Children of Men

We watched Children of Men (Clive Owen was awesome) the other night. The synopsis sounded interesting and it was available on video on demand (digital cable feature) so we thought what the heck, let's watch it. It was totally depressing (happy ending, of course) but wow, what a fantastic movie. For all you parents out there, this movie will make you appreciate your children a whole lot more. Basically it takes place in 2027, 18 years after every woman in the world becomes sterile (due to some manmade mega screwups). The world is in total chaos. Clive Owen's character is hired to try and get an illegal immigrant woman, who is miraculously pregnant, out of the country (England), onto a ship, heading to a place working on the Human Project. I could not even imagine not hearing the laughter of children, seeing all those beautiful little faces wherever you go. As Meio said to me after the movie was over, the remaining school buildings would become very sad places, as well as playgrounds/parks. I highly recommend Children of Men. I think I'll read the book.