The Chaos of a Ending Race - Children of Men - An Amber Steele Review

Fertility? Gone. And the youngest human being of almost the past two decades has just been killed in a bomb explosion. The hope for humanity seems to be gone. The world in the year 2027 has been sent into a state of chaos. Britain, one of the few surviving countries, fights to maintain their hold the people of their country. The film undergoes a trek where
 Theo, our lead takes the last hope for the future of the world, and refugee, Kee, to the sea.

This movie is captivating from the start. The camera work was very mentally simulating as a film student.  At some points the actual camera would be involved into the scene, with blood splatters on the lens, etc.  For some it may “take them out” of the movie. For me, it pulls me in, as if I was actually in the scene.

The Director, Alfonso Curaron, and the Director of Photography, Emmanuel Lubezki, formulated many spectacular “oners” throughout the movie. They devised perfectly planned shots throughout the movie lasting minutes on end, with extremely wild action, perfect performances, and beautiful images. There are two shots in the movie that stand out to me, and might be the most renown for the movie: when they are in the car, and Julian gets killed and the ending of the movie where Kee and Theo are leaving the interment camp.

The director took the script he was given and did wonders with it. This movie’s cinematography brings awh to a wide variety of audiences. Personally I think we brought a very fresh and inquisitive way to look at film.