children of men
I had an off on friday, quite shiok. I could stay in bed and sleep till late into the morning, a luxury for a nsf on a weekday. Later in the afternoon, I went to my friend's house to watch "Children Of Men"
The whole theme/background of the story was a very interesting one. The story is set in the near future, 202x where the human race had somehow gone infertile and it had been 18 years since the last baby was born. And the world is now in chaos, with environmental destruction, social problems everywhere. Finally a miracle happened, a lady got pregnant and the main character must now escort her to safety away from all the political terrorists and the government.
The movie although set in the future, is a departure from the usual high technology gizmos you see normally in sci-fi movies like i robot, minority report and the island. In the movie you actually see subtle technological advance in the world inside, there are still cars, look closer and you actually see a "head-up display" on the windscreen, displaying all the information.
Plot wise was quite cliched like some standard action movie, and the ending was left hanging. But the theme, setting of the movie made up for it.
Anyway John had his usual "impromptu rantings" again. You know john always call or sms you suddenly in the day and tells you that he feel like having lunch/dinner or come out later. Then expects you to organise everything and ask the respective people. Well it flopped this time round. And I was talking to Ds about it, that our usual impromptu things to call 3a people out always flop, if not it's always a tough and tedious process to ask everyone. Sometimes it's the place that is not confirmed, sometimes the time, otherwise some guy refuse to reply or some other shit happens.
Usually impromptu gatherings with my other friends have a higher success rate compared to 3a gatherings. Even Ds agreed with me and it seems that he also has a easier time calling his friends for spontaneous stuffs. People like ds, marcus who organise stuffs for 3a people should know . . .
les
The whole theme/background of the story was a very interesting one. The story is set in the near future, 202x where the human race had somehow gone infertile and it had been 18 years since the last baby was born. And the world is now in chaos, with environmental destruction, social problems everywhere. Finally a miracle happened, a lady got pregnant and the main character must now escort her to safety away from all the political terrorists and the government.
The movie although set in the future, is a departure from the usual high technology gizmos you see normally in sci-fi movies like i robot, minority report and the island. In the movie you actually see subtle technological advance in the world inside, there are still cars, look closer and you actually see a "head-up display" on the windscreen, displaying all the information.
Plot wise was quite cliched like some standard action movie, and the ending was left hanging. But the theme, setting of the movie made up for it.
Anyway John had his usual "impromptu rantings" again. You know john always call or sms you suddenly in the day and tells you that he feel like having lunch/dinner or come out later. Then expects you to organise everything and ask the respective people. Well it flopped this time round. And I was talking to Ds about it, that our usual impromptu things to call 3a people out always flop, if not it's always a tough and tedious process to ask everyone. Sometimes it's the place that is not confirmed, sometimes the time, otherwise some guy refuse to reply or some other shit happens.
Usually impromptu gatherings with my other friends have a higher success rate compared to 3a gatherings. Even Ds agreed with me and it seems that he also has a easier time calling his friends for spontaneous stuffs. People like ds, marcus who organise stuffs for 3a people should know . . .
les
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