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There wasn't a better movie released in 2006 than "Children of Men." I don't know how it looked on TV (don't get cable) but the film was a stunning achievment - much more impressive than 2006's other breakthrough films by Mexican filmmakers, "Pan's Labyrinth" and "Babel." And forget the ultimate Oscar-winner, the schlocky and predictable "The Departed." From the shocking moment that Clive Owen leaves the coffee shop, it captured a sense of dismal reality, presented an even darker-than-now vision of a dystopian future and concluded on a note made more hopeful because of everything that went before it. The two extended shots - the ambush scene and the climax - were tours de force the equal of anything I've seen in recent films - good as they were, they never called undue attention to themselves. This is one of theose films future moviegoers will look back on and marvel that it didn't sweep the Oscars.
