Over the past week or so, I’ve watched a few movies. I thought I would comment on them here, since that is what I said I would do when I started the “Movies” section.

First up is Children of Men. I didn’t know anything about this movie other than that it is in the Science Fiction genre, and it is supposed to be good. I was really impressed. I didn’t realize until I checked afterwards that it was directed by Alfonso Cuarón. It reminded me in a lot of ways of 28 days later, and I really liked how they commented on modern (American) society by drawing out some parallels. I also didn’t notice any special effects, but when reading about it later learned that they had some sophisticated CG in there. Overall I was really impressed. I highly recommend this movie.

Next up is Reno 911!: Miami. I don’t have much to say about it other than if you like they show, you should like the movie. It was amusing to have on in the background while working on other stuff. This is not a movie that you want to devote two hours of your attention to, unlike Children of Men, which I did watch with my full attention.

Man of the Year. A reasonable movie, but I didn’t think it was funny. Almost all of the jokes that Robin Williams told were old, tired, and waiting to be put out of their misery. I did like the critique of modern politics, but I’m glad that I was working on the laptop while the movie was running.