Children of men was a very interesting movie which keeps the audience thinking the entire time. The film was set in the future in Britain, which was at the time dealing with several important issues such as terrorism, illegal immigrants, and infertility.
When the movie first started I was very confused as to what was going on, and why everyone was so upset about this person Baby Diego dying? I understand his parents and close family members feeling upset, but the whole nation being affected confused me. A question I was left asking myself was about the infertility issues. I still can’t understand why people would be killing other citizens due to this problem. If anything, this seemed stupid to me because more individuals would end up dying faster?
The colour and setting depicted so many emotions for this film. The whole movie was full of depressing colours, especially black and grey, and you could see why the film maker did this. Although this movie was set in 2027 - the future- the shots shown of the city did not depict how I would have imagined the future. The streets were very run down and polluted and the people on them were not happy. In fact, they seemed hopeless because everyone knew sooner or later everything would be destroyed and the whole population would be defeated.
When the movie first started I was very confused as to what was going on, and why everyone was so upset about this person Baby Diego dying? I understand his parents and close family members feeling upset, but the whole nation being affected confused me. A question I was left asking myself was about the infertility issues. I still can’t understand why people would be killing other citizens due to this problem. If anything, this seemed stupid to me because more individuals would end up dying faster?
The colour and setting depicted so many emotions for this film. The whole movie was full of depressing colours, especially black and grey, and you could see why the film maker did this. Although this movie was set in 2027 - the future- the shots shown of the city did not depict how I would have imagined the future. The streets were very run down and polluted and the people on them were not happy. In fact, they seemed hopeless because everyone knew sooner or later everything would be destroyed and the whole population would be defeated.
Clive Owen’s character Theo, was a very consistent character who we were able to come to know well while watching. Initially, Theo was a very calm character who lived his daily life and was not bothered by many things. The death of baby Diego was not upsetting to him at all. In addition, Theo was not easily disturbed with bombs going off on the street. If anything Theo seemed to understand the society in which he in, and the type of events that occur in that soicety. In the movie we also learn that Theo was once married to a woman and had a child, both of whom had died. When Theo met Kee, a young pregnant African woman who he had to find safe transit for because of the immigration laws against refugees we see a fatherly side of his character arouse.
From the moment Theo met Kee his character changed quickly transforming into an individual who was very protective, hopeful, and intelligent. His character seemed very relatable. I say this because I believe that most people who were thrown in his position would have acted the same way, especially if they also went through a loss similar to his.
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