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Rise of the Footsoldier (2007)
The beginning of the end for UK films
Oh dear, just what we need another Essex -Cockney garbage effort chronicling the rise of the UK footy hooligan/ rave gangster who did of course follow West 'am (East Londan/Essex style). Didn't anybody tell you that they won the world cap!? And then of course the inevitable decay into UK rave culture underworld. Blah blah blah. Why how and who would want to fund a film like this i do not know but lets pray that it was from Private financiers (lets see ex drug dealers, merchant bankers -we all know what to call them, and the rest of the mockneys) rather than publicly funded means. Hopefully with the recession we will not see the like of this again. If we do we will be calling the death knell for British films and of course we will all be able to blame Britains number one Mockney Country gent wannabee gangster Guy Ritchie.
Testament (1983)
so utterly unrealistic
Spoiler warning-intended or not.
The American apple pie movie of the Nuke era. Bring out your dead but don't forget to bring a blueberry pie and some milk and cookies to the wake.
I almost cried when i watched this, not because of the grave message of the film to humanity, but because it was so unbelievably unimaginable. MUltiple strikes across the USA, most urban centres hit, but hey this town carrys on functionally and with all the sentiment of a mid afternoon made for TV drama for bored housewives. Utter crap-don't mention the science to these scriptwriters, research was an afterthought. How this was ever nominated for an Oscar i do not know. Some reviewers have suggested that this film is superior to Threads because of the beautiful sentiment within the storyline but surely sentiment is an emotion fatally crushed in the aftermath of the end of the world. The emotionless stark reality and utter despair displayed in THreads is surely all that would be left followed by death. AN admirable effort to "Hollywoodise" the subject but totally inappropriate. Almost laughable if the subject wasn't so grim. Now wheres that cookie jar.
Threads (1984)
Message to thundrrd
Thundrrd- sorry i don't see your point. I don't think Benjamin London has particularly said anything either directly or indirectly aimed at US policy. If anything he could be referring to any nuclear nation including the smaller nuclear nations like the UK and France. This stands in complete contrast to your statement which is not only needlessly politicised, but also is overly defensive to almost paranoiac proportions. Don't worry communism has been defeated, you can come down from the hills now.
And believe it or not it is your allies, especially the UK (rememeber Blair's support post 911, Iraq, Afghanistan?)that continue to save your ass from global isolation, a fact most broad minded Americans are more than aware of. The real question is who is going to save the worlds ass from US environmental policy? By the way in case you haven't seen Threads watch it and leave your political rantings to more suitable websites.