Children of Men

Children of Men really brought out a much more modern/ realistic dystopian society than a few of the films. For example, in The Minority Report puts you in the future over 50 years later with a premise of you have a predetermined destiny or at least a possible path to whatever the PreCogs foresee. In Children of Men, the premise of the human race is on the verge of extinction based solely on that in this dystopia, the natural biological balance of reproduction is nonexistent with the exception of one. I found that this dystopian theme is very much more believable and realistically based on the premise that the ability to reproduce is nonexistent which is a biological condition making it seem that combining a scientific and medical premise mixed in with an apocalypse theme, gives it a scary reality. I couldn't help but notice that Children of Men had similarities to the bible with the obvious parallel of the miracle child that will save mankind from destruction. Because Luke is using her child as a form of propaganda, I was intrigued by the film and how there were similarities to the real world of people involved or leading radical movements, use people, objects or events as an instrument to forward their own agenda/ movement rather than thinking of the peoples true needs and desires. Not to be disrespectful but you actually see this pattern all the time from radical religious movements of all sorts. I'm not sure if this was the ideal message of the film but I couldn't help but see the parallels. Along with seeing this parallel’s on movements, because I love seeing things on media corruption, this film had a lot of that. A very important scene is following Julian’s death, the media came out strong warning the people about terrorists on the run and how the people should be worried. Again, not to press buttons but this has multiple connections to the media in which we see today. Regardless of your political views, Fox and MSNBC news share these exact traits of overrunning a news segment on a particular story, giving the people false information and twisting the facts to create a sense of insecurity and fear with viewers. In theis film, the theme of media corruption is brought up much more than the other films we have watched and reviewed. I think the reason I enjoyed this film so much was the obvious emphasis on media corruption and the effect that it has on people. The best examples are the ones we see in everyday )as I mentioned before) and the scary part is that people actually hang onto every word that their particular news network reports regardless of how true the story is. On a side note, there's not a lot to back this theory but I also found that this particular dystopian film was an in between dystopian film. In Fight Club, it showed the shaping if Tyler Durdens revolution taking place with you making up your own idea of the future, in THX 1138 you see the end result of the revolution in which they are living in an underground city. This film is more of a transitional/ revolutionary film that is in extreme panic mode rather than the end result.