The movie Children Of Men definately was an eye-opener for me. When I think of human society, I think of an organized system of people who work for the mutual benefit of all people. Generally, people are well behaved, and when the system (society) runs smoothly, people tend to live a peaceful and prosperous life. This movie shows us how much organization affects the way humans act. In the movie, the world is in panic since no one can reproduce, and slowly society begins to deteriorate. As the military begins to oppress the civillians, a rebellion occurs, and the two sides become locked in a murderous conflict that is the deterioration of society. The argument of the movie comes from the theme of the movie rather than the main characters.
The conflict of the background is more focused on by the camera rather than the protagonists. This helps show people where they should be focused to understand where the theme is. This film uses pathos heavily to affect the viewer emotionally. The crying baby and the distraught, homeless people are examples of the symbols used to appeal to emotions. This movie had an interesting argument that caught my attention.
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I agree with your view on Children of Men. As society becomes more and more pressured by the idea that mankind only has less than 100 years to live they revert back to an uncivilized state. However, parts of the movie show the struggle to retain somewhat of a civilization and the idea to do this is to kill all who are not English. This is a paradox because while these people claim to be civilized they slaughter refugees by the hundreds of thousands just so they can try and retain there "civility". It seems like this society is already dead and there`s no coming back.
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