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This probably won't coincide with the opinions of the majority of Special Reserve users but it seems to me that the standard of Britsh movies on offer these last few years has deteriorated alarmingly. There once was a time ( albeit about thirty or forty years ago ) when the British Film Industry was up there with the best of them. We graced the screens of the World with such classics as Get Carter, Zulu, A Clockwork Orange, Quadrophenia, The Italian Job and a bevy of brilliant Monty Python films. Michael Caine ( probably the last British actor to have any real screen presence ) starred in many of these but he never had the chance to become a Worlwide star because of the dearth of oportunity being provided by British films. As a result, he tried his hand in America where unfortunately many of our leading stars disappear to.
The main problem as I see it, is that while the Americans have progressed and embraced modern technology into their films, Britain has become trapped in a cenematic time warp. We are still making the same movies that we did thirty years ago.
I,m not saying that a budget of millions splashed out on special effects guarantees success ( look at Batman and Robin or Battlefield Earth ) but a little imagination and craft can reap rewards.
All we ever seem to get from British films is situations and scenarios that we can witness in every day life. Why watch Trainspotting when you can see drug addicts in almost any nightclub in any town. Why glamourise it?
Walk through any derelict council estate and I guarantee you will see a dozen Billy Elliots trying to make something better out of their life. The stories from East is East take place every day around the country. People just find it hilarious every time someone swears on screen, regardless of wether anything funny has been said.
What a shame our writers, producers, directors etc don't have any creativety about them. If I pay my money to see a movie, I want to be shown something that I can't see for free. I want, just for a couple of hours, to be transported into another world. I want to see things that I could only ever see on the screen. It doesn't have to be a multi million pound blockbuster. Look at The Blair Witch Project. It only cost about thiry pence to make. The real investment was in the imagination department.
I'm sure many people will disagree with me, but take a look at your DVD or video collections. How many of your favourites are British made movies?
The main problem as I see it, is that while the Americans have progressed and embraced modern technology into their films, Britain has become trapped in a cenematic time warp. We are still making the same movies that we did thirty years ago.
I,m not saying that a budget of millions splashed out on special effects guarantees success ( look at Batman and Robin or Battlefield Earth ) but a little imagination and craft can reap rewards.
All we ever seem to get from British films is situations and scenarios that we can witness in every day life. Why watch Trainspotting when you can see drug addicts in almost any nightclub in any town. Why glamourise it?
Walk through any derelict council estate and I guarantee you will see a dozen Billy Elliots trying to make something better out of their life. The stories from East is East take place every day around the country. People just find it hilarious every time someone swears on screen, regardless of wether anything funny has been said.
What a shame our writers, producers, directors etc don't have any creativety about them. If I pay my money to see a movie, I want to be shown something that I can't see for free. I want, just for a couple of hours, to be transported into another world. I want to see things that I could only ever see on the screen. It doesn't have to be a multi million pound blockbuster. Look at The Blair Witch Project. It only cost about thiry pence to make. The real investment was in the imagination department.
I'm sure many people will disagree with me, but take a look at your DVD or video collections. How many of your favourites are British made movies?
I think to some degree we don't have the cash over here because we won't listen to writers who want to do something that little bit different. A recent example...this famous comic writer, Warren Ellis, has done a miniseries called "Ministry Of Space" The comic is sold out everywhere, and in a magazine interview he said that when he approached UK studios to do the miniseries/film they didn't care and said it was too weird. Ellis lives in the US of course but he approached a UK company first, the story is even set in England ! So now an American company has the production rights and is beginning pre production and casting soon.
I think the only way to make the Britain more popular with it's film industry, is to start spending tons more money on movies. The people from the USA and world wide think that the only movies the British can make are Drama ones,
e.g. Billy Elliot
or comedy with only a tiny bit of action (LockStock and Snatch). I think that Britian should be known worldwide for the movies that it produces.
The only reason I think that Britian doesnt make action movies is because the cost and location. It is hard for the British film industry to make action because of how little money they have to spend on movies. When they are given a budget they MUST stick to it. In places like america, where film industry is a multi million industy people can afford to spend an extra grand or two on a movie, I think this is mainly because any movie that is brought out in America usually makes more than it cost to make it mainly because of the population of countries compared to ours. It is nor surprising why the British directers choose to move to America, its mainly for the money!
e.g. Billy Elliot
or comedy with only a tiny bit of action (LockStock and Snatch). I think that Britian should be known worldwide for the movies that it produces.
The only reason I think that Britian doesnt make action movies is because the cost and location. It is hard for the British film industry to make action because of how little money they have to spend on movies. When they are given a budget they MUST stick to it. In places like america, where film industry is a multi million industy people can afford to spend an extra grand or two on a movie, I think this is mainly because any movie that is brought out in America usually makes more than it cost to make it mainly because of the population of countries compared to ours. It is nor surprising why the British directers choose to move to America, its mainly for the money!
Absolutely spot on..sums up the British film industry perfectly. When will they learn that movies are about escapism ? AS you say, we can see the stories of Uk films in everyday life so we certainly don't want to watch them again ? Not a single film I own is british because when I watch a film I want action, drama, maybe some romance, comedy, not some kid on a dreary estate, london gangsters, drug users etc. One final thing, british films are glamourising gangsters with films like "lock stock" "snatch" etc Making them out to be some sort of lovable rogues ? Look at the public outcry when Ronnie Biggs was imprisoned....these kinds of people are criminals ! Okay so "Out Of Sight" is guilty of similar things but at least Clooney's character is caughtalong with all the other criminals coming to bad ends.
Its not true life, but who wants that in a film ?
Its not true life, but who wants that in a film ?
This probably won't coincide with the opinions of the majority of Special Reserve users but it seems to me that the standard of Britsh movies on offer these last few years has deteriorated alarmingly. There once was a time ( albeit about thirty or forty years ago ) when the British Film Industry was up there with the best of them. We graced the screens of the World with such classics as Get Carter, Zulu, A Clockwork Orange, Quadrophenia, The Italian Job and a bevy of brilliant Monty Python films. Michael Caine ( probably the last British actor to have any real screen presence ) starred in many of these but he never had the chance to become a Worlwide star because of the dearth of oportunity being provided by British films. As a result, he tried his hand in America where unfortunately many of our leading stars disappear to.
The main problem as I see it, is that while the Americans have progressed and embraced modern technology into their films, Britain has become trapped in a cenematic time warp. We are still making the same movies that we did thirty years ago.
I,m not saying that a budget of millions splashed out on special effects guarantees success ( look at Batman and Robin or Battlefield Earth ) but a little imagination and craft can reap rewards.
All we ever seem to get from British films is situations and scenarios that we can witness in every day life. Why watch Trainspotting when you can see drug addicts in almost any nightclub in any town. Why glamourise it?
Walk through any derelict council estate and I guarantee you will see a dozen Billy Elliots trying to make something better out of their life. The stories from East is East take place every day around the country. People just find it hilarious every time someone swears on screen, regardless of wether anything funny has been said.
What a shame our writers, producers, directors etc don't have any creativety about them. If I pay my money to see a movie, I want to be shown something that I can't see for free. I want, just for a couple of hours, to be transported into another world. I want to see things that I could only ever see on the screen. It doesn't have to be a multi million pound blockbuster. Look at The Blair Witch Project. It only cost about thiry pence to make. The real investment was in the imagination department.
I'm sure many people will disagree with me, but take a look at your DVD or video collections. How many of your favourites are British made movies?
The main problem as I see it, is that while the Americans have progressed and embraced modern technology into their films, Britain has become trapped in a cenematic time warp. We are still making the same movies that we did thirty years ago.
I,m not saying that a budget of millions splashed out on special effects guarantees success ( look at Batman and Robin or Battlefield Earth ) but a little imagination and craft can reap rewards.
All we ever seem to get from British films is situations and scenarios that we can witness in every day life. Why watch Trainspotting when you can see drug addicts in almost any nightclub in any town. Why glamourise it?
Walk through any derelict council estate and I guarantee you will see a dozen Billy Elliots trying to make something better out of their life. The stories from East is East take place every day around the country. People just find it hilarious every time someone swears on screen, regardless of wether anything funny has been said.
What a shame our writers, producers, directors etc don't have any creativety about them. If I pay my money to see a movie, I want to be shown something that I can't see for free. I want, just for a couple of hours, to be transported into another world. I want to see things that I could only ever see on the screen. It doesn't have to be a multi million pound blockbuster. Look at The Blair Witch Project. It only cost about thiry pence to make. The real investment was in the imagination department.
I'm sure many people will disagree with me, but take a look at your DVD or video collections. How many of your favourites are British made movies?