Interlude: If James Wood Supposes...

[David Morris]

I agree with Paul re. the Madonna thing, and the rescue ship called
"Tomorrow."  Yikes!  And wasn't the lead male character named "Theo?"
Double yikes!  It's like one of the Matrix writers infiltrated the
ranks.

Yep, I think you're right.  How to end the story?  The child's gotta
survive, otherwise big bummer movie nobody'd watch.  But couldn't
things have just faded into indeterminacy?  How did the book end?

David Morris

On Feb 7, 2008 10:57 AM, Paul Mackin <paul.mackin at verizon.net> wrote:
> kelber at mindspring.com wrote:
> >
> >> On 2/5/08, Paul Mackin wrote:
> >>> Last evening I watched a dvd of "Children of Men."
> >>>
> >
> > Personally, I thought it was over-hyped.  The contrived plot device was too distracting.  I think a lot of people responded on some level to the Madonna-and-child aspects of the story.
> >
> The level upon which I responded to the adoration of the child scene was definitely negative.
> I got the feeling that at that point in the proceedings the director was desperate for a place to turn.