Saturday, October 20, 2007

Children of Men was a strange movie with little payoff

I know I'm not alone in saying that ending left a lot to be desired. Theo's dead, the baby and mom are picked up, but we see nothing of what happens to them afterward, and we see nothing of what happens to humankind as a result of this miraculous birth. It's almost like the director was so hung up on presenting the ideas associated with birth, population, immigration etc. that he forgot that movies are supposed to at least have some semblance of an ending.

I realize what happened was technically an 'ending' but it solved so few problems and raised plenty more. In my mind the best ending to a film is one in which things don't necessarily need to be 'wrapped up' but they also shouldn't be left hanging when a sequel is obviously not going to happen.

What do you all think?

2 comments:

Emily Arnfelt said...

I agree. I hate it when a movie ends and you ask yourself "That's it??" What happens once aboard the Tomorrow? Does the baby 'cure'the infertility?

Common said...

Definintely needed another 30 min or so to see what would happen. Movie was OK, but terrible ending. Does the baby cure infertility, and what happens with the war going on there.