Tuesday, February 20, 2007

Children of Men

I was attracted to Children of Men when I read an article about the movie giving its premise and synopsis. Children of Men is a sci-fi thriller based in the future about the de-fertilization of all human beings in the world. It starred Clive Owen as a former activist, named Theo who gets kidnapped by a terrorist organization run by an old friend portrayed by Julianne Moore who happens to be his old fiance'. The terrorist organization actually hires Theo to help them escort the only known pregnant woman in over 18 years to a science organization called The Human Project.

The movie had a slow start explaining how the world was like in 2027 and setting up the plot, but after the first 20 minutes the action started picking up and the rest of the movie was entertaining till the end. Children of Men had some neat action sequences and was very suspenseful. The movie also had symbolism representing world issues that are happening in today's society. The acting was very good. Clive Owen did a great job playing the role of Theo. All the techinical aspects in the movie were great. There were not many special effects and the movie seemed realistic for its setting and plot. The action was never obscured or exaggerated. The ending was great, definitely not the normal expected ending. I recommend watching Children of Men in the theaters. It is definitely worth your money if you are into suspense/thriller and sci-fi flicks.

My first opinions on The Bride of Frankenstein

The Bride of Frankenstein is a classic horror film based off of the novels written by Mary Shelly. It is a "parody" of the director's previous work. The Bride of Frankenstein has many representations symbolizing world issues especially for its time period of release(1930's). Feminism, lynching, racism, and many more were some of the issues The Bride of Frankenstein represented.

At first, when I watched The Bride of Frankenstein, I thought it was pretty funny. I thought maybe it was scary for people for its time period, but then looking back at it more seriously, The Bride of Frankenstein is a perfect example of using symbolism to represent issues. When I mentioned The Bride of Frankenstein as a "parody" of the director's previous work, I meant that it seemed like it was a parody, but I was not really sure if it was the director's purpose for the film.

I did not think the movie was frightening at all. Maybe it was for people who watched it back then. When I look back at old horror films they do not scare me. Because of this thought I have a theory the horror films we thought were scary in our time will only be funny to our children and future generations. Although I do not really know the purpose behind the creator's work of The Bride of Frankenstein, the movie's representation has depth and representation plays an important role in film.