One thing that is rarely pointed out about this film is the fact that Theo doesn't use a gun, even when given the opportunity. That was a powerful thing to me when the film came out and still is today.

I still remember very well this movie, mainly because it was one of the few big budget movies that didn't spell out exposition and was treating its audience like inteligent adults.

I love Children of Men and rewatch it every couple years. The biblical reference that always stood out for me was that Theo is Noah. He is constantly surrounded by animals, many of whom are calmed by his presence, in fact, I think one person even says of their dog, 'he likes you, and he doesn't like anyone.' Theo gets Kee to the Tomorrow via row boat, a ship (or ark?) meant to save humanity and the world.

The Battersea Power Station scene is my favorite in "Children of Men." Theo goes in a Rolls, I think, from abject poverty and disease to the 1% who are locked in isolation. Theo has to give up his smokes and whiskey before entry. Theo has numbed him from the nothing that he sees.

This film and your analysis both gave me chills and provoked disheartening feelings. Children of Men is a brilliant sci fi film.

Man vs Mankind. I don't think I've seen that specific conflict before this film.

Children of Men is my favorite movie, period. One of the best visual spectacles ever made.

Theo also has similarities to Joseph in the nativity. He selflessly adopts the child as a non-biological father for a greater purpose.

I love this movie. Its frankly scary how accurate this movie ended up being.

When Julianne Moore gets shot I realized this was not the movie I thought it would be. It made it feel more real.

I loved it when it came out, I think it might just be my favourite film of this century so far having just watched it again in 2019.

What’s terrifying is this is becoming less and less sci-fi and more realism as time creeps closer to 2027, all that’s left is infertility to happen...

The Tomorrow may also have some parallel to the soliloquy in Macbeth. "There would have been a time for such a word tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow." The ship arrives, but Theo's life is already over. The ship has no difference in his life.

I need to watch this film again.

This is my absoluut, favorite movie ever made! I was absolutely blown away the first time I saw it. It is a crime that this movie is so under rated and so unknown. Everything about this movie is just so wel done. Alfonso Cuaron is an absoluut brilliant film maker. The fist time I saw one of his movies was when I was a kid and I saw the 3th Harry Potter film. His style captured me immediately. I love al the HP films (A LOT!), but the third one always stood out to as something speciaal. The vibe he creates in his films with the camera work, the lighting, sound and the music is just amazing. It al feels so dynamic and that you are there. The fact that he keeps everything wide and rarely uses a close up really makes he films feel different.

One of my most favorite movies of all time. The cast is awesome Clive Owen, Julianne Moore, Michael Cain. That long shot in the car, and the one with the child that stops the battle is amazing.

I think people really truly do underestimate just how important a good economy is at staving off jingoism. The citizens by in large of especially the United States aren't particularly well versed in historic analogies and understanding of human nature. If there is a (usually economic, but not exclusively) systemic problem, citizens will often scapegoat minorities. Not only an economy that's extremely stacked against the poor, and to a slightly lesser extent, middle class, but also an economy fueled by endless war. I find it really disheartening now that I'm an adult in college that I grew up when my country was in a constant state of war and thought "I guess that's just how things go."

Just watched this movie for the first time. Oh my god, what a beautiful film.

Great video with some excellent insight.

Watched this for the first time today, I'm so glad you have a video on it!