Friends,

Recently I have watched the movie Children of Men, and WOW.  Total blindblow.  My head exploded inside with all the awesomeness nad deepness of the film.  I know I'm not using very good vocab but u know when I fangirl there is never a need to be articulate, the enthusiasm makes it more fun!  I mean I literally went home and rewatched the movie twice.  You know what happened?  I had the same reaction as I did when I rewatched V for Vendetta.  Also a great movie by the way.  Ok I am not goping to rant about  my favorite movies to you, because you would probably get extremely bored.

Ok back to Children of Men.  The story follows a man named Theo, who lives in a world where infertility has plagued women all over the world, and the world is experiencing a difficult time.  Man immigrants try to enter the United Kingdom for asylum but the current government comtinually place these immigrants in camps.  So when Theo encounters his ex-wife, who also happens to be a leader of a rebel group trying to give rights to immigrants, he is dragged into a different world.  Then the director pulls one of those really shocking scenes.  Theo agrees to help his ex-wife move a specific immigrant from the border, and on the way she is shot and killed.  It really was shocking, but I kind of rellects what happens in real life.  You these things are always unexpected, but it didn't help the fact that I waqs feeling this dread clinging to me.  Anyways Theo finds out that the woman that he was helping move was actually pregnant and she is entrusted to him when the rebel group tries to use her for their own purposes. 

Theo to me is an extremely interesting character, I kinda liked him.  In the beginning of the film, Theo seemed to me like a robot that did nothing but what life expected him.  Now that I think about it it doesn't really surprise me now because I found out later in the movie that he had a son once and he had died long before.  But immediately when Theo was told about the woman's pregnantcy, Theo looked as if he found a purpose.  It kindof made me think and feel a little hope for humanity at that moment.  A lot of people nowadays say how horrible humans are and that our existence hasd caused nothing but misfortune and destruction.  Though that is true I don't feel very negative towards humans that much, I have seen a lot of good in people, but sometimes people forget that.  I guess taht is the real question in life these days, how much good and bad should be used to define a person or ourselves.  It is an interesting concept ooverall.

 I myself have hope in humanity as a whoile.  I mean look at where we originated, when we were born we were all adorable babies who were so innocent and pure.  I mean when one sees a baby or child laugh they ccannot help but smile.  Take the other day, I saw a video of a baby boy laughing hysterically (it was on tumblr)  and when I showed it to my parents, I saw wide smiles on their faces, and we are talking about my parents, one of the strictest people you will ever meet.  If we originated from such a pure a beautiful tyhing how can we all be so disgusting.

Im not saying that humans are angels, no if I said that then I would be lying big time.  The movie itself proves that concept, there are so many war scenes with people being shot at and gumfire being fired... it reminded me of the video s of the Syrian revolution that I watch everyday.  It was said and I felt like crying.  But in the end when the woman walks with her baby girll down the road all the gunfire stopped and everyone was staring.  You see taht baby was a new hope fpr them and that made them all together stop their fighting.  In the sight of something so precious and great in our eyes, we can't help but feel shamefu land what we are doing.  I was crying when I saw the characters kneel down and pray.  For the first time in a long time I saw somewone see humans not as sinners who wioll be damned and diisgusting things, I saw us as people who could be forgiven, who could always stand up and move on whenever a bump in the road came.  You know we humans can be really great at times, but in the purest of forms.  There is no need to e arrogant, because that is what will destroy the bliss.

Sincerely,

Nour