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happybird

(5,128 posts)
Tue Nov 24, 2020, 02:38 PM Nov 2020

Children of Men

What a good movie. I saw it years ago, when it first hit video, and just rewatched it. It felt very suited to 2020. It was actually kinda scary in that context. The refugees in cages hit especially hard.
My coworker and I were discussing the Rat Utopia experiment this past week at work, and that also came to mind. Is that the way we are headed? Unsettling thoughts for my day off.

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Children of Men (Original Post) happybird Nov 2020 OP
Check out Torchwood's Children of Earth exboyfil Nov 2020 #1
Will do. happybird Nov 2020 #2
Difficult film to watch. Aristus Nov 2020 #3
saw it when it first came out... dhill926 Nov 2020 #4
It is available in our library system - looks like a good suggestion! Clearly fogged in Nov 2020 #5

happybird

(5,128 posts)
2. Will do.
Tue Nov 24, 2020, 02:43 PM
Nov 2020

Thanks for the recommendation. My Tuesdays off are reserved for eating, watching movies, and snuggling with the cats. I’m always looking for new stuff to watch.

Aristus

(68,400 posts)
3. Difficult film to watch.
Tue Nov 24, 2020, 03:01 PM
Nov 2020

The scene with Michael Caine euthanizing his catatonic wife just about took me apart.

Clearly fogged in

(1,964 posts)
5. It is available in our library system - looks like a good suggestion!
Wed Nov 25, 2020, 07:49 AM
Nov 2020

Too many things to do today; it will be Saturday before I can get it. It sounds like a great movie - one reviewer commented that he almost wanted the main character to pick up one of the guns that were everywhere, but he never did.

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