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[Mighty Midget]

This Is England


(Drama, Shane Meadows, UK, 2006, colour)
Shaun, a 12 year old is growing up in Britain in the early-mid 80's. His dad, whom Shaun feels great love and pride for, has died in the Falkland War, he's being bullied by the other kids and he is alone. That is, until he comes across Woody, a skinhead who has a few guys behind hem. Woody decides to take good care of Shaun, who gladly appreciates this opportunity to belong. Everything looks fine until Combo, a mate of Woody, and one who Woody owes a lot, appears. Soon the group finds themselves torn between loyalty to their "brothers" and Combo's ideas of a "White Britain". This movie can also be seen as a small picture of how right wing groups tore the skinhead unity appart, as they did in the late 70's/early 80's. All this happens with Shaun in the middle, it's how he sees it.

This flick is not another Romper Stomper, as this one adresses more the spirit of skinheads growing up in the UK in the 80's, and not the neo-nazi image of it, as well as the issue of belonging somewhere.

Personal opinion: One of the best movies I've seen in a very long time. Shaun is played by a young lad, Thomas Turgoose, and he does a remarkable job. The movie is more about tests to friendship and loyalty than about ideologies, here represented mainly by Combo. A real gem of a movie and highly recommended.

[Blood-Pigggy]

To be perfectly fair Romper Stomper only used the neo-nazi aspect as a backdrop, the film was more or less based on the characters and their relationships, not the fact that they were skinheads.

[Mighty Midget]

That is true to a great extent, and perhaps I phrased myself badly. What I meant was that in TIE ideologies only play a part as a dividing force, on one hand you have the true skinheads while on the other you have the far right boneheads. In RS ideology was the frame that held them together, in TIE ideology is what splits them.

[gufu1992]

Anyone can review "Them!"?

[Mighty Midget]

If you've watched it, why don't you do it? As you can see from my pieces of text, there are no standards to live up to here. Just write about it any way you feel. Only, try to keep the "style" with a brief line of facts, like genre, country, director and year. A pic would of course brighten it up a bit. Good luck k:

[Blood-Pigggy]

Them isn't really that obscure though, although it is a good movie.

[gufu1992]

Them!

Thy movie begins with two policmen patroling an emptiness what state of New Mexico is. On their way the find a silent little girl. From then on the plot begins to move quickly enough to enjoy the movie. Soon a proffesor arrives (he seems to learn about ant's the same way Fabr (Dunno If spelled right) did - just looked at them). and they find the giant ant nest. They put poisonus gas in it, and then check if anything lives. They find what 2 moar quieens run away - one settled on a ship, killing the crew, but her whole colony died whn the ship gone down. The second one came to city. The detail on giant ants in good enough - showing them just as furry as a stuffed animal. Giant ants grab people by torso and move em' around (and you die because of?). Ants die if their antenass are destroyed, and can also die from extreme heat (Kinda lame >_>). If you want to know the ending - you will have to understand this: "They came from Red Alert".

[Mighty Midget]

Nice one, gufu1992, and a great pick too k: A classic that one is for sure! (although I never saw it myself, I know it is a classic ) I believe this was the movie that was used as inspiration for the game "It came from the desert".

[gregor]

ugh i had it on a video somewhere. i wonder if it's still there. if not i should torrent it. Have been thinking about it for a while. not a bad movie considering when it was made.

[Blood-Pigggy]

I loved movies like these, my favorite was 20 Million Miles to Earth, old monster movies are just so much more entertaining to watch than modern ones (the CGI has something to do with it I guess).