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Had to turn it off after 30 minutes.

posted 9 years ago by ccarro
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Cannot stand that forced east London Chavy vernacular. Grew up with some wannabe gangsters who started copying all that rubbish after listening to too much Radio1xtra and seeing one too many Noel Clarke films. Thinking it was cool to adopt a persona where you're essentially just an idiot and proud of it. Your parents don't speak like that and their parents didn't speak like that either. Thankfully most of the hoodlums I knew grew out of that little phase by the time they hit their twenties. This country gave the world the English language and it makes me physically cringe whenever I hear someone making an effort to speak and act that way. I can't get behind characters who are part of that scene. I say scene because that's what it is, it's not a culture. It's the very antithesis of culture by definition and it's a sad indictment of the way this country's youth are brought up to think/act: Intimidating people for the wrong kind of looks and thinking the world owes them something. For the record i'm 21 so dont think im some old coot banging on. It's also not a question of race, which some people have incorrectly pointed to. White and black kids alike are hopping on the trend and it's pathetic.

[–] suspendiss3 9 years ago

Thanks for your holier than thou input :-)

[–] ccarro 9 years ago

Shame I would have liked to have engage in a serious debate

[–] red_skin123 9 years ago

Debate about what? You don't like this movie because it reminded you of that dude Eric you knew? I don't agree with your argument because of this guy Mor Onick I knew once back when I ate a cheese sandwiche 3 years ago in a Denny's.

[–] Ohheyhi 9 years ago

They're not chavs and they're not from East London. They're from South London, which is made explicit throughout the whole film. The fact that you don't know the difference is a massive indicator that you don't, in fact, have any understanding of their culture or upbringing. If you, at 21, are really telling me that you speak exactly the same as your parents, you don't have a different slang or colloquial language, then 21 or not you sound a tad like an old coot. I also don't know know how you intend to have a serious debate when you didn't even finish watching the film? This is more than a reply then you really deserve, so to echo the former response, thanks for your input holier-than-thou.

[–] bradjanet 9 years ago

I'm an old coot and I loved it.

But you ARE Blanche ... and I AM.

[–] Ohheyhi 9 years ago

Awesome! I only used the term "old coot" because the original poster did :P

[–] bradjanet 9 years ago

Fast-paced, black humour, amusing and original monsters, some early character development to give the film some investment in its characters ... it's a very good little monster movie deserving a bit of respect for doing a lot with not much.

But you ARE Blanche ... and I AM.

[–] BrunoAntony 9 years ago

Sigh ...

So you can't watch a movie where the characters speak in slang, like A Clockwork Orange? Or you can't watch this particular film because you grew up with wannabe gangsters and blah blah blah Harry Brown is the best movie ever, chavs, blah blah blah ...

Due to the lack of moderators, trolls can ruin the IMDB message boards. Don't feed them.

[–] activista 9 years ago

For real-----MOST young people have their own slang---it dosen't make them "wannabe gangsters"----slang has been part of the English language since it was invented. I mean, get real----NOBODY speaks perfect English 24-7 all the time. And very few young people your age want to sound exactly like their parents----maybe you do, but that's just you, not everybody else. Practically EVERY culture has its own slang,too. You sound way too young to be acting like you've never spoke any slang yourself. And yeah, you do sound like an old coot. I've always loved slang, but I was also taught that's there a time to speak proper English (at work) and a time to speak informal English slang (around family or friends.)

[–] bureau203 9 years ago

The responses your getting are an indication of the problem. It is now cool to act like a complete moron, and if you disagree, they say there's something wrong with you.
As an American, I agree. The British gave us the language and these Chavs can't wait to show you how little regard they have for it, and how loudly their stupidity can be trumpeted.

[–] bruiser-t-cat 9 years ago

I agree with you. It's endearing sometimes but when they are trying to be tough it just sounds ridiculous. And a lot of the time I can't understand what the hell they're talking about.

[–] ccarro 9 years ago

I know a lot of people here have said not many people sound like their parents. That's true they don't and I don't either, but I also haven't made a conscious effort to sound completely different to how I was brought up to speak just so I could fit in with a trendy subculture, which is what the majority of the type of people portrayed in this film have done.
To me it's the same as people who adopt a posh persona, or a dumb 'Essex' persona, I can't get on board with it when it's these kind of characters that are central to the film. Case in point being the real life John Boyega in interviews; a well mannered, well spoken and polite individual. He was playing a character in Attack the Block, as most of these Skepta wannabes are in real life.

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