Shane Meadows latest film This Is England

[upsidedownwalrus]

Been looking for some of his other films. Seems even karagarga doesn't have them

 

[Donna Ferentes]

Scorsese's last couple of efforts have only been merely quite good tbh.

That's true: but I was thinking of Scorsese at his peak, when he really was great. Great to the power of great.

 

[Orang Utan]

ALso I doubt we will hang on to him for long, if Dead Man's Shoes is anything to go by, he will be following Nolan into Hollywood before we know it.

I don't think he wants to, neither do I think it would be a good idea

 

[Orang Utan]

That's true: but I was thinking of Scorsese at his peak, when he really was great. Great to the power of great.

Well judging by his last two films, he's at the Mean Streets stage, so maybe he has a King Of Comedy or Goodfellas in him - a fatuous comparison you will no doubt point out. Actually, I don't think it's at all fatuous and will go further and say that Paddy Conisidine is comparable to Scorsese's De Niro

 

[Flashman]

Paddy pops up in the odd music video, from memory I've seen him in a Moloko one and a Coldplay one.

More Paddy Considine facts and fun tomorrow.

 

[Moggy]

Sooooo looking forward to it!

I'll have to sit and salivate til next April then...

 

[Dubversion]

just watched this.

it's not perfect but it's absolutely brilliant for the most part.

The nearest evocation i've ever seen of my teenage years (not geographically, but the mood). Meadows gets fantastic performances out of his actors - everyone, even fairly minor characters, acts their socks off. Some of the most convincing naturalistic roles - i guess it must be semi-improvised?

just excellent, and, inevitably, really really sad

 

[Dubversion]

oh, and it makes American History X look like the glib sensationalist crap it is - no easy answers in this one

 

[k_s]

This was filmed in a cafe where i was working at the time, they completely gutted the place and rebuilt it to look like an 80's greasy spoon, then put everything back together again just like it was once they'd finished. Nobody told them there was a cafe exactly like the set they built just down the road

 

[STFC]

just watched this.

Lucky bugger. How'd you manage that then?

Just had a look on shanemeadows.co.uk and it appears that the rest of us will have to wait until 24 April.

 

[Dubversion]

Lucky bugger. How'd you manage that then?

i KNOW people

Just had a look on shanemeadows.co.uk and it appears that the rest of us will have to wait until 24 April.

it's tough being a pleb

 

[upsidedownwalrus]

This was filmed in a cafe where i was working at the time, they completely gutted the place and rebuilt it to look like an 80's greasy spoon, then put everything back together again just like it was once they'd finished. Nobody told them there was a cafe exactly like the set they built just down the road

 

[neilh]

saw it a couple of nights ago, was cracking, really enjoyed it; but would agree that my only minor criticism (and it is very minor) is that it did seem a bit artificially too much in the time; ie all graff seemed to be about oi!, punk, NF or two-tone, radio in the background playing soft cell's tainted love cover;

but over all, fantastic

thought combo's character especially was brilliant, plus the group dynamics when he came on the scene

 

[Dubversion]

Spoiler Alert - Kinda

thought combo's character especially was brilliant, plus the group dynamics when he came on the scene

definitely - it seemed like a brave move for Meadows to draw us to wonderful characters like Woody & Lol and then have them sidelined by the demands of the story..

 

[camouflage]

It's set in 1983 and is about skinheads.
I'm absurdly excited about it. Is anyone else?

Bet it won't be as good as Romper Stomper.

 

[jbob]

oh, and it makes American History X look like the glib sensationalist crap it is - no easy answers in this one

Ah, now that is a pertinent comment. Can't wait to see it.

 

[dogmatique]

A screener of this has just appeared on t'internet...

 

[Part 2]

Where?

 

[treelover]

Why watch a bootleg of it? if you keep doiing this and not paying to see it at the the cinema, then important independent UK films such as this simply won't get made anymore..

A screener of this has just appeared on t'internet...

 

[Dubversion]

well i watched a preview copy and i'll be going to see it as well

 

[dogmatique]

Why watch a bootleg of it? if you keep doiing this and not paying to see it at the the cinema, then important independent UK films such as this simply won't get made anymore..

I'll be seeing at the pics too, just didn't want to wait another month.

 

[D'wards]

I'll be seeing at the pics too, just didn't want to wait another month.

Saw this last night - fantastic.

I am in the same boat - i will defo be seeing this at the pictures, but have downloaded it cos i could not wait! Will probably purchase it on dvd an all - Film4 will get their pound of flesh!

 

[Chorlton]

Decent enough... no dead mans shoes but decent enough particularly some of the individual performances.... couple of things lept out at me tho... the first being the scene in the abandoned hall when gadget breaks down and fells that he is being undermined and they all have a group hug... how fucking post-millenial emo was that?? The second was - it was all about 'britain' in the 80s was it not, (admittedly i didn't live here in the 80s) but as you can see from footage its all union flags and the fash's literature was all about britain, made in britain etc... the england stuff is fairly recent was my understanding?

 

[upsidedownwalrus]

The second was - it was all about 'britain' in the 80s was it not, (admittedly i didn't live here in the 80s) but as you can see from footage its all union flags and the fash's literature was all about britain, made in britain etc... the england stuff is fairly recent was my understanding?

Yes - I was just thinking the same thing actually.

 

[Divisive Cotton]

I've got this sitting my harddrive at home with another couple of Meadows films. Must watch soon - memo to self.

 

[Jenerys]

So glad there is a thread about this film! Saw it over the weekend - it rocks and I want to rave about it! I thought Shane Meadows must be the same guy who made Dead Mens Shoes, but am glad this thread confirmed it.

I loved the scenery - the midlands actually looked lovely in some parts. And loved Woody and Lol - they reminded me of the older kids I used to hang around with at school cos I was getting bullied who didnt beat up the pakistanis who owned the sweet shop or the only black kid at our school. I only stopped hanging out with them cos they all got too heavily into glue and their hair started falling out

the first being the scene in the abandoned hall when gadget breaks down and fells that he is being undermined and they all have a group hug... how fucking post-millenial emo was that??

Yeah my only criticism.

Thomas Turgoose was amazing! I also loved the romance between him and "Smell"

What a brilliant story

 

[Chorlton]

Thomas Turgoose was amazing! I also loved the romance between him and "Smell"

What a brilliant story

i actaully found that really hard to watch.... maybe it was the age difference between them looked to be huge... maybe it was such lines as 'do you want to suck my tits now?'

 

[Jenerys]

Actually yeah, that bit was a bit difficult, but the rest of the romance came across as pretty innocent.

 

[jodal]

Watched it last night, brilliant!

 

[D'wards]

Interesting point about this film - it is being rated 18, which no one can understand.

Why would that be?

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