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The British cinema seems to have not progressed much since... well ever. Is it that the British film industry lacks finance or that audiences just don't like distinctive British films. Only a few British films has craked through the US market, noticably, Billy Elliot, Full Monty and some of the Monty Python flicks.Most of the British films doesn't even do well in Britain, like Liam, Brass Off etc.
I was just wondering what you all think of British films because I really think that it's underated. But I'm really glad that their still companies who crack on with their production of films, noticably, Pathe and Film Four.
The forthcoming strike in the US film industry could be of help to the British Film INdustry though couldn't it. The fact that Britain make English films will probabbly encourage more production of films over the next two seasons, and possibly see the films being shown in US due to the fact that they'll have no films to show.
I was just wondering what you all think of British films because I really think that it's underated. But I'm really glad that their still companies who crack on with their production of films, noticably, Pathe and Film Four.
The forthcoming strike in the US film industry could be of help to the British Film INdustry though couldn't it. The fact that Britain make English films will probabbly encourage more production of films over the next two seasons, and possibly see the films being shown in US due to the fact that they'll have no films to show.
oh and Hollywood WONT be hit at all by the strikes as theyve bunched and rushed a bunch of films to be show during the strike so we'll just get the same amount or Carp as per usual, maybe even more.
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I me agree with Armitage, why care about the US market, im sure in the US they dont classify great films by how th elittle UK recieves, i cant think of examples now cos my backis hot but there are many films which have been big there and small here yet not seen as flops, yet if the reverse happens for a Brittish film it is letting the industry down
Gee, people are too much interested in the US it seems then what they are in,
the attitude is what needs to be re-assesed not the film
'(.)'
Gee, people are too much interested in the US it seems then what they are in,
the attitude is what needs to be re-assesed not the film
'(.)'
I think he pays them....
Hugh Grant always plays the same type of character. (lack of talent?)
In fact he makes all British blokes look like a bunch of pretentious gits with floppy hair, that always end up with a decent looking bird. I mean, he hardly charms them into bed like Bond does?
How does he do it?
In fact he makes all British blokes look like a bunch of pretentious gits with floppy hair, that always end up with a decent looking bird. I mean, he hardly charms them into bed like Bond does?
How does he do it?
Bring back Ealing Comedies I say....
What we need are more character actors, by that I mean actors who can always play the same character in every movie. All we really have at the moment is Bond, James Bond...and even he's losht hish accshent now. :-)
Sean Connery was always the best Bond, don't even try to argue the point, it's a belief so it's very hard to topple that one.
We lack the Norman Wisdom's, Christopher Lee's, Terry Thomases and Peter Sellers of the old days, and need replacements badly if the British Film Industry is to become a hit again.
Nowadays it's All-Action Heroes though, and none of the above really fit into that category, whereas the US actors tend to make those types more believable than British actors can. (Sean Connery comes close, but he's a bit creaky now.....)
What we need are more character actors, by that I mean actors who can always play the same character in every movie. All we really have at the moment is Bond, James Bond...and even he's losht hish accshent now. :-)
Sean Connery was always the best Bond, don't even try to argue the point, it's a belief so it's very hard to topple that one.
We lack the Norman Wisdom's, Christopher Lee's, Terry Thomases and Peter Sellers of the old days, and need replacements badly if the British Film Industry is to become a hit again.
Nowadays it's All-Action Heroes though, and none of the above really fit into that category, whereas the US actors tend to make those types more believable than British actors can. (Sean Connery comes close, but he's a bit creaky now.....)
The British film industry hasn't been worth a hoot since the death of Hammer House of Horror movies.
Damn they were good. Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee appeared in tons of them, tales of Dracula, Frankenstein's monster, and numerous other tales. Funnily enough, both of those actors will have stared in Star Wars films once Episode 2 is here, with Lee starring in Episode 2, and Cushing having played Grand Moff Tarkin in A New Hope.
Most British movies over recent years have been absolutely terrible.
Maybe The Full Monty was a success, but I thought it was too damn slow, and the story was depressing! Billy Elliot? Sorry, but I can't get excited about wanting some lad dance around itn a tutu!
Somehow, we have managed to put out some decent films. Shallow Grave is one of my favourites, and Trainspotting, made by the same team, was great.
Unfortunately, for every 'Trainspotting', and 'Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels' there are half a dozen 'Up an Under's or 'Maybe Baybe's.
Thank God for Film4, they at least seem capable of producing the odd movie than can be both entertaining, and successful!
Mind you, I guess if a film is any good, it doesn't matter where it was made!
Damn they were good. Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee appeared in tons of them, tales of Dracula, Frankenstein's monster, and numerous other tales. Funnily enough, both of those actors will have stared in Star Wars films once Episode 2 is here, with Lee starring in Episode 2, and Cushing having played Grand Moff Tarkin in A New Hope.
Most British movies over recent years have been absolutely terrible.
Maybe The Full Monty was a success, but I thought it was too damn slow, and the story was depressing! Billy Elliot? Sorry, but I can't get excited about wanting some lad dance around itn a tutu!
Somehow, we have managed to put out some decent films. Shallow Grave is one of my favourites, and Trainspotting, made by the same team, was great.
Unfortunately, for every 'Trainspotting', and 'Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels' there are half a dozen 'Up an Under's or 'Maybe Baybe's.
Thank God for Film4, they at least seem capable of producing the odd movie than can be both entertaining, and successful!
Mind you, I guess if a film is any good, it doesn't matter where it was made!
I think one of the biggest problems with the British film industry is that is spends too mcuh time pandering to the American market...
Whenever British films are made for the British market, or just to be good films, they are often exceptional cenimatic events. Providing deph, character and storylines or a muc higher quality than the mailstream movie goer often maganes to witness...
However due to the cash potential of America, British films tend to be made with the American audience as the primary receipent for movies, which currently mean that you recieve either dodgy Lock, Stock and British Ganster Movies... or a representation of British people which, though fitting the American sterotype, is often unrekognisable to the average viewer.
The British movie industry has been re-finding its feet for far too long now. It needs to understand that, although not a potentially-financially prosperous, British movies should be made for British audiences.
Whenever British films are made for the British market, or just to be good films, they are often exceptional cenimatic events. Providing deph, character and storylines or a muc higher quality than the mailstream movie goer often maganes to witness...
However due to the cash potential of America, British films tend to be made with the American audience as the primary receipent for movies, which currently mean that you recieve either dodgy Lock, Stock and British Ganster Movies... or a representation of British people which, though fitting the American sterotype, is often unrekognisable to the average viewer.
The British movie industry has been re-finding its feet for far too long now. It needs to understand that, although not a potentially-financially prosperous, British movies should be made for British audiences.
The British cinema seems to have not progressed much since... well ever. Is it that the British film industry lacks finance or that audiences just don't like distinctive British films. Only a few British films has craked through the US market, noticably, Billy Elliot, Full Monty and some of the Monty Python flicks.Most of the British films doesn't even do well in Britain, like Liam, Brass Off etc.
I was just wondering what you all think of British films because I really think that it's underated. But I'm really glad that their still companies who crack on with their production of films, noticably, Pathe and Film Four.
The forthcoming strike in the US film industry could be of help to the British Film INdustry though couldn't it. The fact that Britain make English films will probabbly encourage more production of films over the next two seasons, and possibly see the films being shown in US due to the fact that they'll have no films to show.
I was just wondering what you all think of British films because I really think that it's underated. But I'm really glad that their still companies who crack on with their production of films, noticably, Pathe and Film Four.
The forthcoming strike in the US film industry could be of help to the British Film INdustry though couldn't it. The fact that Britain make English films will probabbly encourage more production of films over the next two seasons, and possibly see the films being shown in US due to the fact that they'll have no films to show.