Last night, I ended up (finally!) watching Children Of Men. I'd been meaning to do so for some time, but it's a pretty dark movie, and not really D's cup of tea, so it'd just been forever until I could actually watch it.
The basic gist of it is that it's the year 2027, and humanity has been infertile for over 18 years. Primary schools are abandoned shells of their former selves. Faced with its own slow, agonizing extinction, societal norms have pretty much broken down around the world, except in Britain, where an iron-fisted "Homeland Security" keeps the peace. In the midst of this, one man - through a quirk of fate - gets saddled with protecting the world's first pregnant woman in years from the various forces who want to exploit her for their own purposes.
This movie is a really interesting blend of "bleak despair" with "raw undirected hope". Add to that some awesome cinematography (some of its longest running-shots are in the six minute range!!) and you've got a film that is both interesting to watch, and interesting to get engrossed in.
If you haven't seen this yet, definitely check it out.
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