Attack the Block

[Keef Monkey]

That subtitles nonsense is ridicularse! Besides, if people are as down on foreign movies over there as we're led to believe, surely slapping subtitles on it is a sure fire way of stopping anyone bothering with it.

[radiator]

It's getting rave reviews all over the place, and has been the darling of the SXSW festival in the US where it has premiered...

[IndigoPrime]

The subtitles thing doesn't surprise me after seeing loads of non-ironic complaints from Americans about Shaun of the Dead's "difficult" accents, including... Simon Pegg's. Frankly, if you can't understand Simon Pegg, you're pretty much fucked when it comes to British accents. Of course, if it is subtitled, you can bet a LOT of people would stay away just because of that. A top-notch double failure in waiting.

As for the trailer, looks pretty good to me. Nice also to see another British film doing something different.

[Steve Green]

Hmm.

I love Adam and Joe, and I really want this to work, but the trailer left me pretty cold.

[radiator]

Poster...



Bigger view here: http://bitcast-lhr1.bitgravity.com/slashfilm/wp/wp-content/images/ZZ2853AF79.jpg

[radiator]

Bit surprised this seems to be getting so little attention on the board, as it seems to me like the sort of thing that would really appeal to 2000ad readers - gritty homegrown sci-fi with a satirical, humourous twist... It's getting very strong reviews across the board, too.

I'm going to see the film tonight, followed by a Q&A with Cornish and (hopefully) some of the cast/crew - can't wait.

[James Stacey]

Bit surprised this seems to be getting so little attention on the board, as it seems to me like the sort of thing that would really appeal to 2000ad readers

Because of this

I love Adam and Joe, and I really want this to work, but the trailer left me pretty cold.

[Van Dom]

I only just found out about this movie yesterday, courtesy of a picture in the metro herald. Hadn't heard  I think about it --- although I haven't been to the cinema all year so that's not surprising. Think it looks like fun though, love Nick Frost so this might be the movie that finally tempts me to break my cinema abstinence and go and pay an extortionate amount of money for a ticket. Thanks God its not in 3d!! Pretty much sick of that!!

[James Stacey]

I suspect Nick Frosts part isn't much more than shown in the trailers. It's only a cameo

[Van Dom]

Awww. 

[zombemybabynow]

I can't bear to hear people speak like this when i'm on the bus/tube etc.

why in god's name would i watch a whole film?



don' get in my grill, don' come facesty right i'll brack you up, d'you get me?

scrabble dictionary now had the word init etc.

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

[radiator]

I've seen a lot of comments recently like the one above - frankly if you're going to let prejudice stop you from seeing the movie then it's your loss.

Just saw the film and it's aces. Funny, creepy, sharply scripted, positive and surprisingly grisly in places. The influences are easy to see - there's a lot of The Thing, Assault on Precinct 13, Predator and The Warriors in the mix. The cast are all great - particularly the lead actor John Boyega who surely has big things ahead of him. Nick Frost's part is more than a cameo, but yes, he plays a fairly minor character.

[I, Cosh]

That subtitles nonsense is ridicularse!

Sort of yes, sort of no. Urban slang is generally deliberately exclusive so it's hardly surprising that people from another country might find it difficult. If you were able to follow The Wire without ever having to rewind or turn on the subtitles then you're a better man than me and I had to give up on the Spike Lee film Clockers after about half an hour as I simply couldn't understand anything that was going on.

There were a couple of lines in the film where I couldn't even tell what they were saying, far less what it meant and I only live 400 miles away.

[radiator]

Sort of yes, sort of no. Urban slang is generally deliberately exclusive so it's hardly surprising that people from another country might find it difficult. If you were able to follow The Wire without ever having to rewind or turn on the subtitles then you're a better man than me and I had to give up on the Spike Lee film Clockers after about half an hour as I simply couldn't understand anything that was going on.

There were a couple of lines in the film where I couldn't even tell what they were saying, far less what it meant and I only live 400 miles away.

I did find the subtitles thing amusing at first, but on reflection I'd agree - in fact I tend to use subtitles quite a lot despite having good hearing, especially for stuff like The Sopranos where there is a lot of slang and it's easy to miss things.

I think the slang is used quite well in AtB though, they have been quite clever in how they restrict it to within sensible levels whilst keeping it authentic, and repeat words a few times so the average viewer will be able to work out whats what by the end of the film.

I should mention the soundtrack too (by Basement Jaxx), which is really good. Very fresh sounding and helps give the film its identity.

Here's a preview track:

http://soundcloud.com/basement-jaxx/basement-jaxx-the-ends

[Van Dom]

Good stuff radiator, I'll hopefully get to check it out this weekend. Looking forward to it.