TheGuv Posted August 19, 2010 Share Posted August 19, 2010 Just saw this advertised today. Must say i'm quite interested in this new series i thoroughly enjoyed the film It's set during the 86 world cup and it sort of follows on from the film 3/4 years later. http://www.channel4.com/explore/this-is-england-86/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dokko Posted August 19, 2010 Share Posted August 19, 2010 Loved the film, cant wait for this. Advert looked like it had the same crew as the film, if so that young lad had grown up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gash Posted August 19, 2010 Share Posted August 19, 2010 The film was good, proper hard hitting like, the kid was a shit actor though! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGuv Posted August 19, 2010 Share Posted August 19, 2010 The film was good, proper hard hitting like, the kid was a s*** actor though! Aye, but i think the actors around him made up for it! And the writing was very good. Better than all that CGI crap that is out at the minute Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlufPurdi Posted August 19, 2010 Share Posted August 19, 2010 As much as I liked it, I just don't think this will cut it. If it was always in the pipeline with the writers then maybe, but if it's something that's been created out of a lack of original ideas it'll just be shit and forced. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted August 19, 2010 Share Posted August 19, 2010 Joe Gilgun is a mate of my best mate, he says it's brilliantly written and should look brilliant on screen. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted August 19, 2010 Share Posted August 19, 2010 Sounds good definitely enjoyed the fillium Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingkerouac Posted August 20, 2010 Share Posted August 20, 2010 Shane Meadows' work. Say no more. The Scorsese of England. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fenham Mag Posted August 20, 2010 Share Posted August 20, 2010 I thought Milky had died ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGuv Posted August 20, 2010 Share Posted August 20, 2010 I thought Milky had died ? So did I. Looks like he has loads of scars on the advert so just must have been beaten near to death Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor Zaius Posted August 20, 2010 Share Posted August 20, 2010 Stephen Graham is a really good actor imo like. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted August 20, 2010 Share Posted August 20, 2010 Stephen Graham is a really good actor imo like. Yep, brilliant. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
indi Posted August 20, 2010 Share Posted August 20, 2010 Meadows is a genius, this is going to be great. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowie Posted August 20, 2010 Share Posted August 20, 2010 Meadows is a genius, this is going to be great. Definitely, seen everything he's done. Probably my favourite director tbh. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlufPurdi Posted August 20, 2010 Share Posted August 20, 2010 I'll just get me jacket then.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
indi Posted August 20, 2010 Share Posted August 20, 2010 I'll just get me jacket then.. No need for that man, I was a bit worried about the same things, but there's a bit on the website from Meadows that reassured me, I trust him not to sell out because he must have had x-amount of opportunities to do so and hasn't. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlufPurdi Posted August 20, 2010 Share Posted August 20, 2010 Cool then. Had no real knowledge of the writers or directors to be honest with you. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
indi Posted August 20, 2010 Share Posted August 20, 2010 Cool then. Had no real knowledge of the writers or directors to be honest with you. You should check out his other stuff, with the exception of Once Upon a Time in the Midlands - which is okay - it's all excellent. I reckon you'd love Dead Man's Shoes. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ_NUFC Posted August 20, 2010 Share Posted August 20, 2010 Don't know about you lot, but I thought the kid did a fantastic job, really. He was a regular slumdog picked up who came with a baggage full of family issues, and I think he identified quite a bit with the character. Which child actor is 'great' anyways? He was better than loads of the American tw$ts you see every week. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dokko Posted August 20, 2010 Share Posted August 20, 2010 I love the part where he's pissed off about his trousers. Brought back memories when i went to school and me mam and dad bought me a blue blazer and everyone else had black. All year i spent trying to ruin it, finally left it on the field after playing football, next year i got a nice black one Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor Zaius Posted August 20, 2010 Share Posted August 20, 2010 Stephen Graham is a really good actor imo like. Yep, brilliant. Just seen he's not in it like. shame Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
indi Posted August 20, 2010 Share Posted August 20, 2010 Don't know about you lot, but I thought the kid did a fantastic job, really. He was a regular slumdog picked up who came with a baggage full of family issues, and I think he identified quite a bit with the character. Which child actor is 'great' anyways? He was better than loads of the American tw$ts you see every week. Yeah, I agree, I thought his performance was excellent; really realistic, like a real kid would have been. I guess that might have been because it was real and he was just a kid being a kid, but all SM's films are like that, that's what's so good about them. I hate it when films have perfect kids in them who spout perfect dialogue, talk in perfect sentences, never mumble or say something totally random for no apparent reason, I've never met a kid like that and I certainly wasn't like that when I was young, in fact adults aren't like that either, but it's just even more jarring and unbelievable when it's a kid. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ_NUFC Posted August 20, 2010 Share Posted August 20, 2010 Meadows did a little Q&A after the screening here in Toronto, and most of the questions were regarding the kid. Apparently he wandered into the audition set and when they asked him why he was there, he goes, "the lady outside said I'll get a fiver if I do. So here I am," or something to that accord. Basically he was taken under the wing by Meadows and the crew and there was a sense of responsibility as the director was describing him. That's possibly the best way to get the best out of child actors, I think. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlufPurdi Posted August 21, 2010 Share Posted August 21, 2010 Is it the same fucking kid? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
indi Posted August 21, 2010 Share Posted August 21, 2010 Aye. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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