tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4564277570960354470.post7297031741487331623..comments2024-03-04T03:28:33.591-05:00Comments on Tips from Chip: Movie – Children of Men (2006)Chip Laryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00787403805554027107noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4564277570960354470.post-59878044301861145662011-08-26T22:08:55.751-04:002011-08-26T22:08:55.751-04:00Thanks, um, Anonymous. (It's not me posting p...Thanks, um, Anonymous. (It's not me posting praise to myself, honest.)Chipnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4564277570960354470.post-23293460815908226412011-08-26T21:31:26.644-04:002011-08-26T21:31:26.644-04:00I watched this movie on Chip's recommendation ...I watched this movie on Chip's recommendation and indeed it was, and is, worth watching. It took me in.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4564277570960354470.post-3584673821740283072011-08-21T19:51:15.267-04:002011-08-21T19:51:15.267-04:00Thanks.
If he still balks, maybe try explaining i...Thanks.<br /><br />If he still balks, maybe try explaining it like it is one of Hitchcock's MacGuffins. It's just an object that gives an excuse to drive the action and the plot forward. It's not important what it is.Chipnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4564277570960354470.post-46126882414058651482011-08-21T19:19:32.868-04:002011-08-21T19:19:32.868-04:00interesting review. i remember being distinctly un...interesting review. i remember being distinctly underwhelmed by it but now i will give it another go. eventually. <br /><br />i do like the comment "What's important is not why, but that it simply is the way things are. It is what drives the events of the movie and what makes the people in the movie do the things they do." <br /><br />i've been trying to explain a concept for a science fiction movie to my screenwriting partner for a while and he kept coming back to why things were happening. i'm gonna quote you next time we discuss it, perhaps it will work.blahblahblah Tobyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13370451386116555733noreply@blogger.com