Alfonso Cuaron has had a very sporadic career, sometimes going several years between movies, but he's a true auteur and every time one does come out, it's an event. Even his Harry Potter film is commonly held up as the best of the series these days.
That prisoner of Azcaban or however it’s spelled is actually the only movie of all the Harry Potter movies that I can sit and rewatch. I had no idea this director worked on that movie, I thought the same director did all the movies. Thanx for that info.
Hey Sam, When the baby was born they used a CGI baby to make the birth look as authentic as possible. Today this feat would not be so difficult but back in 2006, it was literally groundbreaking. My jaw dropped to the floor to find out the baby was CGI. They later replaced it with an animatronic baby to save the budget. Nonetheless super super super impressive work on this movie.
I own this movie on DVD, it came in a 4 pack with Waterworld and a couple of other post-apocalyptic films. I'd never seen it or heard of it before picking it up, to be honest Waterworld was why I bought the collection. I put it on not expecting much(the other movies I didn't know in the pack had been disappointing). It grabbed my attention during the ambush scene fully, I was basically in awe of the film making and the script. When the soldiers see the baby and start calling for a cease fire and everyone stops because of the baby I remember looking down at my arm. Every single hair was standing on end, straight up, I was covered in goosebumps. It really gave me chills. I've rewatched the movie a few times since then, not as often as I watch my favorite movies, probably less than once a year but that still means I've seen it now probably a dozen times. The cease fire still never fails to inspire that same reaction. Even watching this video, when you get to that moment in the movie, I looked down at my arm and all my hairs were raised and I'd broken out in goosebumps. It's just incredible.
I think that the Last of us game was somewhat inspired by this movie... i'm not 100% sure but.. i know that the ending of Last of us part 1 was inspired by the movie THE ROAD with Viggo Mortensen witch i don't recommend because it's one of the most depressing movies i've ever seen...
Yeah, I read the book, shortly after it was released & was bummed for like 2 weeks. About 6 months, maybe a year later, I saw Oprah had put it on her Book Club list & I remember wondering what the hell was she doing. I mean, why depress a third of the country?
If you wanna see something that’ll remind you of The Last of Us even more than this, check out The Road with Viggo Mortensen and Kodi Smit-McPhee. It’s so incredibly bleak it almost makes Children of Men seem cheerful.
Glad you finally got to see this masterpiece. There are so many minor things throughout the entire film that create important ties to to story as well as having significance to the film. While it’s a difficult film to watch, I think it’s plausible and one of the best made films ever.
This is such a great movie that I hope more people react to it. The cinematography is stupendous and the storyline is amazing. I also thought that the gypsy woman was going to do something with the baby. I'm glad she didn't. Great reaction Sam! 📽❤
Love your channel as you react to some movies that few others do. Think you need a good comedy to cleanse your palate after the last 3 movies. My recommendation is The Full Monty. It is about some down on their luck, lower class British blokes who come up with the idea to raise some money by doing a one night strip tease show. They are the polar opposite of male models & one of them that has a figure that resembles the Pillsbury Doughboy. Very sweet funny movie with an excellent soundtrack
So glad you're enjoying the channel! Yeah it's been a bit... depressy lately 🤣 Unfortunately it's all just coincidence and slightly out of my control haha, but its okay! Hopefully soon they'll be a bit more of a light-hearted movie 🤪
My compliments to the gentleman who patreoned this. So brutal yet so beautiful. I must be really susceptible to this type of plot because my favourite game is The Last of us
In the book the toy industry goes bust except for the creepy life-like doll industry which sees a massive boom. Like I said I think the movie is better than the book but the book does some excellent world building.
Oh wow, I'd never read the book, but I have a family member that collects those creepy real-life looking baby dolls *now* and I could 100% absolutely see that happening if our fertility problems get to the point like in this movie. It's kind of scary actually because I could see it eventually happening, for one reason or another. Younger generations are already starting to have some fertility issues and more and more countries are being added to the list of "not having enough children to replace themselves".
23:27 I do wonder if Last of Us took some inspiration from this film and those like it. It looks like Last of Us even used a very similar font for their title to the one originally used for this movie. I remember that the big deal with Last of US when it came out was that there hadn't really been another game that had attempted that kind of dramatic weight in their storytelling before. It was kind of the unofficial beginning of a new era of video games. I still haven't managed to get myself to play the second one yet. I know it gets pretty dark.
I'm only 3 minutes into your video and I can already feel the tears in my eyes in anticipation of the scene after the birth where the solider starts to pray. So moving.
Hey Sam, Children of Men is truly an amazing movie and post-apocalyptic narrative. I must say, when Key and the baby (Dillion) walk though the hallways and everyone stops in shock. It gives me goose bumps everytime and brings me to tears. I am reminded of the WW1 battle front between GErman and FRance where both side stopped fighting to celebrate Christmaas. Sometimes war has to take a back sea to our joined humanity.
If you do the math, the filmmakers were apparently expecting humanity to be afflicted with total infertility just a couple years after the film was made. In recent years there actually have been studies of pollution causing lower sperm counts, but nowhere close to what's portrayed here.
I actually mentioned that in a comment farther up. That we are already having some fertility issues and that I wouldn't be surprised if something similar to this does happen eventually. Perhaps not a total infertility for 18 years, but there's a lot of countries even now where the population aren't replacing themselves and fertility issues are starting to happen to the younger generations more and more often now. That's partly why there are some people who believe overpopulation is not going to be a problem and that we need to stop the "don't have so many children!" messaging - and stop shaming the ones that do have more than 2 or 3 kids. I keep seeing people literally get mad at Elon Musk for having a lot of kids, but he's one of people who think that we need more children because eventually we aren't going to keep replacing ourselves.
You mentioned the game "The Last of Us" loads of video games take movie ideas and expand on them to create their concepts. So that transition from movie to a video game would not be unusual.
This movie is so underrated. It’s a Masterpiece of a movie and film making. The long shot when the lady got killed in the car was amazing. Not sure how they shot that scene with somehow the camera inside the car working it’s way out of the car to continue shooting out of the car.
Maaaan, I saw this movie in theatres, and from that FIRST unexpected explosion, it was an emotional RIIIIIDE. So amazingly well filmed, I HIGHLY SUGGEST watching the behind-the-scenes about how they managed to film so many 'single-take' shots, like the crazy scene in the packed car. It's truly incredible how much effort went into making this movie an immersive experience! ❤️
Alfonso Cuaron also directed Prisoner of Azkaban (my favorite hp film). I love his skill and I need to see more of his films! This is one of my favorite films of all time, thank you for reacting!!
7:35 They were raiders. Everyone is at war and resources ae scarce. They just wait there for people driving by to rob. The world has just kind of lost its mind too, because no children means no future. Also, if you go back and watch it, that whole sequence in the car is one continuous shot. That is one of the things this movie is most known for from a filmmaking perspective. The crazy way they had to rig up that car to film than scene. It's the first time it had ever been done. There was a whole behind the scenes piece done on that sequence.
They were posing as raiders, but as you see at the farm house later, they were intending to kill Jules and Theo to force Kee to remain with them in England.
@@Lannisen You're absolutely right. I should have waited on my comment. I actually had totally forgotten that part. It's been quite a few years since I'd seen this movie.
I thought I had seen this movie but I didn't remember a lot about it. Just remembered Clive Owen and long haired Michael Caine, nobody can have babies and one girl is pregnant.
This movie is an *absolutely* underrated gem. It’s viscerally brutal, horrifying, touching, gorgeous and though provoking. One of the only films in the “apocalypse” genre that asks the question: What if the end of the world didn’t come with a bang but simply a slow, tragic, inevitable demise? If we as humanity _knew_ the end was coming, but in place of an asteroid it was just watching the dying embers of a campfire, how would we react? It holds up a mirror to humanity and [accurately] depicts that civilization is a construct that only holds together because we expect it to continue.
The movie never gives that moment of closure, but I always interpreted the children's voices right before the credits as a sign that the Human Project discovered a cure and humanity ultimately made it. So much of the story is told through the environment. The camera pans over Jaspar's desk and you know his whole life story and what happened to his wife. In the room where the Fugees hold Theo, the newspapers on the wall have headlines of war and nuclear fallout elsewhere. No flashbacks or opening crawls, just little details you don't notice until repeated viewing.
Yes this is one of those movies that saying you enjoyed it doesn’t quite fit but it affects you and you appreciate at it . I remember I was so shocked the first time I saw it that Julianne Moore’s character is killed off so early it’s Julianne freakin Moore! But you realize it makes sense. She gets Theo involved because she trusts him and Kee trust Julian . I think it’s clever that Kee is her name she’s the Kee to the future. It’s not a movie I can watch a lot but now and then I will even if it is so dystopian there is this possible hope for the future.
Sam, might I suggest some lighter fare? A drama/comedy that Chiwetel Ejiofor starred in with Joel Edgerton & Nick Frost, ''Kinky Boots''. It was the first role I saw Chiwetel in, then this (''Children Of Men'') & followed by Doctor Strange. He plays lots of heavies, but his role as Lola is stunning. And as always, thank you for your hard work and time on this channel. You are making such a difference for your viewers. You are the GOAT. 🙂💻🎬🏳🌈
That long shot in the car is *chef's kiss*. Also, my 5 year old son came up while I was watching this, pointed to that purple thing on the shelf, and said "There's Gengar!" I know nothing about Pokemon, so I had to look it up to see how to spell it lol.
If you want to see one of, if not, the longest "oner" scene, check out season 2 episode 3 of The Chosen. No cuts in it, and it came out better than the director even thought it could. Amazing reaction!
It's movies like this that proves the academy awards mean nothing. This film didn't win any of their 3 nominations and wasn't even nominated for best picture or director.
The movie very subtly implies how the Fishes found Theo at Jasper's. In the beginning, when Theo is on the train on the way to Jasper's, he's being followed by one of their members who we see later on in the movie.
@@OGBReacts Still watching which is a good sign! Also yeah, Neil Druckmann actually cites this movie as the direct inspiration for the Last of Us. He wrote TLOU1 shortly after seeing this in theaters, he's mentioned it in a few interviews
I know that Neil Druckmann has cited Children of Men as one of the films that had a direct influence on the style and tone of The Last of Us! That's why it feels very similar.
The creator of Last of Us said he took a lot of inspiration from this film. Jim from the office who directed A Quiet Place said that he took a lot of inspiration from this movie as well as Last of Us in the making of both A Quiet Place and part 2 of the same name
I remember watching this movie in a cinema in London with my then girlfriend on what was supposed to be a romantic date night. She wanted to watch Happy Feet. Within 30 seconds I knew I'd made a mistake
One thing I like in this movie is the large number of pets, which is what you'd expect in a world without children. Michael Caine has been around for a long time, and has many really good movies to his credit. Some of the best are Alfie (1966), Sleuth (1972, not the inferior remake from 2007), Educating Rita (1983), and The Cider House Rules (1999).
I love this film for many reasons, not the least of which is the technical marvel of all the long takes full of great vfx and choreography and editing to look seamless. The birth scene: one long take. The car ambush: one long take. Even the first minute of the movie is a long take that starts in the cafe, follows Theo outside it, and then shows it get blown up all without the camera cutting (it’s edited to seem that way, but it’s so seamless). And it’s not really shoved in your face that there’s all these long takes. They serve a purpose of making the viewer feel immersed in the moment while still telling the story. Like in that opening scene, we hear some world building from the news about the youngest man dying, then we see the devastated look on people’s faces hearing the news, but Theo just ignores it and buys his coffee, showing us what kind of character he is. Next we’re shown the near future sci-fi urban landscape as he exits the cafe, giving us more of an idea of the world. And then BOOM. Violence and disturbing imagery as the bomb goes off. He JUST BARELY left in time to avoid it. Not only that, but if he hadn’t been so bitter and indifferent, he would have stayed to watch the news with everyone else and gotten caught in the blast. His character arc is just so dang good. Anyway, sorry for long comment lol. Love this movie
Oooooo this films a good one 😁. Missed so many reviews.....but finally had the surgery on my wrist done so now I've got 6 weeks of healing to do so I'm catching up on some OGB 😁
@@OGBReacts little bit sore, I had to have a gangliean cyst removed from my wrist, and I because I react badly to general anaesthetic I had to be awake, it was kinda cool, but also kinda gross, I got to watch the operation on a monitor. It was ment to be keyhole surgery, but the root of the cyst was too deep, so they had to open my hand, so I've got 7 stitches and I'm not allowed to use my hand for 6 weeks. But hopefully it will sort out the pain I was getting.
It's _been_ a while since I've seen this movie. I remembered it bringing me down, but _my god!_ Some things you don't really appreciate until you see how they affect someone _else._ Anyhow, this movie has a 92% on Rotten Tomatoes. IMDB gives it 7.9 out of 10. In spite of this, it turned into a minor commercial _failure._ It cost $76 million to make but only brought in $70.5 million. All this says to me it would've done a _lot_ better if it had been more well _known._
Witnessing you go through this rollercoaster was so exciting. I have this on DVD and I have seen it several times. I thought I wouldn't start tearing up again until I saw this reaction. It's a good movie but afterwards you need to watch a happy musical to get you smiling again.
Gran película, con un presagio sobre los regímenes de ultraderecha que llegarían al poder durante los 2010... Esas políticas anti inmigrantes, brutalidad policial.
I remember seeing this in London right when it came out. I recognised one or two places in it - not just obvious places like Oxford Street, but a couple of other, ordinary places. A couple of seats away, someone whispered to their pal "That's our block of flats!" when they briefly saw their home in it. Still a terrific film - and those long, long shots with so, SO much happening, involving So many people, are still mind-blowing...
One of the best films of all time. I saw it in theaters when it came out. It was such a powerful experience. Alfonso Cuarón is one of the best out there.
