Posted February 17, 200718 yr http://www.compleatseanbean.com/outlaw/outlaw-8.jpg the follow up to The Business and The Football Factory is coming soon, anyone looking forward to 'Outlaw' http://www.compleatseanbean.com/outlaw/outlaw-6.jpg also with the news that The Sweeney has been aquired by Vertigo films for a remake by Nick Love that possibly gonna star Ray Winstone and Danny Dyer as Regan and Carter. do you think this is a good idea or not? http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/ec/The_Sweeney_Series_One.jpg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/4b/John_Thaw_as_Jack_Regan.jpg
February 24, 200718 yr I was very disappointed with "The Business" tbh, "Football Factory" was a good laugh, but "The Business" was basically "Sexy Beast" with all the drama, style, masterful acting and edginess totally taken out.... Not that Danny Dyer was really the problem tbh, he didn't have a whole lot to work with and some of his co-stars were just bloody terrible... A remake of "The Sweeney" would be something that I would probably find utterly abhorrant.... There's really no need for it....
February 25, 200718 yr Author A remake of "The Sweeney" would be something that I would probably find utterly abhorrant.... There's really no need for it.... i was watching the cinema show on bbc4 the other night about brit rock films and it had on Quadrophenia and i thought whether Nick Love would end up remaking that as well. http://www.impawards.com/1979/posters/quadrophenia_ver1.jpg
March 2, 200718 yr I just saw a trailer for "Outlaw"... Looks pretty decent, very grittily shot with lots of blues and greens in the colour palette... But again, the 'Sean Bean' Factor is what slightly sets me against it.... Still Bob Hoskins and Danny Dyer will make up for that..... Plot ever so slightly reminds me something else though.....
March 2, 200718 yr Did Guy Ritchie do The Business? It was good, very good, not sure if it was quite as good as Football Factory though, but the story reminds me of Grand Theft Auto :lol:
March 3, 200718 yr Did Guy Ritchie do The Business? It was good, very good, not sure if it was quite as good as Football Factory though, but the story reminds me of Grand Theft Auto :lol: Nope, The Business was Nick Love... To be honest, I thought it rather poor (but still better than the pile of paralytic pig excrement that was Guy Richie's truly diabolical "Revolver")... And the tag-line was pathetic really "More cocaine than Scarface, more swearing than Goodfellas".... <_< Well, I suppose they had to concentrate on those elements, because it was nowhere near the standard of either film in terms of plot, script, direction or acting that's for damn sure....
March 12, 200718 yr Author Plot ever so slightly reminds me something else though..... yeah i sat thru this and i was thinking that it reminded me of something else. is Michael Winner involved??? :lol: maybe??? it was alright not brilliant. suppose the fans of Nick Love will love it (esp if they pay £££ to be in it as a way of funding the film). actually i was the only one with long hair in the theatre, so either loads of old blokes or neo-nazis in today so sat with my hood up to look 'hard' :lol: :lol: however think the film would have been better going DTV and then given away with the sun. esp when the film is all about giving abit of ultraviolence to all the junkies, pushers, peados, gary glitters, nonces etc and when todays paper was going on about 'this peadophile, 36, getting let out to get married and this other peadophile having sex with an underage girl when she was 14 and he was 16'. much better idea than the evil dead (tomorrow with the sun, hide it inside the independent, thats what i will do!!! :lol: )
March 13, 200718 yr I thought it was okay as well... Nicely shot on DTV... But I did get the impression that Love was really just trying to copy Micheal Mann's style a lot.... Unlike Mann, I dont think Love really knew what to do with the characters though, and it was all a bit vague as to motive and all over the shop in terms of plot... I did like the use of music though (another 'Mann' signature...), especially that pulsating, rhythmic sound that punctuated much of the film.... The whole 'disgruntled veteran wreaking vengeance on society' thing put me in mind of "Taxi Driver" slightly, but again, Love certainly does not have the skill of Scorcese or Schrader to put across his character's inner psyche.. I never really knew what made Bryant tick tbh, what his beef really was, you always knew why Travis Bickle was doing the things he was doing...
March 13, 200718 yr Author Unlike Mann, I dont think Love really knew what to do with the characters though, and it was all a bit vague as to motive and all over the shop in terms of plot... i think his fans wont give a f*** about what he does about character realization, as long as people are getting their heads kicked in, they will be happy!!!
March 13, 200718 yr Football factory is a fantastic film :D but danny dyer tbh is not my favourite actor, although i wouldn't put him down as being a bad one :)
March 13, 200718 yr Author but danny dyer tbh is not my favourite actor Nick Love lurves him :lol: btw dont bother with this get London To Brighton instead. much better http://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/images/stills/l/london_to_brighton_2006.jpg http://www.em-media.org.uk/images/library/LondonToBrighton_creditAman.jpg
March 13, 200718 yr Football factory is a fantastic film :D but danny dyer tbh is not my favourite actor, although i wouldn't put him down as being a bad one :) He's really good in "Severance".... But I thought in this film, he was a bit of a waste of time, he didn't really grab me tbh... Sean Harris (who played the psychotic Hillier), however, was by far the most impressive actor in the film, Lennie James (Cedric) was also good, and obviously Bob Hoskins always brings something to just about every film he does... Even Sean Bean wasn't so bad, he just wasn't given enough actual character to work with.... A potentially good film let down by a very threadbare script, vague motivations and practically non-existant characterisation...
March 15, 200718 yr Author A potentially good film let down by a very threadbare script, vague motivations and practically non-existant characterisation... i think the idea it might have worked better as a weekly TV series. Maybe they should sell it to the states, esp when Daybreak, Kidnapped etc etc flopped
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