Children of Men

This movie, Children of Men, is a dark depiction of what life would be like if all women went infertile and could no longer have children. The film is set in the future in London, England, and shows a very different version of how the city is now. Most of the population all over the world lives a very low quality life and there is chaos in every major city. The main character, Theo, goes through life altering trials that lead him to the only woman on Earth that is pregnant. The mother is an illegal refugee that is in danger of being deported or killed. He then devotes himself to the protection of the mother and her baby to assure the future of their lives. A dominant theme I saw in this movie was hope for a better future. This is what drove Theo to help the mother and child, and keep going through all the obstacles.
The most memorable piece of camera work in this movie is the oner scene in which the car drives into an ambush mob, then reverses while being chased by two armed motorcyclists. The scene was free flowing and tension-building at the same time. All angles were used to show the panic of the passengers and was an effective way of shooting the scene. The director did a great job executing this scene with the rigged up car device that allowed for the oner to be successful. The director did many things well such as creating a realistic environment for both audio and video aspects. For most of the movie I felt fully engulfed by the realistic sounds, for example, the gun shots and chaos while Theo was in the refugee camp, or the sound of the refugees yelling while Theo was walking on his way home from work. The only moment I felt removed from the movie was when there was an effect added into the movie which looked like blood on the lens of the camera. This effect made me feel like I was no longer in the world of that film, but instead watching a video game being played. Other than that one fault, I felt that the aesthetics of this film were done very well.