The only thing I had any issues with was how the whole movie was down down down down down then you don't even get a happy ending. Just bittersweet. With how depressing it all was, it would have been nice to be uplifted a bit at the end.
what? why? - not to sound like the depressed hordes of misbehaving teenagers with a Goth-complex, but it's great that movies are more than comedy and light entertainment - I actually thought it was a bit too Hollywood
Don't get my wrong, I need my fix of happy endings too .. but once in awhile I want movies to explore some of the darker aspects of us ..
It just seemed I dunno, lacking. All the good guys die, but all the bad guys die too, so theres really no one to cheer for.
It was like Mean Guns. Everyone worth cheering for dies, and the only survivor is the one you don't give a damn about. (Ha, I compared Children of Men to a B movie with Ice T and Christopher Lambert as the stars)
I saw Blood Diamond at the same time, and even with its "White People Save the Day" message, I thought it was a much more satisfying film. I'm not saying Children of Men was a bad film, just that I was a little disappointed after all the hype of "Should have won best picture" and such that pretty much the whole internet was spewing. I agree it should have been nominated, but The Departed was a way better movie.