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bad lonsdale/dr martens ad

posted 15 years ago by A_Chick_Named_Marla
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I saw this film the other day with a mate who works at a dvd rental place. Mostly we wanted to see it for the music. Thank heavens I didn't pay for it. Aside from the fact that the only identifiable ska in the film is written on the main character's jacket and that I hate soul, the music had absolutely no part in the film. I don't even remember there being any music in it. And all the rude people looked COMPLETELY out of place in the fancy clubs.
Anyway, as the subject says, the whole film seems like a bad ad for lonsdale streetwear and dr Martens boots that runs for 90 minutes. The plot is idiotic, it glorifies violence, there isn't an "80's feel" to the film although it's supposed to be set in the 80's, the characters are one-dimensional, the motivation behind their actions has been seen and done better a bazillion times before, the dialog is poor and the moment that the main character pulls out Sun Tzu's "The Art of War" is probably the most gag-inducing piece of cinema I have ever seen in my entire life. If it didn't have a happy ending, it could pass as an overdone drama. This way it comes off as something you'd get if somebody without a sense of humor saw lock stock and two smoking barrels, tried to write a similar script for a gangster film, failed miserably, yet sold it and got it directed by somebody who tried too hard to be Guy Ritchie, but wasn't.
But, the source material probably isn't too good either, I haven't read it, but I gather that this Geoff Thompson guy is just another in the slew of modern British writers (think Tony Parsons, Nick Hornby, Irvine Welsh, Roddy Doyle and the like) who reflect on growing up in the eighties only because they want the world to know that they liked the Clash way back when it wasn't cool yet, and tend to write the same story between all of them, only with smaller, personal variations.
Also, making any film that references British ska without including the specials on the soundtrack is just plain stupid.
This film is horrible.

mind numbing innit

[–] beaubrummie 15 years ago

I enjoyed this film,then again I don't go to the cinema to listen to music. If you want music listen to the radio.

[–] ravabelli 15 years ago

agree with you on that the rudeboy look in the club was completely out of kilter with the quincy jones style disco funk (I would have got rid of the rudeboy look not the funk!). Sun Tzu was a bit out of place too for Danny!

Disagree completely about the rest though, I loved the film for the gritty realism and sort of characters I could recognise (people I knew were a bit less violent but not by that much) rather than the ridiculous glossy posturing of Ritchies movies.

Each to their own, hope you find a film you like better.