This is England

by **Immortalicide** on Wed May 09, 2007 7:30 pm

MartinC wrote:Then surely 'This is England' is good in the way that it tries to inform people of the true origins of skinheads?

Yeah, i was just making the point that basically, combo personifies what happened to the skinhead movement.

by **MartinC** on Wed May 09, 2007 7:31 pm

MartinC wrote:Well, that was my opinion any way, I'm not sure how others will react to it. Going back to politics, the one thing I did take away from it (other than the role of the Falklands war) was how the skinhead culture was ruined by ignorant racists who just latched onto it and sucked all the fun out of it. It's portrayed pretty well in the character of Combo. I hated him by the end of it.

by **phodg** on Wed May 09, 2007 7:32 pm

I think it's a great film. It's not been released over here yet but it's available on the internet if you search about a bit.
And you're right - originally skinheads weren't racist at all. It was the NF dickweeds and their ilk that started to turn things that way.

by **jonny_boy34** on Sun Nov 04, 2007 11:24 pm

Here's an old thread. I finally watched This Is England just now, and fuck me, what a film. Good crikey. Shitting hell. That was a real fucking film. I can't believe I went to see Spiderman 3 instead of going to see this at the cinema.

by **MartinC** on Sun Nov 04, 2007 11:34 pm

Funny that you brought this thread back up, today I bought a Shane Meadows box set which has four of his films on it, including This is England.

Bit of trivia - 'Dead Man's Shoes', Shane Meadow's 4th film was filmed in Heretic's home town, Matlock.

by **Bangover** on Sun Nov 04, 2007 11:41 pm

Dead Mans Shoes is a class film

by **boovidge** on Sun Nov 04, 2007 11:44 pm

ha! spiderman 3. just why?

by **zykloned** on Sun Nov 04, 2007 11:46 pm

I'd still nail Mary Jane

Oh hell yeh.

by **jonny_boy34** on Mon Nov 05, 2007 3:27 pm

MartinC wrote:Funny that you brought this thread back up, today I bought a Shane Meadows box set which has four of his films on it, including This is England.

Bit of trivia - 'Dead Man's Shoes', Shane Meadow's 4th film was filmed in Heretic's home town, Matlock.

What other films has Shane Meadows directed? If any of his other films are anywhere near as good as This Is England, he is a great man.

by **boovidge** on Mon Nov 05, 2007 6:36 pm

zykloned wrote:I'd still nail Mary Jane

Oh hell yeh.

qft

by **STD_Caps** on Mon Nov 05, 2007 9:10 pm

Apparent Dead Man's Shoes is great. Another one which you're apparently meant to watch relatively uninformed about its contents. I haven't seen it yet, however, so that might be wrong.

by **thrash metal maniac** on Tue Nov 06, 2007 9:01 am

Is Dead Man's Shoes the one where some dude has to get revenge and there's like a ghost of his brother and stuff??

If so, that's pretty a fucked up film to watch!

by **Lev** on Tue Nov 06, 2007 1:47 pm

Skin head movies are boring.

by **Bangover** on Tue Nov 06, 2007 2:37 pm

thrash metal maniac wrote:Is Dead Man's Shoes the one where some dude has to get revenge and there's like a ghost of his brother and stuff??

If so, that's pretty a fucked up film to watch!

yeah...don't give away the storyline though...

If anyone hasn't seen it yet, I'll advise them to

by **jonny_boy34** on Tue Nov 06, 2007 2:39 pm

I will indeed.