Children of Men

I saw this film last night, and I know sci-fi never gets nominated for Best Picture, but this film should have been, especially considering the relatively mediocre films that did get nominated (Babel, The Departed, especially). Not without some problems, but excellent cinematography (except for the creepy newborn--too obviously computer rendered) and set pieces as well as a decent plot make it stand out from most movies that came out in 2006. My only problem is believing that the British government would have killed or deported Kee once they knew she was pregnant--the movie tries to justify their running from the law by saying the British government wouldn't accept that an illegal immigrant could be the harbinger of hope. The film tries to make the government seem like they would, but maybe it just wasn't enough. Anyway, it was a small distraction overall.

What struck me about the cinematography was... it was like watching a really good video game, very much like Half-life or Gears of War. If you've seen it and you're a gaming geek, you know what I'm talking about. Really nice.