mockney piers Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I figured we've the two music threads, at least two footie ones, a gaming thread, but so far no film one. > > Soo, thought I'd kick it off after having seen This Is England last night. Gripping, powerful, understated and brilliantly > acted, this is by Shane Meadows who gave us Dead Man's Shoes which isn't for the faint hearted but well well worth a watch. > > Anyone seen it, or anything good of late? Finally got round to watching This is England last week, and it was bloody great! I was worried that it would just be about loads of thugs, and overly violent, but the violence is minimal really, and it's not really about all that. Would basically agree with everything Piers said above, and add that there is some lovely comic relief and touching moments from the girlfriend character. Also saw the third and thankfully final Pirates film. Totally carried by Johnny Depp, and frankly, even he looks bored of it. Nothing much in the way of story line, and not really any good action of humour either. The worst of the bunch, and a shame, because I genuinely liked the first one. Next film I have coming from Lovefilm is Ten Canoes which I'm rather looking forward to. Still waiting to see Tell no one, and have even read the book for the third time in preparation. From what I hear it sticks to the story very well.