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- Awesome Music: "In the Court of the Crimson King" was just a great choice, because the song's majesty is so ironic given the sad state of the world.
- A lot of the soundtrack could qualify, as could the sound-scape of the film in general, but special mention has to go to Jarvis Cocker's Running The World played over the end credits. The lyrics are a thing of beauty.
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If you thought things had changed friend, you'd better think again. Bluntly put, in the fewest of words: C**** are still running the world. |
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- Everyone Is Jesus in Purgatory: Let's see, a young pregnant woman traveling to a far-off place with a "miracle baby", accompanied by a guy who isn't the father of her child yet still loyally sticks by her to see her there. Sounds like Mary and Joseph to me.
- Gratuitous Special Effects: The childbirth scene. While this movie is sci-fi and usually averts this trope, a scene of a baby being born is usually filmed without the need of CGI.
- Hell Is That Noise
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"Y'know that ringing in your ears? That 'eeeeeeeeee'? That's the sound of the ear cells dying, like their swan song. Once it's gone, you'll never hear that frequency again. Enjoy it while it lasts." |
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- The "Zen Music" Jasper listens to.
- Hilarious in Hindsight: It was mentioned that there was a flu pandemic in 2008. Funny, considering the swine flu pandemic in 2009.
- Moral Event Horizon: During the battle in the refugee camp, a group of people try to surrender and are gunned down by the military.
- Most Annoying Sound: Baby Dylan's crying gets old pretty fast.
- Never Live It Down: That stupid ping pong ball gag.
- The Scrappy: Miriam, for being an annoyingly preachy, self-righteous Granola Girl, who for all her claims to want to protect Kee, does very little to help or contribute, spends most of her screentime panicking and barely makes even an attempt to defend herself or anyone else, and flat-out says that Theo and Julian’s son died for a reason, when it was actually a senseless tragedy. Chances are, you’ll cheer when Miriam is punched in the face by a soldier and dragged outside the bus to be executed.
- Sci Fi Ghetto: Although the film is intended to be a thriller, banking on the chase with the set-up being necessary to justify the story, the sci-fi concept of a future with no children meant it should've fallen squarely in this trope. And yet, the critics loved it. Didn't quite make back its own budget in theatres, though, and several critics seemingly go out of their way to call it anything except science fiction.
- Not to mention the fact that it was nominated for three Oscars: Editing, Cinematography and Adapted Screenplay.
- And yet, not so much as a nomination for Best Picture. Greg Kinnear's film gets nominated, but not this one.
- Not to mention the fact that it was nominated for three Oscars: Editing, Cinematography and Adapted Screenplay.