ppb1
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Post by ppb1 on May 18, 2007 20:10:48 GMT
i dont think he is slating tie i dont rate full monty but trainspotting was class
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Post by StrayGoat on May 19, 2007 15:06:37 GMT
I agree with a lot of what he says - the British film industry is dead on its arse. And yes, that includes Shane's work. For me, he's made two quality films (ARFRB, DMS), one good film(24/7), and two poor ones (OUATITM and TIE). But take a look at some of the other films to be made in the last decade too...there are probably four or five top quality films..That is disgraceful when you think of the talent we have working on American films.
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Post by jared on May 20, 2007 14:32:22 GMT
I don't think you can take this too seriously either. Robert is clearly passionate about British film and has said something that could be taken the wrong way - but he probably doesn't mean anything by it.
Trainspotting was a seminal film. Probably the most important British film of the last thirty years in my opinion. Apart from that, i'm not that impressed by any of his other movies. Not seen 28 Days Later yet though...
The Full Monty was formulaic sanitised crap. A film championed by people who aren't really into film...
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Post by DeLarge on May 20, 2007 22:16:15 GMT
I don't think the British film industry is dead on it's arse at the moment. Okay there's always room for improvement but to me there seems to be a fair amount of films coming through, lots and lots of them are shite, but there's a few gems being made. Obviously funding plays a part but it's happening!
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Post by halfpint on May 21, 2007 2:12:46 GMT
28 Weeks Later is surprisingly better than the first....Boyle gets it spot on in the first half, but the stuff in the house with Eccleston, is a tad disjointed i think.
Carlyle is a great actor, but his comments are most unwarrented here, especially considering some of the poop he's appeared in in recent years.
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Post by Gareth on Sept 8, 2007 7:36:19 GMT
he was the most ridiculas thing in 28weeks later anyway,
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Post by twinee1983 on Sept 11, 2007 20:06:29 GMT
I don't think he's saying this is enlgnad isn't any good i just think (hope) he's trying to say that because of the state of the british film industry at the moment it wont get pushed as much as it should, also i wonder whether or not it has anything to do with 28 weeks being out now (soon not sure) and going sort of up against TIE in dvd sales, i hope not as i do like robert carlysle and am a fan of a lot of his work. By the way though personally TIE (DMS, 24/7 and romeo brass for that matter) pisses on both full monty and trainspotting.
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Post by shanemeadows on Sept 15, 2007 17:47:01 GMT
Hi Straygoat. can't beleive you put TIE in your turkey bag with OUATITM but hey, this is a free state and I welcome all combinations people pick as their best and worst of my movies.
You are offically in the top ten of weird combo's with that one! You could never get to number one however as that spot belongs to an elderly lady who named her favourite Anthony Mingella movies to me once and asked me to sign her English Patient DVD.
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Post by Dave on Sept 15, 2007 17:59:46 GMT
Was that in Bristol by any chance? I think Minghella was also doing a talk at the Brief Encounters fest when you were here that time. Just when I had first got the site online more or less.
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Post by fatself on Sept 15, 2007 18:53:34 GMT
I'm stringently opposed to Straygoats inclusion of TIE in her turkey bag. Ok, ''Midlands'' contribution could probably be justified, but I'd like him/her to produce a stand-up arguement for why TIE is so ''shit?
Straygoat, are you fucking braindead?
The British film industry is thriving, and has been for years. We have homegrowns such as Mike Leigh, Ken Loach, Shane Meadows and Paul Andrew Williams, imports such a Pawel Pawlikowski and lesser known contributions from Damon Philips and Serge Fry.
Match the talent produced from this country to the oeuvre of ooooooo Michael Bay, and you'll see my point.
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Post by Dave on Sept 15, 2007 18:58:23 GMT
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Post by Lord Thribb of Hubris OBE on Sept 15, 2007 19:23:20 GMT
I won't have a word said against him.  On location near Bolsover, Derbyshire filming "Summer", produced by Ken Loach's company "Sixteen Films". |
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Post by DeLarge on Sept 15, 2007 19:29:54 GMT
Well its an opinion aint it. If we all liked the same things we'd be boring. He does point out he loved DMS and ARFRB. The hype and being on here watching the film take shape, and eventually coming out did definitely build up a hype it perhaps couldn't ever reach, perhaps unfairly. I really enjoyed the film but felt it could've had another 30 minutes in there, more depth into the characters. My only qualm was some of the 'gang' are barely in it (i know they aren't necessary to the plot) and I'd have liked to see more about them and a few more scenes/development (like the arcade scene/beating up of Harvey etc) perhaps. Like we see Shaun meet the gang for the first time and then we see Gadge go to his house to take him house wrecking, I felt there was a bit missing there, felt a bit of a jump from meeting and knowing them, maybe it gut cut out. It did bring us 2 superb performances from Stephen Graham and Tommo - and when you bear in mind its his first ever gig it was something special. Its still the film of the year, easily.  |
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Post by fatself on Sept 16, 2007 0:57:14 GMT
Well its an opinion aint it. ) I completely understand this...but the film was so effecting and touched me in a way that I can only hope the Saf'end slappers will touch me behind the Monte Carlo arcade on a Friday night. And, I know this is gonna sounds wanky (oops, back to that again) but I feel I have to defend its honor. AS for the degradation of British cinema, thats fucking ludicrous and this StrayGoat can suck a fart out my arse. |
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