March 18th, 2007 
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Just watched Children of Men. What a great film.
It presents a dystopian near-future world where the human race has lost its fertility. The lack of children (the youngest person alive is 18) has driven us to the verge of total social breakdown. The references are great: sneaking-in Aphex Twin, Banksy, and more, amplifying current trends in UK culture to show them for what they are. In particular, the filmmakers manage to present the subjective experience of being a militarily-suppressed culture vividly and powerfully. Whilst this is never made explicit, it is clearly a comment on the Iraq war and makes its points with the force of a sledgehammer.
What sci-fi should be about, imho.
Clive Owen seems to be picking the right scripts. This, plus Inside Man, are probably my two favourite films of the last 6 months.
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