tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2836661004273915348.post4711370719916478586..comments2023-06-06T11:09:18.464+01:00Comments on Screen Insight: Twenty Four Seven (Shane Meadows, 1997)simoncolumbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09027922399726786918noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2836661004273915348.post-48288575327119629662010-09-01T22:39:54.494+01:002010-09-01T22:39:54.494+01:00@flickeringmyth - well, as you can see I only watc...@flickeringmyth - well, as you can see I only watched it the other day! I know what you mean, the film shows real raw skill - akin to dogs and clerks.<br /><br />@RD Bourne - interesting points about endings but I wouldn't be suprised if 'This is England '86' might be a way to get more closure on that one than what was left in the film originally. But I think with 24/7 you were waiting for something to snap and Tims Dad had to get it. Thinking about 'Romeo Brass' and 'Dead Mans Shoes', they both end with a pretty big finish ... and I don't think i'd change them for the world. To some extent it is always about some character/issue bubbling throughout the film and exploding at the end.simoncolumbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09027922399726786918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2836661004273915348.post-63655412565499976862010-09-01T21:47:01.378+01:002010-09-01T21:47:01.378+01:00Great stuff - now you are looking at some really d...Great stuff - now you are looking at some really decent films for a change :o)<br /><br />I completely agree with your sentiments on this one - a nice little film, but more of a starting point than a finished product. Can't believe that Empire gave it 5 stars - seriously isn't a 5 star film and I like it. The main problem is it just peters out at the end and the final stand off with Bob Hoskins and the other guy fighting is a bit far fetched.<br /><br />Thinking of that perhaps a criticism of Meadows films would be his endings - tending to try and veer towards a more organic conclusion where characters lives just go on different paths. Where as maybe a slightly twistier end would leave the audience a bit more shaken up and thinking harder about the messages. <br /><br />My own experiences with teaching 'This is England' for example tell me that some younger folks (the target audience for the message I would say) struggled to grasp that the ideology was very anti-racist as it wasn't fully rounded up at the end and discussed or made clear.<br />Now I know there is some intent in this, and I actually like it personally when a film is ambiguous, and I loved debating it with the students and getting them to think it through. However, I haven't been able to get round all working class folk in the midlands (yet) so I'm guessing a lot are still thinking it might encourage/celebrate racism to some extent. <br /><br />Well what do you think - should he make his films have more of a puncy finale?R D Bournehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15514584561804324741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2836661004273915348.post-29441927082824552942010-08-31T21:48:20.701+01:002010-08-31T21:48:20.701+01:00Remember seeing this back in the day. I thought it...Remember seeing this back in the day. I thought it was kind of like the British equivalent to Reservoir Dogs, Clerks, etc. in that it really showed what indie filmmakers could achieve. Great film.<br /><br />I also remember the lad off Emmerdale being in it but not James Cordon, will have to give it another watch - well overdue!Gary Collinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18168467177380824337noreply@blogger.com