. i say: get over it movie critics and write about the freaking awesome writing, directing, cinematography, or even the political message instead.

and finally, i can't belive this movie was directed by the same guy who did a Harry Potter movie and Great Expectations (the one with Gwyneth Paltrow). yes, yes, he also did Y Tu Mama Tabien but Great Expectations was horrible.

the director, Alfonso Cuarón, also co-wrote this film. i am in total awe. i will never be able to achieve this level of creativity but i'll try.