domestically it did ok but doesnt seem to have done anything in the rest of eu, jp, aus etc
it ran for a few weeks here at least, without really having any promo or media attention. the following month Buxton sold out a five-night run of Bug btw!
― ┗|∵|┓ (sic), Sunday, 25 March 2012 07:35 (twelve years ago) link
Not really exoticism but some of the "street" dialogue might have sounded a little less like it was written by a middle-class white guy if you're in the US.
It was good, though. The kind of solid action / horror film Britain should be producing more of.
― Une semaine de Bunty (ShariVari), Sunday, 25 March 2012 08:28 (twelve years ago) link
watched this last night, this was great fun. too bad it didn't get more than a superficial release in theaters here, I missed it entirely and never saw an ad for it.
― akm, Sunday, 25 March 2012 15:02 (twelve years ago) link
It did occur to me when comparing the film to Super 8 that I have no reason to assume Cornish has any more familiarity with 21st century council estate life than second-generation hollywooder JJ Abrams has with smalltown midwestern life. But at least Cornish is going out on a limb with something modern rather than faithfully regurgitating '80s Amblin fantasies.
― da croupier, Sunday, 25 March 2012 15:43 (twelve years ago) link
i knew somebody had to make that complaint to which i say
http://www.1065thearch.com/emedia/stl/4/434/43412.jpg
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Sunday, 25 March 2012 15:47 (twelve years ago) link
It did occur to me when comparing the film to Super 8 that I have no reason to assume Cornish has any more familiarity with 21st century council estate life than second-generation hollywooder JJ Abrams has with smalltown midwestern life.
main difference between the two is that attack the block actually worked
― Fozzy Osbourne (contenderizer), Sunday, 25 March 2012 16:23 (twelve years ago) link
ya tbh if the movie is awesome, "slang accuracy" is pretty low on my list of priorities
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Sunday, 25 March 2012 16:27 (twelve years ago) link
ya tbh if the movie is awesome, "slang accuracy" is pretty low on my list of priorities --A Little Princess btw (s1ocki)
Otm
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Sunday, 25 March 2012 17:39 (twelve years ago) link
I thought the monsters were surprisingly effective too
― kinder, Sunday, 25 March 2012 17:49 (twelve years ago) link
i liked that children were shown using and enjoying drugs
― Fozzy Osbourne (contenderizer), Sunday, 25 March 2012 17:54 (twelve years ago) link
xxp, yeah it doesn't really detract from the film as an action movie but the lack of believable dialogue is kind of annoying at points and might have stopped the film connecting in a huge way with some of the target audience in the UK. It's by no means the worst offender for this, though.
― Une semaine de Bunty (ShariVari), Sunday, 25 March 2012 18:02 (twelve years ago) link
was it a huge failure in council estates?
― Fozzy Osbourne (contenderizer), Sunday, 25 March 2012 18:06 (twelve years ago) link
lol
― The term “hipster racism” from Carmen Van Kerckhove at Racialicious (nakhchivan), Sunday, 25 March 2012 18:14 (twelve years ago) link
dialogue is alright
'bruv' rather than BLUDDD was kinda a faux pas
― The term “hipster racism” from Carmen Van Kerckhove at Racialicious (nakhchivan), Sunday, 25 March 2012 18:15 (twelve years ago) link
Watched this last night, liked it a lot.
When the credits came up discovered I went to school with one of the producers!
― The Eyeball Of Hull (Colonel Poo), Tuesday, 27 March 2012 13:19 (twelve years ago) link
Just saw this last night, terrific.
As a born (admittedly white, middle class and past 30) Londoner, the slang sounded fairly accurate to me.
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Wednesday, 28 March 2012 12:02 (twelve years ago) link
And the trustafarian guy trying to use the same lingo as the kids provided some of the biggest laughs for me, if only cos it was such a spot on observation of dudes like that.
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Wednesday, 28 March 2012 12:04 (twelve years ago) link
The fuck are they sayin
― dub job deems (darraghmac), Saturday, 13 July 2013 21:17 (ten years ago) link
innit
― BIG HOOS aka the denigrated boogeyman (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Saturday, 13 July 2013 22:34 (ten years ago) link
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2383689/Baboon-burglars-How-gang-kleptomaniac-monkeys-terrorises-estate-South-Africa-residents-scared-leave-house.html
― Nilmar Honorato da Silva, Saturday, 3 August 2013 13:33 (ten years ago) link
this looks fun:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TADKiHYj6RE
― FRE SHA VAC ADO (jed_), Wednesday, 17 October 2018 14:10 (five years ago) link