Sunday, December 10, 2006

Tomorrow World

The previews looked interesting so I went and saw a movie called "Tomorrow World" (I think it's called "Children of Men" in the States, but I'm not sure). The premise reminded me a lot of one of my favorite books - The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood.

I won't give away anything that can't be discerned from the previews . . . No children have been born in 18 years, and naturally the world has had to change in order to accomodate this unfortunate circumstance. Then a pregnant woman is discovered, and it becomes imperative to keep her hidden from the government while trying to get her out of the country to keep her safe from the chaos. The movie takes place in England and we can see how the country has reacted, but I kept wondering how things came to be this way and how the rest of the world compensated for this change in humanity. I guess the movie itself was well made but I had so many questions that remained unanswered and left without any feelings of closure.

The previews for Aragon looked good so will probably check that one out in a couple weeks.

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