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- A young boy becomes friends with a gang of skinheads. Friends soon become like family, and relationships will be pushed to the very limit.
This is England (2006) starring Thomas Turgoose, Stephen Graham and Jo Hartley
Directed by: Shane Meadows
Skinheads didn’t start out as white power, not in the U.K. it started in the 60s. It was a working class thing, adopted Mod and Jamaican immigrant culture, Ska etc. then moving into the Punk scene late 70s. it was about rejecting middle class attitudes and embracing an alternative lifestyle. It wasn’t until the early 80s that it polarised in hard left vs hard right sub genres
Pattern we see repeated over and over again. Marginalised subcultures being manipulated by populist, right-wing propaganda.
perfectly put
I have good friends who are like 20 years older than me, but anyhow, in the 90s In Sweden they were what you would call sharp skins, they wanted nothing to do with the nazi skins, they were more like the original skinheads, and what happened to them, they turned out quite well, computer scientists, coders, cyber security specialists, graphic designers, opticians and a priest, and for some reason alot of them ended up practicing historical fencing, wich is where I met them.
The backbone for their belief was always racism
As a skinhead i appreciate u saying what it truly is and how it started too many people think that if ur a skinhead ur a racist and that’s just simply not the case but as for the right wing ones we call boneheads they don’t have the right to call them self skinheads
Stephen Graham is one of THE best actors in the world, in my opinion.
100% agree, I can't believe he's not bigger in Hollywood, absolutely amazing actor and really nice guy.
@@lisadowsett6836Agreed
Defo. He was fantastic in Boardwalk Empire.
He was outstanding in Little Boy Blue
Truly great acting by Graham. A great moving film.
The thing I love about this movie is how raw it is. Council estates, real people in poverty and a failing post-war government who didn’t help the working class. In the distorted world, life was tough and you had to roll with the punches, but at the same time the bonds of your friends & family were unmatched, even in the worst of times.
Combo (Stephen Graham) acted this in such a way you had to feel some empathy towards him. He was horrible, yet you could feel he was unhinged because of how bad he had it. This was really captured when he broke down in the car and let loose on Milky. He was envious of others happiness because you can tell he never experienced that growing up.
This era of England was rough, and this movie really didn’t sugar coat anything.
"Dead man's shoes" will destroy you.
I can't wait for my vicarious crying session :)
It is a hard watch, but is is sooooooo good. Absoluly brilliant movie
One of the best films I have seen, makes you cry but its good to see a bit of good old fashioned violent vengeance.
THIS!!
Amazing movie
I watched it for first time on a comedown after a 2 day rave bender, not my smartest move I was in pieces afterwards 😂
You have to watch the three series of This Is England - the acting continues to be incredible and character arcs are spectacular
I've never seen another thing like it. To seamlessly transition from movie to multiple series over basically a 10 year period with the same actors is insane.
@@PinkyStyleHS They made it look effortless. Every last person in front and behind the camera was on top form throughout. Fantastic stuff.
I could never understand how the Stephen Graham character got accepted back into the group I thought he's burned his bridges here
@stephenclarke2206 He was only really accepted back by Lol & Shaun, both of which were the only ones that got to see a caring side to him. In 86 he took the fall for Lol killing Mick in order to protect her, that was pretty selfless.
@@NoirFan84 plot spoiler FFS
8:04 That actor is Stephen Graham. You probably recognise him as Tommy from Snatch, or from The Irishman, Pirates of the Caribbean, Boardwalk Empire, or about a million other things he's been in. He's an extremely accomplished actor, and he happens to live about two minutes down the road from me. He's one of the most polite and unassuming people you'll ever meet.
It was Snatch :) I haven't seen the other ones you mentioned, but after watching this, I watched him in Boiling Point... he's one of my new favourite actors so I'll definitely be working my way through his catalogue
@@chrissiereactsHe’s such a good actor and I love Boiling Point. Fun fact - his great grandfather is black. Check out Dead Man’s Shoes.
Joseph Gilgun, who plays Woody was also in Emmerdale.
He was also in Gangs of New York.
Stephen Graham is such an underrated British actor! Not long ago he f8nally hot recognition for his achievements
This isnt depressing ...this is England !
Great comment!
Same thing
England is depressing!
@@MrMudmouthget out more its amazing
Love it
Stephen Graham is multiracial with a Jamaican grandfather. Such a good actor.
His arc as this character is tragic.
His dad is Jamaican , that makes him at most dual national , believe it or not White Jamaicans do exist
@@anthonybryan9620 His grandfather was a black Jamaican. Not a white Jamaican. His father was biracial. As is Stephen, though he "passes".
As an American, living in England for now over 20 years, I can say that this country has literally brought me to the edge at times. Americans can't understand it, unless you've lived here among the council estates, watching people exist under the boot of the dole. So much of this country is a failed state. Like the council tenant who smokes, drinks and wastes his life away, somehow this place keeps living on, denying all logic. Never really getting better, just better at taking the pain. To trudge in the mire, to take the load on their backs, to accept the scraps - all for a holiday each year and Sky tele. This is still England.
pretty fucking accurate
Yeah, and you could apply that to probably some small town setting or big inner city area in the USA where people are barely getting by, despite the glitzy Hollywood lifestyle thats portrayed to the world outside.
When people come to London for a holiday, and see the sights, its all nice and fancy, but just a few miles away like you say, people are living a miserable life on a council estate.
Absolutely spot on.. makes you sad thinking like that and reading it, kinda makes it real in a way
Yeah, its not great back in America either is it though. Just one quick look at YT channels like "Channel 5 with Andrew Callaghan" will show you what the real America is like, or the channel "Soft White underbelly" for example.
Just due to its size and population its problem will forever far outweigh ours here in the UK sorry to say. America's issues with pharma, drugs, guns and gangs is systemic and epic in proportion the UK's due to the sheer size and amount of money involved with the industries that exploit and treat American citizens purely like its customers all in the pursuit of the "American dream". The American dream of which, is just a cop out notion, in-that anyone can pursue their dreams at the expense of anyone else almost devoid of any negative moral effect on their conscience because capitalist dreams are a fundamental right of the American citizen to exploit all other than you and yours. You only have to look at the pharma drug issues, and Americans lack of basic human rights like maternity pay, maternity leave, paid holidays, amount of holidays etc etc. There are tens of thousands of videos on this very site of Americans floored by the rights they find themselves with after moving to the UK and Europe and how it blows their minds after they've had the "land of the free" drummed into their minds all their lives as well as the flags and national anthems at school. Of-which is very communist-Russia like which is fascinating in of itself.
I count myself lucky every single day that i was born in the UK over America with family and friends all across America myself. I could not ever even begin to imagine fearing sending my children to school, or during a petty dispute like a parking charge end up shot dead by either the police or a random passer by. Yeah its bad here in places just like every single country on earth, but one thing us brits do better over Americans and America is we're not afraid to make media like this that addresses our worst parts and not try and hide it or deny its existence like the outgoing media of America typically.
This film, and the TV series' that followed are incredible honest pieces of media that don't shy away from the worst aspects of the human condition. Stephen Graham who comes from a multicultural family himself is incredible in this and the show that followed. Through world renowned and pioneering Uk exports of ours like our dark comedy, comedians, often revered as world leading actors and actresses and music and its many genre's created here we've always been real about the struggles of our nation and its people under the boot of our leaders and that's why i think it doesn't quite boil over as bad as it does in north America.
So yeah, just a casual reminder maybe that while you've no doubt seen bad things here... do you really want to act like America has this all worked out better? I personally believe that is far from the truth. America is a very young nation and institution, we've had thousands more years to work this shit out in the UK and Europe and it shows if you really look and really are honest about the world we live in.
Now time for the TV series this is England 86 then 88 and 90 very funny and then gets dark I prefer them to film
The follow-up TV series ('86, '88, and '90) are really some of the best television ever made and are a must see!
All three of them are fantastic continuations but maaaaaan is '90 one of the best things I've watched. Period.
The entire series is criminally underrated. Honestly some of the most powerful TV I’ve ever seen.
Lol I think this is my reminder to watch the whole series again for the 100th time
Haven't watched this in ages, and I'd forgotten just how powerful it is. They also made a few miniseries following the same characters through the decade.
Stephen Graham is so damn good and very successful, but I still think he's underrated.
Stephen Graham is the most underrated and important actor around. He is of a Jack Nicholson school. He doesn't disappear into a character and you forget its him. You see him every single second and he puts the emotion of the character right there. You fucking believe him!
I recognised Stephen Graham from Snatch. Since then, I watched him in Boiling Point, which only furthered my admiration for him. I definitely plan on diving deeper into his work. If you have a favourite Stephen Graham performance, let me know!
He's terrific in the tv-show ''Boardwalk Empire'' (as ''Al Capone'') and a British tv-mini-series (4 episodes) ''Little Boy Blue'' (based on a true story) and in Martin Scorsese's ''The Irishman'', he is imo (besides Joe Pesci) the standout in this film. I'll also recommend the pretty dark British crime movie ''Hyena'' (2014) with Peter Ferdinando and Stephen Graham (and Neil Maskell).
His best performance imo was in the tv show "The Virtues", also directed by Shane Meadows. The last season of This is England hits hard too. Another two shows where he does good work - "The North Water" and "Time".
Help is also very good where he plays a man with early onset Alzheimer's.
You might know but his wife has to help him memorise his line as he is dyslexic. Which in my opinion makes him awe inspiring...
@@peterengelen2794 I'll chip in for Boardwalk Empire - Graham's great in everything I've seen, but Boardwalk really stands out as a great Series.
When he plays the alcoholic relapse in that viral scene, check it out, amazing acting
A great British film and a perfect example of how young, impressionable kids can be lead astray and brainwashed by racist characters all burdened by the spectre of poverty and disillusionment. Graham was exceptional and has gone onto even stronger performances.
A sensational tv show was released following the events of this movies with the same characters - also called this is England - ran for a few seasons, worth a watch
have you watched the deleted scenes?
would absolutely only recommend watching that when you're in a good headspace, because as fantastic as it, it left me feeling absolutely drained for a good week after finishing it.
I recently rewatched it and it is hard going but it might be one of the best things that's ever been on British TV
I absolutely love the three TV series and watch them through every year or two. I don't use this word lightly... masterpiece. An absolute rollercoaster of emotion.
Those TV series, as brilliant as they are, really do need to come with a warning before watching them. Quite a few scenes are extremely difficult to watch - the rape scene in particular. Having said that, they are some of the best series ever shown on UK tv.
I know I'm two months behind in commenting on this, but a TRUE Skinhead is not a racist! Skinhead was born from Jamaican culture & London working class culture. Racism and politics had nothing to with that subculture until the late 70's early 80's. There are those of us that are still keeping the faith & tradition of the traditional (original) Skinheads.
Legal in Britain is 16, so she was 15 going on 16 and he was 12. Still iffy, but not as bad as you thought
Lots of boys hanging out with older kids at a party had a similar experience, don't know why she was so shocked
@@4Kandlez
Have my own experience with that.
As the old saying goes: on old mares, young boys learn to ride.
Was never sure what to think of that. Half of me was thinking something was wrong with Smell, the other half was picturing me in Shaun's place.
…your honour
and to be fair the actors are only two years apart in age
This is England is very much about Shane's childhood experiences. The follow up TV series very much build on the groups experiences during the following years ( 86, 88, 90 ) Fun, sad redemptive but always emotional. truly masterful storytelling.
Shane Meadows and a character called Sean Fields, kind of on the nose, but that's Shane's way
"Speak to the countries you invaded.." Well your ancestors where the ones that got on the boat and took the native's lands in North America. My ancestors stayed at home and endured the weather.
yeah. its not like America doesnt regularly invade countries
Doesn't make them innocent. Most Germans were Nazis and although they didn't personally kill any Jews, they're partially responsible for it because they benefited from it. Free houses, free clothes, free furniture. Great Britain made a lot of wealth off the slave trade in the Americas, and in British India. If you ever do a DNA test, you'll find you have relatives in the US south. We all do.
dont forget iraq war, its like each generation of men they need a new war, crazy system @LloydSimcock-sr5ex
Shane Meadows has made some incredible British cinema. His catalogue is well worth checking out. There is also a This England tv series.
Dead Man Shoes is my favourite of his.
You HAVE to do the follow up TV show from this. This Is England '86, This Is England '88 and This Is England '90. They are very intense, but it's honestly some of the best filmmaking I've seen.
Hi Chrissie, just wanted to say thank you for reacting to this. It's very rare to see any reactions at all to Shane Meadows work so I appreciate that you took the time. God bless you for how you took it as well. As difficult as it was to watch, I think you can take solace in knowing you have a good heart. You reacted as anyone with one would.
Dead mans shoes might be abit much for you but it is breathtaking
Shane Meadows films have such a realistic visceral feeling to them which takes the intensity to another level. Its almost documentary like
Fantastic film,pretty much sums up growing up in the UK in the 70s/80,s
My brother was over in the falklands,he was a para,i was 5 years younger,but remember it vividly,he still wont talk about it.
I can't imagine what he witnessed... 🤍
@@chrissiereactsyou realy need to do made in Britain, as that's where a lot of us ended up ,
Such a powerful movie and Meadow's always captures the authenticity of the era. Dead Mans Shoes is my favorite British movie. It's dark as you would expect but has more humour in it. The scenes and dialogue are so real to low life minor dealers that you just know Meadows has experienced the characters and some of the situations personally.
FYI - age of consent in the UK is 16 so she was 16, not 18
(not that it's not still fucking weird)
@Jackdar1pp3r1 They were both youngsters. Thomas was 13 and she was 15 at filming. This one's acting like a crime is going on.
@Jackdar1pp3r1 They were both youngsters. Thomas was 13 and she was 15 at filming. This one's acting like a crime is going on.
@@louwinters508glad I saw this, I thought the actress was at least 18 and always wondered how they got an adult to kiss a child
I remember that scene with Milky and being really shook like you, it was hard to watch. Love watching your reactions and your empathy shines through…even for Chopper in places 😅 take a break you’ve got a good soul.
Pairing it with the war scenes really got me (clearly lol) Thank you!! 🥰
I remember watching that scene as a child and it scarred me for years, and still even to this day it’s a shocking scene
“How many countries did England invade?”
Well, that’s not an easy question to simply respond to. Entire volumes fill that subject. But that was a long time ago; that’s a fact, not stating any opinion. Many many countries across the span of civilisation have invaded, and occupied, other sovereign nations. I think it’s hard to truly understand these times in the film and the mentalities without living there and in that period.
It’s very very sad and tragic waste of life for all involved to be so consumed by hate, but unfortunately humans are tribal and will always find and call out differences. If only we could all just be a bit better.
Im so happy you watched this gem of a movie. Three mini series that followed has the original cast and is 100% worth watching: This is England 86 (2010), This is England 88 (2011) and This is England 90 (2015). 86 has four episodes, 88 has three and 90 has four episodes. The drama and acting are as real as real life. One last thing I'd like to add regarding litle Shaun. People, especially those who don't have a (developed) moral compass, are impressionable. A hurt state of mind makes them even easier prey to people like Combo (Stephen Graham) - who was the star of the show with a brilliant perfomance. In the series he becomes a very interesting character. Hope it didnt take too long for you to feel better after that heavy ending.
Stephen Graham is one of my favorite actors. He is brilliant in everything he's in.
Finally someone reacting to this and Dead mans shoes!
B..B..Byzantine period, its focking parmesan cheese you dirty bastard!
@@YorkshiremanReacts26 I know, along with the TV series it's genuinely one the greatest pieces of Drama ever put to screen. Not hyperbole.
Fun fact: I went to school with Rosamund Hanson who plays Smell.
That’s Tommy from Snatch.
Tommy claims he’s named after the gun, but Turkish knows he’s in fact named after a famous nineteenth century ballet dancer.
The acting in the movie is so realistic, its like being in a room with a group of lunatics and being anxious something is going to kick off.
Respect for the emotional reaction.
As a Skinhead myself ( 80s ) this is pretty much how it was most of us where in to 2Tone Ska music and people race didn't mean anything. Skinhead starting in the 60s and actually had black lads/lasses among them. It was a way of life.
Mackems are better than Geordie's
Sunderland badge am Barnsley and used to live in roker near park and Donny's chippy and cliff pub nice people
Two tone ska was an awesome sound and following….so sad it was so short lived ……1979-1982
This was our culture back in the late 70,s and early 80,s on the council housing estates , great times !
In my opinion the film is good, but the series…86,88, and 90 is probably the best thing I’ve ever seen and Stephen Graham is beyond ridiculous in it.
It's the best british tv show made IMO
skinheads has nothing to do with white power many black people were skinhead and the music they listened too was majority black influenced , you'll also find England was invaded by more countries in the past , romans , normans , vikings , french , spanish , germans but no one ever mentions that .
That's how you should react American dramas and films don't have reality like uk ones, we are so realistic and true to the core, this is what makes it so good
Thank you for reacting to this, it really deserves more recognition outside of the UK. The director Shane Meadows was a skinhead growing up in the 80's and Shaun is loosely based on his experiences. This film really launched Stephen Graham's career, a few years after this came out Scorsese cast him in Gangs of New York.
This Is England came out in 2006, Gangs of New York came out in 2002. Stephen Graham had already been in Snatch and GONY by the time this came out
And the Damned Utd. I think he played Billy Bremner
Thanks for the emotional reaction. Talking as an Englishman I think it captures the fine line we tread between patriotism and prejudice. Even the worst characters are damaged in a way which makes you have a sense of why they are the way they are.
Incredible piece of British film making. It's a very raw and honest film with some exemplary performances by the cast. As many commenters have already said - you should absolutely check out the follow up series to this film.
When Combo talks about being English, he's talking about being working class. The British working classes were the first slaves of English (Norman/Anglo Saxon) imperialism. They never invaded the world - the ruling classes did. But it was the working man that fought and died in those wars, with nothing to show for it in the end. The feelings of betrayal runs deep.
For context, the skinhead movement wasn't a far-right thing when it started. In fact, it had a big connection to Caribbean culture and British Jamaicans. Unfortunately, it was hijacked by the far-right later.
I recommend reading up on it, these were complicated times for British society (feels like we're always in complicated times tbf).
rubbish
@@jamiecovfefe6323WHAT!?!?!? Why do you say rubbish!?!?!? Do you even know what you're talking about!?!?!?
@@HonRevPTB rubbish
@@jamiecovfefe6323its not rubbish lol
@@winstonpeanutbutter codswallop
I haven't gotten around to the sequels yet, but I do thoroughly love this film. It's such a human story that even takes time to show the worst of the characters at their most sympathetic moments of weakness. They're just messed up people in a messed up world dancing to the beat of someone else's drum.
That was my 80’s in the uk, our leader was a black friend in our little gang of about 20, we changed into hating anything that didn’t look or want to be like us, just teenagers, quite sad how for those few years we were clueless and we grew and realised what horrible, little people we were, deeply regret all of it.🇬🇧
The actors playing in this are immense. Such a powerful film.They practiced the shop scene over and over and hugged each other when it was over. There's footage on here somewhere.
I hope that you continue on the This is England journey.
I know it’s heavy but my god what a masterpiece.
I will forever live in hope that SM will bless us with another series.
Thomas Turgoose's (Shaun) mum died of cancer shortly after the film was completed and never got to see the film. Stephen Graham (Combo) and Shane Meadows had actually offered to adopt Thomas if living with his dad, who he never knew beforehand, didn't work out, and Stephen promised his mum he would look out for him
Not only an incredible actor, but a pretty great person too
Just because England’s imperial past is full of invasion and conquest, it doesn’t justify the invasion and replacement of the English happening today.
Ethnic English are now a minority in the capital city, and a growing list of other cities, in their own homeland.
I don’t care how someone tries to justify that. Two wrongs don’t make a right - especially when the working class are being forced to pay for acts and decisions and made by their government centuries ago.
Meanwhile, the very people from the countries England had conquered long ago still remain ethnically homogenous and are debasing, erasing, and replacing today’s English culture and people with impunity.
THIS is why these gangs exist. They’ve lost everything and are facing the extinction of their culture and heritage. This was a boiling frog that has taken decades to cook. Skinheads didn’t start off as Yahtzees. That came much later as the gangs got co-opted. There are actually a lot of anti-racist skinheads (red shoelaces in their Doc Martins).
Shhh, we cant have you speaking sense now on RUclips, you might have people realise they commit cognitive dissonance.
@@Alphardus I’m honestly surprised RUclips even allowed my comment to exist. They usually get deleted by RUclips without notice about 30 seconds to a minute after I post them.
@@Resvrgam I know what you mean, I posted a comment on this vid in reply to another a bit further up and surprised it allowed me. Normally my comments get removed or should I say, I can see them but when I open the thread, its gone, as if its sort of shadow-removed for others.
Yeah, agree. Her constant bashing of England was getting rather annoying. England has a past, so does every other country in the world, but for some reason out of all the county's, it's perfectly fine to ethnically replace and destroy the population of England today. The hypocrisy never ceases to amaze me with these people. It's what you call "The pot calling the kettle black"
@@Resvrgamfacts..I've said what you said on channels that' talk about immigration....and it's always removed...white english people are being replaced...London is no minority white...Manchester Birmingham Leicester and a few others are minority white in large parts also...and places we rules for a while have not been replaced and actually better off after being apart of British empire...we brought them rule of LAW....also Pakistan and India has a combined population of like nearly 2 billion...white english has a population of like 55m...in england you have around 6 million asians..mostly Pakistani and Indian...tell me which people are being colonised....its us.....
I would recommend watching the three TV mini series' This Is England '86, This Is England '88 & This Is England '90. They're only short (about 3 or 4 episodes each) but well worth watching. They chronicle the lives of these same characters, 3, 5 & 7 years down the line. Harrowing, touching and quite funny, in equal measure. Highly recommended.
Stephen Graham is one of the best British actors/actors out there. The guy is unreal and believe it or not he’s dyslexic and gets his wife to read his scripts to him because he can’t read.
Great reaction to a great film ... gets me in tears everytime .... the part mixing the attack on milky with the dead in the falklands war ...humanity is so sad.... but how can the people at the bottom of society not deal in violence when the people at the top profit from violence for thousands of years ...same families same names .. hopefully shawns character would learn that in every decision we must chose love over fear ... its not an easy thing but our choice is what we can control ...to the last breath
Chrissie.....I'm not surprised at your reaction to this astounding piece of work. I reacted similarly but for very different reasons. And sadly because for a number of years around the same moment in time I was one of those people. My love of the music, fashion and lifestyle and although mine was on the periphery from a crossover from the mod movement got lost to the hatred, politics and racism that thrived in Britain at the time. However, much like this movie I too had that realisation that epiphany where I participated and suffered in the violence and darker elements of living that life and somehow managed to survive and realise how atrocious I had and was behaving. Similarly my ending came when I shook off the trappings of the lifestyle and removed myself from London to re-start my life. Where I rediscovered myself, my love for music, new cultures, new viewpoints and renewed my faith in my fellow man.
This film made it all come flooding back and I'm not ashamed to admit I had a similar reaction albeit for different reasons. But it also made me realise just how powerful stories told like this with amazingly talented actors, writers and directors can literally make people question the whole human condition to a degree.
Trust me the others in the series are truly just as powerful. And for me and I think thousands of others in the UK that history is my history....it was full of lows with some highs and it shaped me into what I hope is a very very different person as I watch the world through 55 year old eyes.....
Well done on the reaction.....inspiring!
This is a tough watch but you must follow their lives in the spin-off TV versions it's worthwhile journey. This is England 86, 88 and the final one This is England 90
I was a skinhead from Sheffield were this film is set. It was about thatcherism and having a gang to fit in
Some skinheads are very racist
But it's more about sticking up as a working class person on the fringes of society.
We enjoyed commaradery and ska music.
I remember a former neo nazi recommending this movie to me. He told me that this is the best movie he had ever seen. Great movie and a great reaction :)
Skinhead's didn't start out as something racist from what I understand. It was a fashion and a "protest against the system". Everything can get warped and made into something ugly. And the media did its part in turning people against the movement by focusing on the bad. Wikipedia is full of information on the Skinhead movement, and its well worth a read.
This is England has been made into a little series of movies or episodes, where you see how their lives turn out in the next decades. But this is still the best one.
A few movie recommendations from me would be Hostiles (2017), Winter's bone (2010), Der Untergang / Downfall (2004), Galveston (2018) and Mr. Brooks (2007).
Looking forward to your next reaction :)
Your reaction was so powerful you got me going even though I've watched the film several times. I'll definitely watch your future movie reaction videos.
One of my favorite movies. Dope reaction girl :)
Thank you!! 😊
Great reaction, I'm surprised that you've not reacted to the fantastic Revenge (2017).
@@Craig121000 I hadn't heard of it!
Revenge is absolutely fantastic. Visually impressive and nobody on RUclips has reacted to it yet.
I feel like this is a gender difference. When you judge Shaun for just standing there while all kinds of messed up stuff happened, you dont know what its like to be a young, impressionable boy at the mercy of adults who's world view is skewed. Trust me, I've been there. Especially when you've been made to feel like this is an ideology that your dead father would fight for. I can't speak for women, but men need a father figure. Even when there is none around, we unconsciously search for it. In Shauns case, it just so happens that Combo was a lot more charismatic than Woody. Therefore, he is able to infect him with his negativity to a stronger degree.
Keep going with This Is England,it went on for years and the acting is so realistic.The opposite of Hollywood!🏴
Absolutely mesmerising performance from Stephen Graham. So powerful, so raw.
I believe Smell and Sean only had 2 or 3 years between them at filming which is why the actors could kiss like that also the age of consent in the UK is 16 not 18.
Great reaction probably the most emotional one Ive ever seen. As a young Punk Rocker growing up in the 70's and 80's I can say that yes it was often a grim time but we made the best of it and also had a lot of fun.
It adds an interesting slant on the character of Combo when you know that Stephen Graham is mixed race himself (his grandfather was Jamaican). It adds such an element of self loathing to this disturbing character.
This is such a beautiful movie about growing up, loss, friendship and the hardship of the working class at those times.
I keep meaning to watch this. Tommy Turgoose is from the same town as me.
Dead Man's Shoes is brilliant though.
Omg dead mans shoes is a masterpiece! 👍
Dead Man’s Shoes. Another film with nuances and shades of grey. Not your usual ‘hard bloke revenge movie’. Incredible movie
Britain didn't invade, they built relationships, they never sent armies out in conquest, an empire was built through trade, and a commonwealth was created
Babe, literal genocide of the First Nations Peoples here in Canada.
Watch the rest so many highs and lows such a grounded work of art.....Flip: "Engines off!" still makes me chuckle
I absolutely love this film, the characters are so real and complex and even with such a heartbreaking central plot it manages to sprinkle in moments of happiness.
To find out more about how skinheads came about, watch Don Letts documentary - Skinhead. Don Letts was the Rasta DJ playing heavy dub reggae in punk clubs and friend of the Clash. He turned film maker, recording some of the very early punk gigs on super 8. Quite a short docco, but hugely insightful. It’s on RUclips.
Please make sure to watch the series for yourself and then another limited series called the Virtues starring Stephen Graham and created by the director of This is England Shane Meadows
There is also a TV series of it aswell. Both are set in the City of Sheffield, England (my ends). There are many undertones of certain things, basically reaffirming lessons about getting along.
Shane Meadows is a brilliant writer etc with his movies and such. He points things out, as in morals that many have known for donkeys years.
Skin heads and the EDL got corrupted/tainted by individuals that didn't understand things for their own agenda.
The Four Lions movie also set in my city that makes fun of fundamentalist factions of a certain group of people is a good watch. It is a satirical comedy about them.
The scene at 14:30 in this video was so dark that Stephen Graham knew he needed to do something to lighten it up a bit after the scene was done. At the end of that scene, when he was going back to the car he slipped down a little hill. At the time i thought that he genuinely slipped and they just kept it in. But i watched a behind the scenes and Stephen said something like "I need to do something to bring it back up. I'm gonna fall over on that hill". I can't remember the exact words but it was something along those lines.
Should really watch spin off TV shows, same cast etc. Excellent show.
Chrissie, just came across your channel and I thought that your reactions to this movie were almost as powerful as the film itself, which I would suggest is exactly what the director and the actors aimed for. Congratulations on a great channel.
Stephen Graham is truly an amazing actor him and Tom hardy are brilliant
"This Is England" have three sequel TV series; "This Is England '86" (2010), "This Is England '88" (2011), and "This Is England '90 "(2015).
Despite its name 'The Death of Stalin' is a hilarious movie. Its a black comedy with great actors about the fallout and chaos following the death of Stalin. If you want something historic (loosely) but though the lens of absurdism comedy then watch that. Theres also NZ film BOY that is highly recommended.
How you were at the end isn't how we all are at the end, it's not being overly sensitive it's just being a human being.
13:05 might be the most woke comment I’ve ever heard. Everyone’s invaded everyone, more good came from the commonwealth than bad
It’s amazing how acceptance can twist people into ways of thinking that they would never have considered at one point. This is how any radical idea takes hold, by identifying and accepting people who see themselves as outsiders. The welcome ‘into’ is overwhelming for them. It’s such a sad state for people to be in.
an incredible movie that truthfully summed up the 80s in the UK. I loved your reaction, thanks for sharing ❤
Skinhead culture in the UK was never about neo nazism in the first place. The style was hijacked by neo nazis later on. True skinheads are really awesome people
One of my favourites, you should watch all the subsequent This Is England TV series
I love how you let movies effect you the way they do me and the way they should. That’s what’s it’s all about. The more it does, the better it’s it is. That’s what it’s all about…
The Skinhead movement was started in London around the 60's which actually was rooted in Jamaican immigrant culture. Yes, It was adopted by the extreme right wing but that's what sadly gave it a bad reputation and it was never about that.. Here's a great documentary with Don Letts that covers the whole thing which is a great watch if you want to know more.
ruclips.net/video/reGXa3vgeF4/видео.html. Don Letts by the way (If you don't know of him) is a really cool dude.
Don was a friend of The Clash which was one of my all time favourite bands.
Can't recommend the This Is England Series' enough. You'll laugh and cry on multiple occasions for each series (season).
You need to watch the TV series. This is England carries on from the end of the film
Don't get confused about Skinheads, they got hijacked by Racists with political agendas. But originally there were Black and white skinheads, with a common love of Blue beat and ska music, which was being imported from Jamaica for Caribbean immigrants. Skinheads were tough working class youngsters and as the work dried up, they became disillusioned and susceptible to racist influences.
15:30 legal in the UK is 16 so she was actually 15.
The good thing about a lot of independent British films is that they don't have the hollywood influence that say "hot fuzz" had and as a result the acting can end up being so much more naturalistic. The lad who played Sean wasn't even an actor. They were holding auditions in a community centre in Grimsby I think. Which was where they were going to film it. He just wandered in off the street see what was happening. the casting director asked him to have a chat with them on camera. He told them we're not really looking for an actor we just want a kid who can be himself.
Not defending the racism obviously but not gonna lie an American having multiple digs at the UK for the existence of British nationalists due to our history when America is full of extreme nationalists and are Widely considered the most disgusting country on the planet is pretty crazy to me 😂 great reaction and a great film but Britain has a history to be insanely proud of unlike 90% of other countries. We did nothing every other country did then or does now the only difference is we also did great things when nobody else did. I know it isn’t you and everybody says it but it’s boring now, anybody with who has read an actual history book understand the British shaped todays world and everything they did, every other country did
I'm Canadian 🙄
@@chrissiereacts Point still stands, do you not know your own history?
@@chrissiereactsSo? my bf is an indigenous Canadian and he's been forced to live on a reservation You're a brlimmin hypocrite
OK, so The first group were Rude Boys, a subculture deeply rooted in Ska music which originated in Jamaica in the early 1960s. Ska music was a genre that prominently featured musicians of colour and was a precursor to Reggae music. In around the 70’s and early 80’s, Rude Boy culture was embraced in Britain, significantly shaping the music and youth scene. British bands like The Specials, Madness, The Beat, and UB40 were creating a sound that became known as Ska music. While initially Rude Boys and the Ska movement promoted a message of inclusion and musical celebration, a darker evolution was taking place within the skinhead community. Initially, skinheads shared similar musical tastes, particularly in Ska and Reggae. However, as economic and social tensions grew in Britain, some factions within the skinhead movement began to adopt racist and white supremacist beliefs. This Movie is all about this transformation, illustrating how certain groups co-opted the Ska and Rude Boy aesthetic to recruit disaffected youths into the emerging skinhead movement.
This movie is more relevant now more than ever never forget this is England 🏴 this is Britain 🇬🇧 stand strong 💪
It's a valid point about England invading pretty much everyone at one time or another, but does that necessarily mean they are obliged to take in an infinite number of migrants? I'm Irish, we've been invaded by England, Ireland has never invaded anywhere (unless you count Boston) and we also are apparently obliged to take in an infinite number of migrants (like every western country), but I'm willing to bet that you would be just as opposed to me saying that as you are to the English, so the "but they were bad" argument is really a load of bull. Despite what they did in the past, does it mean that the English today should be punished for it? You might be more malevolent than you think , but you hide it behind empathy like all liberals. Believe me, this empathy is doing and will do more harm than good in the long run. Not just for us, but them as well and pretty much everyone. Usually the go-to argument for anti-immigrant sentiment from an Irishman is "but you guys immigrated as well to the US and still do to Australia, so you should know better." Again, it doesn't matter. The US was predominately white when the Irish moved there during the famine and later on, so it's not difficult to see why we assimilated more easily. They were essentially the same apart from the accents, different religions and customs.
Wow. I suggested Dead Man's Shoes and I forgot about this. I'm the same age as Shane Meadows - and Shaun in this movie (also directed Dead Man's Shoes) and a lot of the things in this film (and the subsequent series) are very near the knuckle for me. I grew up on an estate (project) in the north-west of England and can safely say this is quite accurate, albeit with some embellishment.
And your reaction at the end....pretty much as it was for me.
This movie is about the takeover of an early, non-racist skinhead gang of FRIENDS by ideologically motivated National Socialist types and the conflicts and heartbreak it engendered within the kids on the scene.
If you have no idea of the history of skins, like most of us Americans, it's an extremely confusing thing to behold; hence her constant misunderstanding of what's happening.
That's an extremely honest reaction imo
A Brilliant reaction Chrissie .. I prefer to say 'Powerful' instead of 'Depressing'. The acting is superb.
Director Shane Meadows IMO is one of the best. So real life. Nice one.
I do think Dead Man's Shoes edges this one though. that film had a profound effect on me.
Once again. brilliant reaction.
Yes, you're absolutely right. Powerful is the better word here. Thank you!
@@chrissiereacts You're welcome. Coupled with the super soundtrack. My reaction when I first saw the film was similar. I do prefer 'Indie' type films.
Yes Dead Man's Shoes!
When he attacks milky it's such a cocktail of emotions. He's seething with envy and jealousy when Milky is talking about his family and growing up with food on the table and the love he clearly had. Combo would have grown up in a completely different way. Absent of love. He attacks him and is instantly remorseful. That's why when Banjo says 'I want in on this' (he also wants to beat up Milky's lifeless body) he reacts by smashing a bottle over his head. He's disgusted with himself and it's reflected onto Banjo through them words. If you enjoyed this, you should probably watch the series. Won't take long and it's also pretty awesome. And 'dead mans shoes' is a good choice! PS - How did you find the accents? Looks like you did a good job of following along and you'll need the same skills for dead mans shoes Nottingham accents! It's a great film. Super low budget. Shot in a few weeks I think!
No issues with the accents! But I lived in the UK for a couple of years + I watch some British shows so I think my ears are used to it :)
Watch Shane Meadows' ''A Room For Romeo Brass'' (1999) & ''Dead Man's Shoes'' (2004). Greetings from The Netherlands.