The Real England

Went through a little village in Wales(UK close enough),Driving through there we noticed that the locals were watching us wicker man style,very strange

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"As a Brit myself I am in a position to say this with authority"

Thank you, possibly the funniest thing I've read on IMDB for ages. What authority have you imagined for yourself? Are you HIgh Lord of making *beep* up??

I can only assume you've not travelled around much of England, otherwise you wouldn't be spouting such garbage. England has some small minded hamlets, doesn't mean that they're the norm. And regarding bigotry, everyone outside of London is inbred and low browed? Really? Do you understand the concept of a double standard?

"There was probably a bit of artistic licence taken with the rape, as I can't honestly say I've noticed that the English are disproportionately prone to that sort of thing where outsiders are concerned" Are you just saying this crap for fun now? How can you type this withoput peeing yourself with laughter?

Regarding the rape, your use of the words "prone to that sort of thing where outsiders are concerned" suggests you weren't even paying attention to the film. The rapes were carried out by two villagers against someone from their own village. So how is she an outsider?

Please keep posting this nonsense, as the inernet needs people who are completely unaware of just how stupid they actually sound. Bravo!


Why are the right wing always so angry? And why do I find their foolish hatred so very, very funny?

The film has crap all to do with vietnam. it's what Peckninpah says it is, a film exploring violence. Political violence is only one form and largely a completely irrelevant one in the film. (David doesn't care about pro or anti-ware protests, he doesn't care about politics or vietnam or the atomic bomb or religions role in wars)

The violence the film mainly is about is sexual, specifically in regards to women.

christ, i live in a small town in the middle of nowhere in england...even i get funny looks when i go in a village pub!

Abe, do you by any chance come from/live in London?

I'm just curious.

As for the English being racist, I honestly think we're cowards compared to the Americans.

But I agree to some extent, the places in the country side, which do occupy a large part of England, do have that particular mentality, but I think the scene that sums it up best in any film is when the two Americans enter the slaughtered lamb in An American Werewolf in London, and the whole pub goes silent, and just stares at them. That one scene alone, sums up the narrow mindedness of English yokels who stay in a clique and don't welcome outsiders better than most I've ever seen. It's realistic beyond belief, and again, the film was made by an American.

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"Real England"? LOL!

Although I can't speak for the North, I totally diagree with you about rural southern England. I am a well educated man from London, but having family across the south (yes Cornwall and the West Country included) have travelled to many very isolated parts of the countryside, and always been struck how civil and generaly helpful the locals tend to be, even with my "posh" accent.

Of course there are certain places I would imagine where minorities can appear threatening, but I'm sure the same could be said for any city or region across the world. Working men together can seem daunting, but in reality this only tends to be fun banter and a certain feeling of solidarity , admittedly exacerbated when drunk.

I also disagree about about the actual film's portayal of the West Country. For a start the scenery is fantastic, and I personally believe when it comes to scenery England is second to none.

Then there's the locals in the film. The five men who attack the house are admittedly horrfic individuals and I won't justify their actions as other on these boards have incrdibly tried to do. But other than these five, a tiny minority, we have characters such as in particular the Major, who does all he can to protect the couple, and also the barmen who are good moral people. The rest of the population meanwhile may seem a little hostile, but only because they are unused to outsiders, a lot like the men in the bar in An American Werewolf in London: good people but a little intimidating if you are not part of the group.

To any Americans, and I can only speak for seeing Deliverance and many dozens of other such films, the Deep South sounds infinitely more terrifying, unlike the charming English countryside.