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Author: BearBear Date: Jan 21, 2008 08:28
After the disappointment of "No Country For Old Men", which seemed
targeted at the terminally pretentious, I've seen a couple of movies I
*did* enjoy, for very different reasons.
"300" - very little in the way of plot, heavily stylised, violent,
watchable. Think "Sin City" meets "Gladiator", only with an even
thinner plot. Liked it though. Great special effects, in a quiet way.
"This Is England": the best movie I've seen in quite a while; puts me in
mind of Mike Leigh, only with more substance. Some good performances,
an excellent script, not just a "black & white" view of the racial
tensions, but heaped with realism, and for those who were in the UK at
the time, a really evocative recreation of the period, and the feeling
of a nation somewhat at war with itself. Even the main "villain of the
piece" seems as much at war with himself as with others.
Joe-Bob Bear says check it out :)
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Bear
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Author: Harry KeaneHarry Keane Date: Jan 21, 2008 08:46
"Bear" gmail.com> wrote in message
news:MPG.21fed87b463130b6989c64@news.individual.de...> After the disappointment of "No Country For Old Men", which seemed
> targeted at the terminally pretentious, I've seen a couple of movies I
> *did* enjoy, for very different reasons.
>
> "300" - very little in the way of plot, heavily stylised, violent,
> watchable. Think "Sin City" meets "Gladiator", only with an even
> thinner plot. Liked it though. Great special effects, in a quiet way.
>
> "This Is England": the best movie I've seen in quite a while; puts me in
> mind of Mike Leigh, only with more substance. Some good performances,
> an excellent script, not just a "black & white" view of the racial
> tensions, but heaped with realism, and for those who were in the UK at
> the...
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Author: Anthony ColemanAnthony Coleman Date: Jan 21, 2008 08:55
On 21 Jan, 16:46, "Harry Keane" blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:> "Bear" gmail.com> wrote in message
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>>> After the disappointment of "No Country For Old Men", which seemed
>> targeted at the terminally pretentious, I've seen a couple of movies I
>> *did* enjoy, for very different reasons.
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>> "300" - very little in the way of plot, heavily stylised, violent,
>> watchable. Think "Sin City" meets "Gladiator", only with an even
>> thinner plot. Liked it though. Great special effects, in a quiet way.
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>> "This Is England": the best movie I've seen in quite a while; puts me in
>> mind of Mike Leigh, only with more substance. Some good performances,
>> an excellent script, not just a "black & white" view of the racial ...
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Author: BearBear Date: Jan 21, 2008 08:56
In article Harry Keane said ...
> We chose not to see "This is England" when it was in the cinema, as it was
> presented (in the film trailer and the papers) as some sort of homage to
> skinheads and their violent culture. Perhaps we'll get that on DVD as well
> now.
I certainly wouldn't call it a "homage" - it paints the difference
between the initial, mostly peaceable, Jamaican-influenced (amazingly,
when you think about it), mod-derived skinhead culture of music and
dress of the earlier skinhead/rude boy movement, and the racist,
National Front leanings some of its more violent members later turned
to.
It's fairly affectionate towards the former, and fairly scathing towards
the latter. Many original skinheads would vehemently disassociate
themselves from what the skinhead movement later became. I only know
this because I used to go to school with just such a chap ... the
"decent" kind of skinhead, as it were, not the dumb, racist nutters that
hijacked the movement later on.
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Author: BearBear Date: Jan 21, 2008 08:58
In article Anthony Coleman said ...
> The reason it is similar to Sin City btw is they are both based on
> comics by Frank Miller, the king of hard boiled stories.
Lol! Well I never!
Play.com currently have it for a knock-down price - IIRC I paid only £4,
which is a bargain IMHO.
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Author: BearBear Date: Jan 21, 2008 13:03
In article Snowleopard said ...
> On Mon, 21 Jan 2008 16:28:14 -0000, Bear gmail.com>
> said
> >>After the disappointment of "No Country For Old Men", which seemed
>>targeted at the terminally pretentious, I've seen a couple of movies I
>>*did* enjoy, for very different reasons.
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>>"300" - very little in the way of plot, heavily stylised, violent,
>>watchable.
Seriously? I found that a tad lame and boring.
The real film's good though.
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Author: JJJJ Date: Jan 21, 2008 15:22
In film news from up here...
Shoot 'Em Up: surprisingly good - not a huge amount in the way of plot
and there's lots of violence but it was very entertaining and even had
someone with a British accent (Clive Owen) as the hero rather than the
villain!
War: again a pleasant surprise - Jet Li and Jason Statham so you know
there's going to be martial arts aplenty but there was actually a plot
too!
Next up... Donnie Darko.
JJ
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Author: BearBear Date: Jan 21, 2008 15:44
In article JJ said ...
> In film news from up here...
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> Shoot 'Em Up: surprisingly good - not a huge amount in the way of plot
> and there's lots of violence but it was very entertaining and even had
> someone with a British accent (Clive Owen) as the hero rather than the
> villain!
Saw that a week ago. Loved it. Daft as a brush :)
> War: again a pleasant surprise - Jet Li and Jason Statham so you know
> there's going to be martial arts aplenty but there was actually a plot
> too!
Haven't seen that - got Hard Boiled lined up for one night this week
though.
> Next up... Donnie Darko.
I must get around to watching that - I've had a bought copy for three
years and never even taken the cellophane off. Thanks for reminding me
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Author: BazBaz Date: Jan 21, 2008 18:04
On Mon, 21 Jan 2008 16:28:14 -0000, Bear gmail.com>
wrote:
>After the disappointment of "No Country For Old Men", which seemed
>targeted at the terminally pretentious, I've seen a couple of movies I
>*did* enjoy, for very different reasons.
>
>"300" - very little in the way of plot, heavily stylised, violent,
>watchable. Think "Sin City" meets "Gladiator", only with an even
>thinner plot. Liked it though. Great special effects, in a quiet way.
I liked it too. It was beautiful to watch. I watched Hero with Jet Li
last week. It was the same sort of eye candy though very different.
>"This Is England": the best movie I've seen in quite a while; puts me in
>mind of Mike Leigh, only with more substance. Some good performances,
>an excellent script, not just a "black & white" view of the racial
>tensions, but heaped with realism, and for those who were in the UK at
>the time, a really evocative recreation of the period, and the feeling
>of a nation somewhat at war with itself. Even the main "villain of the
>piece" seems as much at war with himself as with others.
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Author: BazBaz Date: Jan 21, 2008 18:05
On Mon, 21 Jan 2008 23:44:56 -0000, Bear gmail.com>
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>In article JJ said ...
>> Next up... Donnie Darko.
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>I must get around to watching that - I've had a bought copy for three
>years and never even taken the cellophane off. Thanks for reminding me
Donnie Darko is a must !
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