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Last night we watched Quantum of Solace, the second James Bond movie with Daniel Craig. My second time, my mom's first and she hadn't seen Casino Royale so it wasn't till the end and she asked me what Vesper was that I realized she'd probably didn't really comprehend the whole guilty/anger/solace etc thing. Oh well. This one wasn't half as good as Casino Royale--too many and too long chases, but it was still enjoyable, even the second time. But that might be because I love the eye candy mix of Daniel Craig and the women plus some of the cinematography. As per my usual, I couldn't remember what the bad guys were after so that aspect was like new to me :-).
Tonight we watched Never Let Me Go with Keira Knightly, Carrie Mulligan, and Daniel Garfield (who I recognized from The Social Network. I haven't read the novel by Kazuo Ishiguro so don't know how it stacks up but it was better than I expected. Moving and depressing movie about
Spoiler for those who aren't aware------------
clones who are raised as organ donors. The movie opens with a few lines of information showing that: 1) it takes place in an alternate reality and 2) that there's something fishy everything from the first scene on. That scene if of 28 year old Cathy watching an operation on a young man. Her words give away more about what ensues but for those who know nothing in advance they might just breed confusion.
Next scene is around fifteen years earlier, taking place in a seemingly idyllic private school where three children meet and become close. There are hints very early on as to what their fate is. I've read some viewer comments on IMdb about why didn't they try to escape (something that quickly came into and out of my mind while watching). There IS no escape. This system is endemic in their society (we don't know what's going on outside of England). They are closely monitored and have no where to run.
I did have my own questions. If one volunteers to be a "caregiver" (I don't recall if that's the correct term) what happens if your "original" needs a donation while you're a caregiver? I forget at what age donors are farmed but what happens if the original needs a donation before they're "ripe" --for use of a better word. Also, what if the original dies--is the donor killed or released? I doubt the latter, as it's obvious that the Hailsham was considered a "failed" experiment --or inconvenience--and that donors are now indeed "bred" on, if not exactly factory farms, certainly not given the care they were when the Hailsham school was attempting to prove that the children had souls. I can unfortunately see that the expedience of saving lives by using "soulless" clones is something that once begun, would be very difficult to stop.
Anyway, I do recommend it.
Tonight we watched Never Let Me Go with Keira Knightly, Carrie Mulligan, and Daniel Garfield (who I recognized from The Social Network. I haven't read the novel by Kazuo Ishiguro so don't know how it stacks up but it was better than I expected. Moving and depressing movie about
Spoiler for those who aren't aware------------
clones who are raised as organ donors. The movie opens with a few lines of information showing that: 1) it takes place in an alternate reality and 2) that there's something fishy everything from the first scene on. That scene if of 28 year old Cathy watching an operation on a young man. Her words give away more about what ensues but for those who know nothing in advance they might just breed confusion.
Next scene is around fifteen years earlier, taking place in a seemingly idyllic private school where three children meet and become close. There are hints very early on as to what their fate is. I've read some viewer comments on IMdb about why didn't they try to escape (something that quickly came into and out of my mind while watching). There IS no escape. This system is endemic in their society (we don't know what's going on outside of England). They are closely monitored and have no where to run.
I did have my own questions. If one volunteers to be a "caregiver" (I don't recall if that's the correct term) what happens if your "original" needs a donation while you're a caregiver? I forget at what age donors are farmed but what happens if the original needs a donation before they're "ripe" --for use of a better word. Also, what if the original dies--is the donor killed or released? I doubt the latter, as it's obvious that the Hailsham was considered a "failed" experiment --or inconvenience--and that donors are now indeed "bred" on, if not exactly factory farms, certainly not given the care they were when the Hailsham school was attempting to prove that the children had souls. I can unfortunately see that the expedience of saving lives by using "soulless" clones is something that once begun, would be very difficult to stop.
Anyway, I do recommend it.
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