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more of this than big budget keira Knightly in a corset crap!!


Why cant the uk film industry produce more period dramas as good as this rather than churning out star driven rubbish!!

Tom Browns school days is class!

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You should apreciate that we have so many talented actors and actresses out there that can drive what you call 'crap'!

And yes, Tom Brown's Schooldays was very good.

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Yer Keira Knightly is a gd actress but I thought she was nuthin comapred 2 the actin tht wos in Tom Brown's Schooldays it wos quality!!take care XxXx

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i think keira knightly is really wooden as an actress

and i agree the acting in tom browns was really wonderful a real ensemble cast and not a weak actor in it




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so true! keira knightley is crap, and TBS is actually one of the best tv children's dramas i have ever seen. The acting was so good, and there was a geat cast.

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'TBS is actually one of the best tv children's dramas i have ever seen'.

Oh yes this film is very suitable for children. rape, violence, whipping, near drowning. wonderful.

I suppose it depends on what you mean by children. do you mean 4-12 yr olds? or teenagers?

JAPC

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i did mean teenagers. not children. sure rape and stuff aren't suitable for children, but when you were twelve did you not know about rape? this stuff happens all the time nowadays, so lots of 11 and 12 year olds know all about it anyway, and maybe some 10 year olds i guess.

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you got me wrong and im sorry if you like keira(i dont but i did not just mean keira films)i ment star driven films where not only do they get a star who cant act but is very 'hot stuff' at he moment they usually get a american to play the part in an english period piece!!!!! Tom Browns had no real mega movie stars no big budget and was trully amazing

sorry if caused offence to Keira or any of her fans!!

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Give me Keira in a corset over schoolboys getting whipped any day of the week. But I sense my insophistication glimmers through.

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I completely and 100% agree with you. I detest Keira Knightly, and all of these celebrity-driven big-budget hollywood thingys, particularly those said to be "period" but are so damned not. The book is a masterpiece... the show is beautiful, perfectly written, cast and acted. It made me cry. And Flashman is damned gorgeous. *runs off to read the book again*

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'The book is a masterpiece'???? Give me a break! it was so slow i stopped reading it. I mean Thomas Hughes spends 2 pages describing the hill that they are going past in a carridge. BOOOOOOOOOOORRRING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

JAPC

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I find it rather hard to watch a film and see Keira as the character now, I just end up commenting on stuff like "Oh, I like her dress." rather than having my eyes glued to the screen. The first time I watched Tom Brown's Schooldays I didn't really enjoy it. but the second time round, I think it was one of the best things I ever saw!

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Amen!

Excellent drama and brilliantly acted, this was.

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Dam right!!!

Great adaptation!

Great Cast!

Great Film!

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Why can't there be more of KK in a corset, I ask you?

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"Why can't there be more of KK in a corset, I ask you?"

Because it's annoying, and for me she wrecked Lizzy Bennet. Anyway - things like TBS bring more young actors into the picture - good young actors.

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man i wish this movie is available to watch here in america. from all the good things you guys are saying, i really wanna see it!

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