We went to see “The Producers” yesterday afternoon, which was a lot of fun.  Lots of slapstick, lots of physical comedy, and lots of laughs.  It was my second time, but it was fun going with a virgin to the show.  It was a nice way to spend a Saturday afternoon.

Then we went to see Children of Men.  OHMYGOD.  To be fair, we had trouble deciding between going to see that or Primieval, but our early itinerary made way for Children to be the choice.  Neither one of us really knew what to expect, other than it was a mirror production of Ron’s movie, Like Moles Like Rats, and the movie began.

I haven’t been so pulled into a movie in a LOOOONG time.  This is a movie everyone needs to see.

Now, let me be clear: it is a HARD movie to watch.  The dehumanization that occurrs, the raw gore and suffering, was hard to stomach.  Me, who revels in blood and guts and horror, squirmed a LOT during this movie.  Not so much because it was blood, but because you could see it happening TODAY.  Although the movie is set in a fictional future, 2027, there was nothing so far out of reach that you couldn’t visualize it happening.  There were echoes of Abu Ghraib, of Gitmo, of Auschwitz.. of all the horror that the human race is capable of.

But there was also hope.  There was well-placed humor.  There was a (somewhat) happy ending.  I cried – A LOT — and I hated humanity through a lot of it.  It definitely makes you reassess everything you believe about immigration control.

And Clive Owen is hott.

Anyway, it’s the movie of the year.  Hands down.  Go see it.