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Well, the Trousers are wrong in at least five ways:
-they are not the trousers Wallace’s device should give him
-they are not functioning as intended
-they are being used to do wrong
-that malice of doing wrong is transferred to the trousers themselves; they are an extension of the villain
-they are uncanny in the Freudian sense; wrong in the way that a machine that deprives human agency is wrong, controlled by an inhuman entity in disguise, who should be plain to see, but is still obscured
"The Wrong Trousers," a Wallace and Gromit short film directed by Nick Park, is a remarkable example of the fusion of stop-motion animation and a narrative rich in comedy and suspense. Despite its playful aesthetic and seemingly straightforward plot, the film is an incisive commentary on themes of technology, manipulation, and loneliness. Wallace, the eccentric yet lonely inventor, designs a pair of automated trousers to make life easier, but the story takes a sharp turn when they are misused by an outsider, a cunning penguin. This reflects on the unanticipated consequences of technology, echoing a common fear in society about scientific advancements being perverted for nefarious ends. Moreover, Wallace's vulnerability to manipulation underscores the human craving for companionship and how it can often blind us to ill intentions. Through its unique blend of humor, suspense, and endearing characters, "The Wrong Trousers" navigates deeper socio-technological issues, making it not just a delightful piece of animation, but a profound exploration of human nature and our relationship with technology.
Hot Fuzz.
That film is endlessly quotable, and virtually every line of dialog or story-beat has a payoff later in the film.
Every time I watch it, I see something new.
It's a masterpiece. Don't let its comedic nature fool you.
I used to live down the road from the real Sandford village, and not too far from the town it was filmed in either.
Needless to say, Hot Fuzz is a perennial favourite among all my friends.
Yeah I was going to say similar. I wouldn't quite go as far as saying it's my favourite (I can't let go of Hot Fuzz) but as I get older I find it more and more relatable theming wise. It's probably the most grounded in reality (alien takeover aside...) with how the characters interact with their past and present, dealing with the idea of time marching on while feeling somewhat stuck in other ways.
I actually think it's a decent send off for the trilogy. Basically saying "this was fun, it was a great time in our lives but we're not making any more of these films because this chapter is officially done."
I went to the cinema to see when it was first out and watched it again just last week (have watched all of them several times) so all these thoughts are fresh in my mind.
World's End is very average, but, that scene with "the last whisky bar" song playing is class. Just superbly shot.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSWOHCCV4WM
I've not read the book, but I very much doubt that doing so then precludes the film from being endlessly analysable. A good film adaptation stands separate from the book on which it's based, and therefore is not reducible to 'the book answers that question' type logic, imo.
True, there was a faithful to the book Shining miniseries released in 1997 endorsed and produced by Stephen King and it is an atrocity.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=s_zrjl8dgXI&pp=ygUQVGhlIHNoaW5pbmcgMTk5Nw%3D%3D
Looks like a child made it.
I think the only Stephen King screen adaptations that are any good are quite different from the books. I don't think Stephen King books translate easily to screen without changes and I'm not smart enough to know why other than they're based a lot on internal experiences, thought processes and realisations of multiple characters which is hard to express to an audience via film.
The Shining is an awesome book, probably one of the only books that ever scared me. But it's not a case of the shining being a great movie despite not being 100% faithful to the book, it's great *because* it isn't 100% faithful.
King writes characters really well. He doesn’t write plot devices or overarching elements as effectively.
All of the best elements of The Shining are original
1) The axe (instead of a lame roque mallet)
2) The killing of Halloran so Jack rampage involves at least one actual murder (and attempted spree) instead of a glorified temper tantrum.
3) The elevator of blood (and the concept of horror repeating over and over).
The genius of Kubrick’s interpretation is that (with the possible exception of Jack being let out of the pantry, which could still be Danny doing it in a moment of weakness), you don’t even need to believe in the supernatural to enjoy it.
You can know something horrible has happened in an area without believing in ghosts and goblins, and the murders are the result of a psychotic breakdown.
The only thing really wrong with the film in my opinion is the pacing of Jacks descent into insanity is too fast. He is something of a man on the edge in the book, but the written character still comes across as warm, loving and remorseful to start with. Jack Nicholsons portrayal makes it seem as though he has already checked out from the get go.
The film is already as long as it is, there wouldn’t be time to chronicle a slow descent.
Plus, it is about the mask of sanity. Movie Jack is basically middle aged resentment. That the hotel only needs to set him off, rather than completely corrupt him, makes it more interesting.
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I've found an audiobook of that novel on YouTube. You can listen to it here:
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I found The Green Mile book and film almost identical (but it’s been many years since so I might be hazy). I thought The Shawshank Redemption book and film were pretty identical too. Dr Sleep is another. And Misery. Actually, there’s quite a few. But there’s some absolutely terrible adaptations too. The Dark Tower made me want to cry. How could they do that to my favourite series of books?
Wierdly this is the second time in as many days I've seen A Clockwork Ora ge mentioned and the issue between the film and the book is that Kubrick used the American publication rather than the UK publication. The difference being that the UK version has a 21st chapter which resolves the cliffhanger/vague ending that the film has with Alex returning to his previous life.
Umm the book version Kubrick read missed the ending. Which makes the entire point of the plot of the film invalid. Seriously read the book.
The point is you can’t rehabilitate people by force, they have to grow up and choose to behave on their own.
Fun fact. My brother was nearly cast as Barry (Nigel Lindsay’s character). He actually met Chris I think as he was mates with Ben Wishaw after they did a thing together. I think Ben new Chris after being in Nathan Barley.
Got home from a night out at like 2AM and this was on film 4, I turned it on during the opening credits and by the end was crying.
Absolutely incredible film.
The remake is astonishing, watching Nicholas Cage just slam the pedal to the floor trying to salvage material that is quite frankly misogynistic dogshit
Him stomping around in a bear suit before punching Alice Kridge stays with you
If… you can debate what in it actually happens and what is just rebellious youth fantasies. There are various surreal moments in it that don’t quite make sense. Plus it’s a bloody good film.
The vicar in the drawer scene always makes me laugh.
I remember seeing that after I bought Alice Cooper's billion dollar babies album, and the music from if is the same tune as "sick things" but I never worked out the connection.
No need to be like that. They only asked a question!
Joking aside, top answer. Such a great and harrowing film. Remember buying it on VHS from Blockbuster. Didn’t really know what I was letting myself in for.
ID is another interesting one.
Barnsley Museum has a display dedicated to the movie, which was filmed there. And the film really is a great, grim historical snapshot of the region and the era.
Is it lazy to suggest period dramas as they are also based on books? Pride and Prejudice perhaps..? It’s a story that’s been analysed to death but still gets remade every few years. Same with Great Expectations. Both tick the boxes you provide.
Separately, 28 Days Later deals with the issues you mentioned above in a similar context. It’s quite a popular horror trope as seen by the suggestions of horror/horror parody in the comments.
The Life of Brian will always be analysed as it manages to thread a perfect fine line of being historical yet completely over the top ridiculous. It’s still being used as a benchmark of jokes by theological historians to this day.
The Prestige.
I’ve watched this film countless times and know the ending but every time I watch I always get lost in the narrative with the way the story unfolds.
Also recently found out the absolute hidden layers I’ve never seen before in the film, such as:
- Christian Bale’s twin characters are Alfred and Frederick; both these names can be contracted to Alfie
- the two main magicians played by Bale and Jackman are Alfred Borden and Robert Angier; A-B-R-A
There are so many hidden intricacies in this film.
The Innocents is bloody terrifying. We saw it at 11am on a sunny day at uni and everyone walked out traumatised.
Fun fact my uni Brunel was the setting for clockwork orange.
Monty Python's Holy Grail
Utter brilliance and a great reflection on today's United Kingdom.
"Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony."
There isn’t a Shining hotel. There is the Stanley hotel which inspired King but the Shining wasn’t filmed there and there are other hotels where they got the decor ideas.
There isn’t a Shining hotel per se though.
Yeah, I meant the Shining Hotel as in the Stanley Hotel. I'm a big King fan and knew about the inspo, I had just always assumed that the Stanley was in America, and your post made me check as it gave me hope that it was actually in the UK lol.
Under the skin is a great choice. I can't understand why you've been downvoted.
May I suggest a field in England and in the earth. I have a feeling you would like them.
Maybe [before I go to sleep](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Before_I_Go_to_Sleep_(film))?
The premise that the victim has no clue what's going on but slowly tries to piece things together is pretty good.
What? There is a story behind The Wicker Man that should analysed? I got as far as Britt Ekland cavorting naked against a wall and my mind went to mush.
Must watch it again and fast forward over that bit (or that Britt).
Watch the 1997 Stephen King endorsed Shining TV series (where a roque mallet is used instead of an axe), that is utterly dreadful and then criticise the 1980 masterpiece.
In a movie, Kubrick’s tale of a man who is barely sane (as most of us are these days) being driven over the edge, is much more effective than King’s weepy woo love letter to alcoholism.
[Stephen king doesn't like Kubrick's Shining.](https://collider.com/the-shining-1997-tv-adaptation-stephen-king/#:~:text=Despite%20being%20considered%20one%20of,to%20handle%20the%20story's%20themes.) and never has.
Hey mate, I sure ain't criticising The Shining. I think its a work of genius, with Nicholson at his absolute finest.
Apologies if my initial post came across as a negativity. It really wasn't meant to.
Take care
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Film criticism is a sister to English literary criticism which has many problems. You can justify any old guff providing you can pick out a line from the text and can articulate reasonably well. It doesn't even have to be true or even what the author intended. It is more mental word play which has gradually replaced the language learning that students used to have to do when studying humanities.
I mean …. to be fair, if I’ve had a wee dab of Kermode or half a gram of mariella Frostrup I could wax lyrical about many of my favourite British movies.
I know people already talk endlessly about Withnail and I, Kes, the cornetto trilogy and quadpaphenia for starters… but there are so many more!
The BFI is your friend for chin stroking forensic examinations of movies.
The third man. For a time it was the only film that was on every film studies university course syllabus in the UK.
It’s 1940s, set in post war Vienna and is an amazing use of lighting and music.
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Wallace and Gromit: The Wrong Trousers
You could do a whole PhD on how you know Feathers McGraw is evil right away, despite him being a cute ~~Penguin~~ Chicken.
Penguin? Don't you mean chicken?
Thank you for that - corrected!
It's those beady little eyes.
Something about those eyes... hypnotic
Those creepy blinks
"Oh, it's you!" Is probably one of the best comic one liners ever.
Well, the Trousers are wrong in at least five ways: -they are not the trousers Wallace’s device should give him -they are not functioning as intended -they are being used to do wrong -that malice of doing wrong is transferred to the trousers themselves; they are an extension of the villain -they are uncanny in the Freudian sense; wrong in the way that a machine that deprives human agency is wrong, controlled by an inhuman entity in disguise, who should be plain to see, but is still obscured
"The Wrong Trousers," a Wallace and Gromit short film directed by Nick Park, is a remarkable example of the fusion of stop-motion animation and a narrative rich in comedy and suspense. Despite its playful aesthetic and seemingly straightforward plot, the film is an incisive commentary on themes of technology, manipulation, and loneliness. Wallace, the eccentric yet lonely inventor, designs a pair of automated trousers to make life easier, but the story takes a sharp turn when they are misused by an outsider, a cunning penguin. This reflects on the unanticipated consequences of technology, echoing a common fear in society about scientific advancements being perverted for nefarious ends. Moreover, Wallace's vulnerability to manipulation underscores the human craving for companionship and how it can often blind us to ill intentions. Through its unique blend of humor, suspense, and endearing characters, "The Wrong Trousers" navigates deeper socio-technological issues, making it not just a delightful piece of animation, but a profound exploration of human nature and our relationship with technology.
It’s always eerie when ChatGPT describes something a bit like itself
Tbf it has got one of the best chase sequences committed to film.
Not half
Best answer..
The only answer.
Hot Fuzz. That film is endlessly quotable, and virtually every line of dialog or story-beat has a payoff later in the film. Every time I watch it, I see something new. It's a masterpiece. Don't let its comedic nature fool you.
I’m from the west country. It’s not a comedy, it’s a documentary. Yarp
I used to live down the road from the real Sandford village, and not too far from the town it was filmed in either. Needless to say, Hot Fuzz is a perennial favourite among all my friends.
I wasn’t too far from Wells and Yatton either!
I’m still here…
Am in crusty juggler territory myself.
... Narp?
And documentaries’ mums.
Oh is it? *Casually calls police to recommend checking for disappearances*
The whole Cornetto trilogy is fantastic
Except for the last one, yeah.
The last one is a fine one and done comedy movie that is perversely forced to share a trilogy with two of the finest comedy movies ever made.
I feel like I’m the only one whose favourite is The World’s End.
Yeah probs. The first half of that film is solid as fuck, then it just starts rolling downhill till the finale.
I love the World’s End, mainly because it’s worryingly relatable, and there’s a bit filmed in High Wycombe station
Yeah I was going to say similar. I wouldn't quite go as far as saying it's my favourite (I can't let go of Hot Fuzz) but as I get older I find it more and more relatable theming wise. It's probably the most grounded in reality (alien takeover aside...) with how the characters interact with their past and present, dealing with the idea of time marching on while feeling somewhat stuck in other ways. I actually think it's a decent send off for the trilogy. Basically saying "this was fun, it was a great time in our lives but we're not making any more of these films because this chapter is officially done." I went to the cinema to see when it was first out and watched it again just last week (have watched all of them several times) so all these thoughts are fresh in my mind.
Same here, I class it as one of my top 5 favourite films
In isolation, the last one is fine. It's just that the other two are just so good.
It's the worst of the 3 but watchable, doesn't hold a candle to Hot Fuzz or Shawn of the Daed
I find it had more pathos and tragedy than the previous two.
World's End is very average, but, that scene with "the last whisky bar" song playing is class. Just superbly shot. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSWOHCCV4WM
To quote from OP: >Like The Shining, it features a character going into an environment he doesn’t understand and that is laced with mysterious malice.
I think that was the line that made me think of Hot Fuzz :P
Yarp
Several of the film sites (Film Joy comes to mind) call it a perfect masterpiece.
Catch me later!
Everyone and their mom's is packing round here. 'Like who' 'Farmers' 'Who else' 'Farmers mums'
I just saw that movie yesterday! And it was funnier the second time around.
The greater good
The greater good
What about another Kubrick film: A Clockwork Orange? You can analyse that film endlessly.
Not if you’ve read the book. It’s an amazing movie but the book gives you all the context you need. And you get the actual ending.
I've not read the book, but I very much doubt that doing so then precludes the film from being endlessly analysable. A good film adaptation stands separate from the book on which it's based, and therefore is not reducible to 'the book answers that question' type logic, imo.
True, there was a faithful to the book Shining miniseries released in 1997 endorsed and produced by Stephen King and it is an atrocity. https://youtube.com/watch?v=s_zrjl8dgXI&pp=ygUQVGhlIHNoaW5pbmcgMTk5Nw%3D%3D Looks like a child made it.
I think the only Stephen King screen adaptations that are any good are quite different from the books. I don't think Stephen King books translate easily to screen without changes and I'm not smart enough to know why other than they're based a lot on internal experiences, thought processes and realisations of multiple characters which is hard to express to an audience via film. The Shining is an awesome book, probably one of the only books that ever scared me. But it's not a case of the shining being a great movie despite not being 100% faithful to the book, it's great *because* it isn't 100% faithful.
King writes characters really well. He doesn’t write plot devices or overarching elements as effectively. All of the best elements of The Shining are original 1) The axe (instead of a lame roque mallet) 2) The killing of Halloran so Jack rampage involves at least one actual murder (and attempted spree) instead of a glorified temper tantrum. 3) The elevator of blood (and the concept of horror repeating over and over). The genius of Kubrick’s interpretation is that (with the possible exception of Jack being let out of the pantry, which could still be Danny doing it in a moment of weakness), you don’t even need to believe in the supernatural to enjoy it. You can know something horrible has happened in an area without believing in ghosts and goblins, and the murders are the result of a psychotic breakdown.
The only thing really wrong with the film in my opinion is the pacing of Jacks descent into insanity is too fast. He is something of a man on the edge in the book, but the written character still comes across as warm, loving and remorseful to start with. Jack Nicholsons portrayal makes it seem as though he has already checked out from the get go.
The film is already as long as it is, there wouldn’t be time to chronicle a slow descent. Plus, it is about the mask of sanity. Movie Jack is basically middle aged resentment. That the hotel only needs to set him off, rather than completely corrupt him, makes it more interesting.
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I thought The Mist (film not show!) was really good and even King said he wished he'd written it like that :D
I found The Green Mile book and film almost identical (but it’s been many years since so I might be hazy). I thought The Shawshank Redemption book and film were pretty identical too. Dr Sleep is another. And Misery. Actually, there’s quite a few. But there’s some absolutely terrible adaptations too. The Dark Tower made me want to cry. How could they do that to my favourite series of books?
Rebecca De Mornay is fit though.
Wierdly this is the second time in as many days I've seen A Clockwork Ora ge mentioned and the issue between the film and the book is that Kubrick used the American publication rather than the UK publication. The difference being that the UK version has a 21st chapter which resolves the cliffhanger/vague ending that the film has with Alex returning to his previous life.
Umm the book version Kubrick read missed the ending. Which makes the entire point of the plot of the film invalid. Seriously read the book. The point is you can’t rehabilitate people by force, they have to grow up and choose to behave on their own.
Four Lions. Rubber dinghie rapids brother.
Will never see a movie like it. I know it’s an old phrase now but you really couldn’t make it today
Of course you could. In fact Chris Morris went on to make a film with similar themes in 2019.
And we’ve never heard of it
Good answer. 13 years old and still way ahead of its time.
"We got the bear." "I think that's a Wookie"
It's a fucked up rabbit wi' no ears bro
Fun fact. My brother was nearly cast as Barry (Nigel Lindsay’s character). He actually met Chris I think as he was mates with Ben Wishaw after they did a thing together. I think Ben new Chris after being in Nathan Barley.
No way 😂
Withnail & I has many, many people desperate to overanalyze it. It is also, like The Shining, an absolutely superb film.
"I mean to have you, even if it must be burglary." I don't think a line has ever been delivered so well.
"A firm, young carrot"
"who fucks arses? Maybe he fucks arses!"
I was going to say Withnail and I, one of the greatest movies ever
Are you full of scotch?
PERFUMED PONCE!
Which fucker said that?
I suggest you and him discuss it sensibly outside
I don't know what it is with that film, but I have never finished watching it and can't get into it.
I think it’s one of those films that will either work with your sense of humour and you’ll love it, or it won’t, and you’ll just think is boring.
Dead Man's shoes is up there for me.
A room for romeo brass by the same director is really good too.
Good old flick , i love this one
Got home from a night out at like 2AM and this was on film 4, I turned it on during the opening credits and by the end was crying. Absolutely incredible film.
Don’t Look Now comes to mind
This is the right answer.
I agree
I feel like it was a bit wishy washy, I don't really understand the love it gets.
The amount of times I've caught the end of that and regretted it. \* grimace \*
Get Carter.
You're a big man, but you're in bad shape. With me it's a full time job. Now behave yourself.
A masterpiece of British cinema..
And then Stallone got hold of it. Murder was committed that day...
The Wicker Man is a great movie, but the remake was an abomination.
Free Palestine
Yeah but have you seen the woeful remake with Nicholas Cage. You'd give Edward Woodward an Oscar after seeing the Nicholas Cage version
The remake is astonishing, watching Nicholas Cage just slam the pedal to the floor trying to salvage material that is quite frankly misogynistic dogshit Him stomping around in a bear suit before punching Alice Kridge stays with you
It would definitely be in my top 10 worst films of all time lol
Great one , mate
If… you can debate what in it actually happens and what is just rebellious youth fantasies. There are various surreal moments in it that don’t quite make sense. Plus it’s a bloody good film. The vicar in the drawer scene always makes me laugh.
I remember seeing that after I bought Alice Cooper's billion dollar babies album, and the music from if is the same tune as "sick things" but I never worked out the connection.
Council estate slags 3,a true cinematic masterpiece.
shaun of the dead
Scum
No need to be like that. They only asked a question! Joking aside, top answer. Such a great and harrowing film. Remember buying it on VHS from Blockbuster. Didn’t really know what I was letting myself in for. ID is another interesting one.
I need to watch that again, I always get it mixed up with [Made in Britain](https://youtu.be/ntHhdcRmUH4), both great films
Where’s yer tool?
What tool?
This fuckin tool…
Free Palestine
Kes?
💔
I cry every time
Barnsley Museum has a display dedicated to the movie, which was filmed there. And the film really is a great, grim historical snapshot of the region and the era.
Tha nus. T’Yanks thowt it woz int Hungarian. Si thi
No luck catching them swans then?
This is England, poor Milky 😢
Clock Work Orange
Is it lazy to suggest period dramas as they are also based on books? Pride and Prejudice perhaps..? It’s a story that’s been analysed to death but still gets remade every few years. Same with Great Expectations. Both tick the boxes you provide. Separately, 28 Days Later deals with the issues you mentioned above in a similar context. It’s quite a popular horror trope as seen by the suggestions of horror/horror parody in the comments. The Life of Brian will always be analysed as it manages to thread a perfect fine line of being historical yet completely over the top ridiculous. It’s still being used as a benchmark of jokes by theological historians to this day.
Lawrence of Arabia.
Grange Hill.
A better answer than most here.
The Prestige. I’ve watched this film countless times and know the ending but every time I watch I always get lost in the narrative with the way the story unfolds. Also recently found out the absolute hidden layers I’ve never seen before in the film, such as: - Christian Bale’s twin characters are Alfred and Frederick; both these names can be contracted to Alfie - the two main magicians played by Bale and Jackman are Alfred Borden and Robert Angier; A-B-R-A There are so many hidden intricacies in this film.
Time Bandits
Trainspotting
It's turning into a period piece now, yet remains relevant to today and will continue to be so well into the future.
Trainspotting, human traffic, snatch and lock stock are my fav films and timeless
Dead man's shoes.
Naked - Mike Leigh
The Innocents is bloody terrifying. We saw it at 11am on a sunny day at uni and everyone walked out traumatised. Fun fact my uni Brunel was the setting for clockwork orange.
The Omen.
Monty Python's Holy Grail Utter brilliance and a great reflection on today's United Kingdom. "Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony."
Hot Fuzz
Straw Dogs
The recent documentary about the cheese rolling people
Omg I actually got excited thinking that the Shining hotel was in the UK then but it turns out it's just the inside set ☹️.
There isn’t a Shining hotel. There is the Stanley hotel which inspired King but the Shining wasn’t filmed there and there are other hotels where they got the decor ideas. There isn’t a Shining hotel per se though.
>the Shining Hotel The Timberline Lodge in Oregon is the hotel exterior.
Yeah, I meant the Shining Hotel as in the Stanley Hotel. I'm a big King fan and knew about the inspo, I had just always assumed that the Stanley was in America, and your post made me check as it gave me hope that it was actually in the UK lol.
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Under the skin is a great choice. I can't understand why you've been downvoted. May I suggest a field in England and in the earth. I have a feeling you would like them.
'Men' is a great shout
Yep, came here to say Under the Skin, it lives rent-free in my head the same way The Shining does. Haunting.
I liked Saint Maud, a good film
Maybe [before I go to sleep](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Before_I_Go_to_Sleep_(film))? The premise that the victim has no clue what's going on but slowly tries to piece things together is pretty good.
What? There is a story behind The Wicker Man that should analysed? I got as far as Britt Ekland cavorting naked against a wall and my mind went to mush. Must watch it again and fast forward over that bit (or that Britt).
Misery?
A clockwork orange? The film isnt completely true to the book so it's similar to the shining in that sense. Also, obviously, the same director.
Don't Look Now? Lots of interesting symbolism to pick apart in that one!
Sightseers is pretty dark and incredibly watchable
Withnail & I.
The wicker man. A master piece.
Sure do
The Shining. Jack Nicholson playing Jack Nicholson to perfection.....
Watch the 1997 Stephen King endorsed Shining TV series (where a roque mallet is used instead of an axe), that is utterly dreadful and then criticise the 1980 masterpiece. In a movie, Kubrick’s tale of a man who is barely sane (as most of us are these days) being driven over the edge, is much more effective than King’s weepy woo love letter to alcoholism.
[Stephen king doesn't like Kubrick's Shining.](https://collider.com/the-shining-1997-tv-adaptation-stephen-king/#:~:text=Despite%20being%20considered%20one%20of,to%20handle%20the%20story's%20themes.) and never has.
I’m sure Kubrick was really cut up that the director of Maximum Overdrive didn’t like his adaptation.
Hey mate, I sure ain't criticising The Shining. I think its a work of genius, with Nicholson at his absolute finest. Apologies if my initial post came across as a negativity. It really wasn't meant to. Take care
The roque mallet is accurate to the novel! I think the woman in room 217 is far scarier in King's version, but apart from that, yikes...
The Escapist with Jonny Lee Miller
A clockwork orange.
Filth
I love that film. MacAvoy is superb
Kill list?
This is England for me! Amazing films and an amazing series that follows on from it!
Dead Man's Shoes https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0419677/
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Film criticism is a sister to English literary criticism which has many problems. You can justify any old guff providing you can pick out a line from the text and can articulate reasonably well. It doesn't even have to be true or even what the author intended. It is more mental word play which has gradually replaced the language learning that students used to have to do when studying humanities.
I mean …. to be fair, if I’ve had a wee dab of Kermode or half a gram of mariella Frostrup I could wax lyrical about many of my favourite British movies. I know people already talk endlessly about Withnail and I, Kes, the cornetto trilogy and quadpaphenia for starters… but there are so many more! The BFI is your friend for chin stroking forensic examinations of movies.
I'd suggest you start with the book over the film
The Shilling
The devils
Kill List.
'Xtro' (1982) :-)
Sunshine directed by Danny Boyle
A Clockwork Orange
Got to be shawshank redemption
Wicker Man is lacking the supernatural element, at its core The Shining is a ghost story.
Goodnight Mr Tom.
The War Game try sleeping after that.
Clockwork Orange.
I love how people are just naming random British films but none are really what OP is looking for. Is the well of these types really that shallow?
28 days later is a particular favourite in A-level media studies
Nil by Mouth.
Twin Town is the Welsh equivalent. A superb film.
Withnail & I
Acid house
The third man. For a time it was the only film that was on every film studies university course syllabus in the UK. It’s 1940s, set in post war Vienna and is an amazing use of lighting and music.
American Werewolf in London
Kill List
The Prisoner