Children Of Men: The Decision ’08 (Capsule) Review
Just a quickie:
The theater was PACKED…Michael Caine is as good a hippie as he is a dandy…Clive Owen impressed me much, much more here than he did in the mediocre Inside Man…the movie is not flawless, but it certainly has a masterful way of turning up the suspense a notch…many, many scenes that pack a visceral punch…and the most abrupt ending since “I Want You (She’s So Heavy)”…
Recommended…
[...] The big headline everywhere is that Dreamgirls got 8 nominations, but is not up for Best Picture – but the real headline should be that a Spanish-language film with a Mexican director and a relatively modest production budget of $19 million got six – I’m talking about Pan’s Labyrinth (reviewed here by yours truly). The truly excellent Children of Men is up for three (my short review of that one here), and United 93 (my take) is up for Best Director and Film Editing. [...]
[...] Okay, no liveblog this year – I’m just not motivated enough…but I do want to open a thread for various odds and ends…starting with my delight that Pan’s Labyrinth won the night’s first award for art direction. I loved the movie (it was one of my three favorites this year, along with United 93 and Children of Men)… [...]