Attack The Block
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Attack The Block
OK, so I went to see this earlier this evening, even though I've not been sure about it initially, and its bloody brilliant.
I really enjoyed it throughout. The trailer plays up the comedy aspects but it is far more of a horror movie than a comedy, one which doesn't rely massively on jump scares either.
Very brutal in places without going over the top and good performances from the cast. I understand its getting a US release, but have no idea how wide it'll be, but if you get the chance I strongly recommend seeing it.
As for the rest of the Brits, anyone else seen this yet?
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Re: Attack The Block
Saw it on Friday. Pretty damn good actually, a lot better than I was expecting from my friend's description of "london chavs versus aliens."
Mostly though I was satisfied that at least some of the bastard chavs got killed.
Mostly though I was satisfied that at least some of the bastard chavs got killed.
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Re: Attack The Block
Saw it today, enjoyed it immensely.
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Re: Attack The Block
The ability the UK has to hate its young people never ceases to amaze me.
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Re: Attack The Block
Going to see it on Tuesday. The consistent ability of Simon Pegg and Nick Frost to make good films reassures me.
Re: Attack The Block
They didn't make this...Teebs wrote:Going to see it on Tuesday. The consistent ability of Simon Pegg and Nick Frost to make good films reassures me.
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Re: Attack The Block
While watching this film, I was struck by the notion that the kids were still more effective defenders of Earth than Torchwood. A bit sad really.
These particular young people begin the film by mugging a woman. Not all are like that, and of course, the film is rather more than a hate fest.open_sketchbook wrote:The ability the UK has to hate its young people never ceases to amaze me.
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Re: Attack The Block
I've not seen this yet but I got the impression from reviews and the like that this was showing that these kids are badly behavioured because of their circumstances, not because of who they are.
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Re: Attack The Block
I think that was the point.
I really liked the scene where Moses tries to explain/justify himself to Sam, and she just shoots him down and (as far as I could tell) shatters his worldview
Something like: "If we knew you lived int he block we wouldn't have murked you"
"So it's all right to mug people if they don't live here?"
And so forth. Very well acted I thought, even for a semi-serious film like this.
And IIRC Simon Pegg was in as an Executive Producer, while Nick Frost was Ron.
I really liked the scene where Moses tries to explain/justify himself to Sam, and she just shoots him down and (as far as I could tell) shatters his worldview
Something like: "If we knew you lived int he block we wouldn't have murked you"
"So it's all right to mug people if they don't live here?"
And so forth. Very well acted I thought, even for a semi-serious film like this.
And IIRC Simon Pegg was in as an Executive Producer, while Nick Frost was Ron.
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Re: Attack The Block
Finally got around to seeing it myself. As already mentioned - well acted and produced. Loved the dialogue the chavs came out with - "we've gotta catch 'em all!" "this aint fuckin' pokemon!"
It was also nice seeing the Fuzz being semi-competent as well, even if it was for entirely the wrong reason.
It was also nice seeing the Fuzz being semi-competent as well, even if it was for entirely the wrong reason.
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