Great British Film

[50ny4]

I'm going to sound kinda weird saying this but i am pissed off of the inaccuracy placed upon Batman Begins and am not going to watch it....makes me angry because i really liked the old Batman films.

Now to go on about Great British Films, I personally Love the BEATLES one "A Hard Day's Night"

Hitchikers Guide = pretty good, innacurate but if they placed the book to a "T" then it would be something that people could predict, and thus movie suspense would not be going well

(1) Not my favourite...sorry
(2) That was good, i liked how one can draw the connections to the Book "Heart of Darkness" and the fact that Kurtz did imporvise rather than a script
(3) haven't seen it
(4) Well deserved, cinematography was beautiful
(5) FMJ...pretty comical

The above sorta depend on what movies one likes in general as well as who was the one who made the list and if there was any biased opinions...  

[Fourcolour]

50ny4

I'm going to sound kinda weird saying this but i am pissed off of the inaccuracy placed upon Batman Begins and am not going to watch it....makes me angry because i really liked the old Batman films.

You're pissed of by inaccuracies in Batman Begins? It's truer to the source material than any of the others.

If we consider that in the Burton movies Batman uses guns and kills; both actions completely opposite to how Batman should behave, and that the Schumacher movies were just shite; grown up Robin, bat-nipples and all, and that all four films were more about the villains than they were Batman, There really isn't an argument against Batman Begins.  

[and_solo_said]

The Last Emperor...Well, it was different


Lets see, there was:

tit sucking
opium smoking
foot licking
head shooting
footage of the people the Japanese shot and attacked with bio weapons and what have you
child pornography
tips on midnight urination

AND

a game of tennis


Amazing what they can fit into 3 1/2 hours stare  

[dreaming_mouse]

For my media exam we had to watch East is East. I think it's a really good film that shows the racism that used to/still exists about immigrants coming to the UK. The thing I like about British films is that they tend to feature real life issues, something I find doesn't happen in Blockbuster films. Like in Spiderman, what's so real life about that? Maybe some aspects like the not fitting in but the whole story is completly fictionous (is that a word?! Sorry if it's not my brain has being fried) while East is East is true.  

[Nebelstern]

Don't get Owen and I started on 'East is East'...
We had to watch it for RS. NEVER AGAIN.
End of story. xp  

[dreaming_mouse]

Lucky we never got to watch anything for RS, instead we had to write in our books ten times EVERY week keyterms. But it worked in the longrun...damn half GCSEs.

Come on what didn't you like about it?!  

[Fourcolour]

dreaming_mouse

For my media exam we had to watch East is East. I think it's a really good film that shows the racism that used to/still exists about immigrants coming to the UK. The thing I like about British films is that they tend to feature real life issues, something I find doesn't happen in Blockbuster films. Like in Spiderman, what's so real life about that? Maybe some aspects like the not fitting in but the whole story is completly fictionous (is that a word?! Sorry if it's not my brain has being fried) while East is East is true.

It'd called an extended metaphor. It's a lovely kind of narrative that gets across ideas not always easy to broach with what you call 'real=life' films. Spiderman is about heroism, responsibility, love, death and dedication to an ideal.

It's no the fact that British film-makers all prefer to make these types of films, but they don't have much choice considering they are heavily constrained by low budgets.  

[and_solo_said]

A quick note on east is east.

It is not a film about racism. The racists in that film are one old man and a poster. The film is about the divide in the family between the father who wants to raise Pakistani childre, and the children who want to be British  

[dreaming_mouse]

BUt the father himself is racism, with the Indian thing in the background. Racism is apart of East is East albeit it's a small theme. There's also the conflict between Muslims and Christians, how the children want to be christian and not Muslim. So it is technically about racism, it's not just that one man.  

[and_solo_said]

dreaming_mouse

BUt the father himself is racism, with the Indian thing in the background. Racism is apart of East is East albeit it's a small theme. There's also the conflict between Muslims and Christians, how the children want to be christian and not Muslim. So it is technically about racism, it's not just that one man.

It has elements of racism, but that does not make it in any way about racism. And the children do not want to be christian, they just don't want to be Muslim either  

[dreaming_mouse]

and_solo_said

dreaming_mouse

BUt the father himself is racism, with the Indian thing in the background. Racism is apart of East is East albeit it's a small theme. There's also the conflict between Muslims and Christians, how the children want to be christian and not Muslim. So it is technically about racism, it's not just that one man.

It has elements of racism, but that does not make it in any way about racism. And the children do not want to be christian, they just don't want to be Muslim either

How can you say it is in no way about racism when there is racism themes inplanted in there? And as for them wanting to be christian I'm sorry I misunderstood, I thought they did since they were in the parade thing at the beginning.  

[and_solo_said]

dreaming_mouse

and_solo_said

dreaming_mouse

BUt the father himself is racism, with the Indian thing in the background. Racism is apart of East is East albeit it's a small theme. There's also the conflict between Muslims and Christians, how the children want to be christian and not Muslim. So it is technically about racism, it's not just that one man.

It has elements of racism, but that does not make it in any way about racism. And the children do not want to be christian, they just don't want to be Muslim either

How can you say it is in no way about racism when there is racism themes inplanted in there? And as for them wanting to be christian I'm sorry I misunderstood, I thought they did since they were in the parade thing at the beginning.

We appear to be at a confusion in terms. For example: there is quite a lot of rape in Clockword Orange, but it is not about rape, it is about how far people a willing to go to punish criminals. There is racism in East is East, but they neither acknowledge it, or do anything about it. So it is not what the film is about  

[dreaming_mouse]

Well I've always seen films like that about a multiple issues not just one single issue. They may not actually do anything about it but they bring awareness to something even if it's only briefly.  

[Fourcolour]

dreaming_mouse

Well I've always seen films like that about a multiple issues not just one single issue. They may not actually do anything about it but they bring awareness to something even if it's only briefly.

Racism in the 70s isn't much of an insight though.  

[dreaming_mouse]

Fourcolour

dreaming_mouse

Well I've always seen films like that about a multiple issues not just one single issue. They may not actually do anything about it but they bring awareness to something even if it's only briefly.

Racism in the 70s isn't much of an insight though.

It's not much of an insight nowadays though, it still brings awareness though and it has changed throughout the years. It just highlights how things have changed, if anything and how etc.