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  • #16337
    XDCsPUNKer
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    Watched this the other night and it was pretty enjoyable for an independent. Set in 1983 where a 12 year old kid is being bullied and gets taken under the wing by some skinheads. It shows that not all skinheads are the same as the stereotypical idea an outsider has of them. Anyway its a nice bit of nostalgia especially for me as I was the kids age in 1983.
    Worth a watch. Not a feelgood film tho 😉

    #50651
    four-aces deluxe
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    Exactly what sPUNKer said.
    Shane Meadow’s dialogue is brilliant. It shows how Ska came from Jamaica but how racism got mixed up with the skinheads through the prism of a small group of friends. Very nostalgic if you are our age and rehabilitates ‘good’ skins from the rascist twats to an extent. As the man said: “Not a feelgood film” but definitely worth spending 90 minutes on.

    #50652
    sickofitall
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    I just looked at the soundtrack to this film and realised I grew up with “bad skinheads”. Oh well, you live and learn!

    #50653
    XDCsPUNKer
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    @sickofitall wrote:

    I just looked at the soundtrack to this film and realised I grew up with “bad skinheads”. Oh well, you live and learn!

    lol

    #50654
    four-aces deluxe
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    Lol, no one’s bad because of the music they listen too… unless it’s boy-band shite.

    #50655
    XDCsPUNKer
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    @four-aces deluxe wrote:

    Lol, no one’s bad because of the music they listen too… unless it’s boy-band shite.

    wow! you just contradicted yerself hehe

    #50656
    four-aces deluxe
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    yeah, there are limits to open-mindedness 😉

    #50657
    Captain_Chronic
    Participant

    Good film , well worth a watch .

    #50658
    TurksMeister
    Participant

    How “lady friendly” is this?

    Want to see this tonight, and wondering whether to invite everyone, or just the gents! (I have already invited everyone!)

    Hurrah for Orange Wednesdays

    #50659
    Ryzo
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    Yeah i was wanting to watch this one, was watching a few reviews on it – most are all thumbs up 🙂

    #50660
    TurksMeister
    Participant

    Well… I am going with a rather attractive young lady and her friends… hopefully it wont go tits up!

    (Unfortunatly she has a gentleman friend… grrrr!)

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