a little boring

Dwight 2022-04-24 07:01:07

As other reviews have said, this film is too localized, which makes me, a Chinese who only know Manchester United and so on, really confused.
The film takes a 12-year-old child as the protagonist. The background is around 1983, which should be the time of the Falklands War. Through the life of a group of skinheads (skinheads), it reflects the decline of the previous empire on which the sun never sets. We Chinese people really don't see much resonance. It's a boring film, and it involves a lot of politics and nationalism. In the 1980s, the world was really turbulent.
When I saw the poster before downloading, I thought it was a film like transpotting, but I didn't expect it to be much deeper.

The film is all about skinheads, so I found information on the wiki ~ background introduction.

Skinheads, named for their close-cropped or shaven heads, are a working-class subculture that originated in the United Kingdom in the late 1960s, and then spread to other parts of the world. The first skinheads were greatly influenced by West Indian rude boys and British mods, in terms of fashion, music and lifestyle.[1] Originally, the skinhead subculture was primarily based on those elements, not politics or race.[citation needed] Since then, however, attitudes toward race and politics have become factors in where a skinhead aligns his or herself. The political spectrum within the skinhead scene ranges from the far right to the far left, although many skinheads remain apolitical. Fashion-wise, skinheads range from a clean-cut 1960s mod-influenced style to less -strict punk- and hardcore-influenced styles.

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This Is England quotes

  • Combo: [Walking with Shaun, Gadget, Meggy and Banjo, noticing three Indian boys playing football in a corner] Look at these little fuckin' sewer rats, look. Fuckin' vermin. Boys!

    [the boys group together, but Meggy snatches the ball from them]

    Combo: Now that's OUR ball now, right? And WE'RE playin' 'ere, so I suggest you take fuckin' Tweedledum and Tweedledee and fuck off home. If I see you in my streets again...

    [He brandishes a penknife and brings it to the boy's cheek. Shaun smiles stupidly]

    Combo: ...I'll slash ya, and it'll be an 'undred times fuckin' worse, alright?

    Football kid: [Uncomfortably] Yeah...

    Combo: Now run 'ome, cuz mummy's cookin' curry. Go on.

    [the Indian boys run off as Combo's gang begin playing]

  • Combo: What do you think makes a bad father?

    Milky: I don't know. How about you, what do you think?

    Combo: Niggers.

    Milky: What's with the "Nigger"?

    Combo: [Starts beating and kicking Milky to within an inch of his life]