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So we watched This Is England last night...
"This is England: Mods, New Romantics, and Skinheads are the major youth sub-cultures of this very English summer of 1983 and young 12-year-old Shaun is left wandering aimlessly alone and lost during the start of his school holidays, until his chance meeting with Woody and his fun and friendly Skinhead pack. Finding a new lease of life; girls, parties, Ben Sherman shirts, Doc Martin boots and shaven hairstyles young Shaun is welcomed, life during this summer holiday has got a whole lot better. That is until Combo arrives on the scene bitter, dangerous, racist, militant and psychotic life for young Shaun has just approached his first major crossroads. This is England is a look back at the early eighties of British working-class life through the eyes of young Shaun and his new gang, and dealing with the bitterness of outside influences such as racism and xenophobia, of mass unemployment and the fall out of the Falkland's War"
I fucking loved it! I could have used a bit more closure at the end, but I still loved it. It had great acting and the director "Shane Meadows" has a really good eye.
Stephen Graham blew me away. I hardly recognized him. I have only seen him in one other role....being Snatch "he played Tommy", but his role in this was the polar opposite. The movie felt real, and it hooked me from the start.
"This is England: Mods, New Romantics, and Skinheads are the major youth sub-cultures of this very English summer of 1983 and young 12-year-old Shaun is left wandering aimlessly alone and lost during the start of his school holidays, until his chance meeting with Woody and his fun and friendly Skinhead pack. Finding a new lease of life; girls, parties, Ben Sherman shirts, Doc Martin boots and shaven hairstyles young Shaun is welcomed, life during this summer holiday has got a whole lot better. That is until Combo arrives on the scene bitter, dangerous, racist, militant and psychotic life for young Shaun has just approached his first major crossroads. This is England is a look back at the early eighties of British working-class life through the eyes of young Shaun and his new gang, and dealing with the bitterness of outside influences such as racism and xenophobia, of mass unemployment and the fall out of the Falkland's War"
I fucking loved it! I could have used a bit more closure at the end, but I still loved it. It had great acting and the director "Shane Meadows" has a really good eye.
Stephen Graham blew me away. I hardly recognized him. I have only seen him in one other role....being Snatch "he played Tommy", but his role in this was the polar opposite. The movie felt real, and it hooked me from the start.