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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — This Is England
simlovesyou — 16 years ago(February 09, 2010 04:39 PM)
SPOILERS
Predictable - As soon as Combo asked Milky for the weed, I expected/waited for him to crack and beat the beep out of him - Little did i know, that was to be the supposed climax of the film
Soft & weak - staring out to the ocean? dramatically throwing the flag into the sea? a final stare into the camera? - .please
Romper Stomper - see this instead -
HanktheHobo — 16 years ago(February 15, 2010 09:05 PM)
I actually quite enjoyed the film - I thought the characters were really well developed, but the story left something to be desired.
I agree though, the ending was such a cliche "indie" ending. I get the impression that either the writer or director just didn't know how to end it. -
kieranb369 — 16 years ago(March 04, 2010 05:16 PM)
I didn't mind it being predictable that something bad was going to happen - that just made it more suspenseful. But I was expecting more of a climax I guess. The ending did seem to come almost out of nowhere.
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philwear — 15 years ago(December 17, 2010 05:15 PM)
See Romper Stomper instead .. you are kidding. As mean as Russell Crowe looked, as soon as he opened his mouth with his whiney nasal Aussie twang I just pissed myself laughing. The skins portrayed in This is England were not hardcore but at least they didn't sound like Minnie Mouse.
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GorillazButter — 15 years ago(April 01, 2011 04:02 PM)
Romper Stomper was souless
Yup. That was my main issue with it. I turned the movie off 20-30 minutes before the end because I realized that if I hadn't cared about the characters up to that point then it would be useless to continue.I'd love to see you in the moonlight with your head thrown back and your body on fire.
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Hancockenstein — 13 years ago(November 10, 2012 01:01 PM)
you laugh because it's not a real character standing next to you. i imagine his voice wouldn't be a factor in intimidating anyone in a real scenario and viewers shouldn't be distracted by it in a movie
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Flanged — 15 years ago(March 08, 2011 12:51 PM)
You can watch both films. It's easy. Only have to sit there with your eyes open.
And that is exactly what you did. I hope everybody else will do the exact same. Both these films are good, both are very enjoyable, and both should be seen. No point telling people to go watch one over another.
TIE had more life in it, though. Soft, weak, predictable, whatever you want to call it, but very real - far more true to most people's experiences. Funny as well.
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Flanged — 14 years ago(June 02, 2011 11:02 AM)
Yeah, that was weird, I don't think it was a film that needed a "romance" in it at all. I think Smell was supposed to be a bit simple, though. Since a lot of it is based on the director's own experiences, maybe he'd seen a relationship like that in real life?
Or maybe the actor playing Shaun was a little Hollywood-style tyrant - "I won't do this movie unless I get to suck her tits! Speak to my agent!" lol
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amsyco13 — 14 years ago(August 01, 2011 02:25 PM)
As soon as Combo asked Milky for the weed, I expected/waited for him to crack and beat the beep out of him
Congratulations.you predicted something in this movie was going to happen mere minutes before it did. You must be clairvoyant or something.
Are you a bug Bill Murray?
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Robbmonster — 13 years ago(November 06, 2012 11:01 AM)
My first 'serious' relationship was almost exactly the same as the one between Shaun and Smell.
I was 13, the girl was 16 and about 14 inches taller than I was, to say nothing of the fact she was rather well-developed whereas I looked about 8 years old.
No doubt it was pretty weird (I'm not ashamed to admit that), but sometimes it happens. Attraction is a funny thing.
Never defend crap with "It's just a movie"
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sjrmanc — 10 years ago(September 22, 2015 06:39 AM)
When I was 13 I was 5'10 and 18 stone. Shaun just small for his age, smell is big for her age, Taller than other girls and is younger than them. Concidering girls mature faster at that age, most relationships in schools had height gaps if girls older.
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BlackGas — 14 years ago(February 07, 2012 07:41 PM)
"i saw romper stomper. it's a good flick but it has nothing on this is england. i was an american skinhead and i could easily relate to this is england. romper stomper was just an excuse for street fighting action stuffnot that it's an unworthy film. romper stompers characters are very one dimensional as well. "
Yeah.
I'm a skin and I've lived alot of this too, and I've never been to UK.
Funny, all the posts on other "skin" films by people who don't know anything but beep they've seen on talk shows and Gangland, pontificating about skinheads, and this is the closest to accurate flic out there and no one is here spouting their theories except to call it "soft."
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Those scenes in the beginning especially, like when the kid gets his first sherman, or when they smash up that abandoned house, were just great. My experiences here in the US were pretty similar. But we were alot meaner to freshcuts! -
MisterWhiplash — 14 years ago(February 22, 2012 09:28 PM)
I didn't really have a problem with those plot points, they were effective and, for the former, disturbing (even if the throwing-the-flag-into-the-water is a little melodramatic). What my problem was that it just ended right there. It felt like the movie wasn't really over, that there was some resolution to it, or what maybe Woody would come back or something, that maybe Shaun would go with them again. I really liked the film a lot, and even understood how broken a man Combo was. It's just that it didn't feel like an ending to me, or one that was proper.
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samueljbrownjohn — 14 years ago(March 26, 2012 08:04 AM)
I really do not think you can compare this movie to romper stomper.
Romper Stomper is about a mindless group of neo nazi thugs. Yes they are rebelling against the influx of immigration in Australia but it seems to be more for the pure hatred of immigrants and lust for violence rather than they have a national grudge over jobs or anything. This Is England is a much more potent film in terms of its themes and the way it depicts Britain and british culture in the 1980s.
I do agree to some extent that the ending was cliched but the imagery of Sean throwing the st georges flag into the sea accompanied by that beautiful cover of an 'please please please let me get what i want' made for a great finale. I think it was a great way to end the film, however i would have liked more resolve on the combo/milky situation. However This is England 86 and 88 have made great dramas on tv as well. if you havent seen them i greatly advise it.