Attack the Block - Movie Review by Chris Stuckmann

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  • Опубликовано: 13 сен 2024
  • Film critic Chris Stuckmann reviews Attack the Block, starring John Boyega, Jodie Whittaker and Nick Frost. Directed by Joe Cornish.

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  • @MosesPrimm
    @MosesPrimm 9 лет назад +124

    The kids robbing the woman was not a flaw. That's not the right word. That's more of a gripe that you have with the movie. The robbery scene established who the kids were and what the neighborhood was and it made the movie better. Knowing that even these fucked up delinquents could become heroes; that's awesome in my opinion.
    Also, this review is old as fuuuuuuuck lol. Stuckmann's channel has changed so much .

    • @gertomoberstep6229
      @gertomoberstep6229 9 лет назад +16

      +Maddiox3 Exactly, if the kids hadn't been complete assholes at the beginning, Moses' sacrifice at the end would have meant nothing at all. It's ultimately a movie about him confronting his problems and assuming responsibility.

    • @paradoxacres1063
      @paradoxacres1063 8 лет назад +17

      Agreed. It's definitely not a flaw.
      I mean..people praise _Game of Thrones_ for making us hate Jaime Lannister and then pulling a 180 and making us love his character. Isn't that what _Attack the Block_ did with these kids..?
      Making the audience hate a character then making them love that same character is VERY hard to pull off. And _Attack the Block_ pulled it off with a _group_ of teenagers. That's an incredible feat.

    • @jazzx251
      @jazzx251 7 лет назад +1

      I still want to know how the producers of Star Wars saw a lead character, with an American accent, being played by a Londoner, only really known for this movie.
      I think it's wonderful - he's a terrific actor.

    • @pietpadda593
      @pietpadda593 2 года назад

      Super old comment, but I'm going to tackle this:
      The reason it's a flaw is that you struggle to relate or care about the characters through most of the movie. They do redeem themselves by the end, but that's too late. It's more enjoyable the second time you watch it for that reason; however, it's a major flaw for a first time watch. If anything, the plot points that make you care about them should've come way sooner. I really wouldn't have cared if all of them died in the movie even past the midpoint.

  • @SmokeySmudgeStudio
    @SmokeySmudgeStudio 10 лет назад +116

    The whole point was that the kids are bad because life is bad to them. It's just the way London chav culture works. Kids are poor, they have a bad reputation of crime anyway and then they decide that if that's what society says they are it's what they have to be. This film showed their side and showed that their lives weren't all that great. Moses was only 15 and he lived with his uncle who "comes and goes but mostly goes". It shows that they're not evil by nature, but that their situation has nurtured them that way.

    • @nastee10
      @nastee10 9 лет назад +9

      I was going to write a comment, but you took the words right out of my mouth. I saw this movie a couple years ago on cable and was happy to find out John Boyega was starring in the new Star Wars movie. I went and checked a few different reviews and they all mention the same thing, that these kids are so unlikable. Some of the movie critics just don't get it. The director has us rooting for all of the main characters after 20 of 30 minutes.

    • @adriancastro3899
      @adriancastro3899 6 лет назад

      guyguyga1 let's do an experiment raise your child the way these children were raised and I'll raise mine a normal way and well see that a person's situation and way of growing up does dictate their actions futures

    • @blkluv100
      @blkluv100 4 года назад

      Thank you, this movie was specifically set up that way so you could see the character arc, that they were a product of they're environment. Absentee parents, single family homes, drug use, a bad neighborhood, poor role models, no guidance and lackadaisical parenting. Yet the reviewer takes none of this into context. The fact that this reviewer missed that shows his own bias. Movies like THE GODFATHER, GOODFELLAS, SCARFACE and the TV show THE SOPRANOS are full of despicable characters doing vile things, but are revered and looked at as classics. Nothing the kids do in this movie is anywhere as heinous as the characters do in those movies, but look how harshly they're judged, no slack or sympathy or understanding is given. It's racism rearing it's ugly head. Go to IMDB and read the reviews and see how vitriolic and racist they are. It's clear double standard given to troubled blacks as opposed to troubled whites.

    • @SmokeySmudgeStudio
      @SmokeySmudgeStudio 4 года назад

      @@adriancastro3899 yeah looking back at this 8 years later it's clear that Chris at this point still had a long way to grow as a reviewer. Doesn't seem to me like he was willing for his perceptions of certain types of people (kids from deprived backgrounds, where specifically black or not) to be challenged by the film. Film is supposed to make you empathise with characters who represent people you might otherwise not connect with and stay ignorant towards in real life.

    • @BarryHart-xo1oy
      @BarryHart-xo1oy 2 месяца назад

      Thank you for pointing these crucial facts out.

  • @fraukeschmidt8364
    @fraukeschmidt8364 8 лет назад +57

    The main thing that Chris Stuckmann disliked about this film is actually a strong point, in my opinion: the fact that these bunch of London kids (yes, it's set in London) were from a poor, deprived background, involved in petty crime. As a Londoner I really liked the realism. A bunch of anti-heroes became heroes. I particularly loved the ending.

    • @Kinghenhog39
      @Kinghenhog39 7 лет назад +6

      Frauke Schmidt i was just thinking this. The fact that you see that these kids be that mean and that they are not street kids with the heart of gold (yet) tgey are truly kids who grew up in a tough neighboorhood and survive in it ... and now they have to survive this ... I think it was dynamic and refreshing to see those kids actually be harsh and tough and then fight for something good ... it was a great very clever and fun film IMo

    • @Kinghenhog39
      @Kinghenhog39 7 лет назад +1

      Frauke Schmidt i was just thinking this. The fact that you see that these kids be that mean and that they are not street kids with the heart of gold (yet) tgey are truly kids who grew up in a tough neighboorhood and survive in it ... and now they have to survive this ... I think it was dynamic and refreshing to see those kids actually be harsh and tough and then fight for something good ... it was a great very clever and fun film IMO

  • @jeseramirez9852
    @jeseramirez9852 8 лет назад +52

    I didn't find it hard to like them because I understood right away that the punks were just kids. 15 year olds in a bad neighborhood . Also they were freaking funny

  • @EvoluteCreator
    @EvoluteCreator 7 лет назад +49

    That one "flaw" that you mentioned was setting up a character arc.

    • @irishpanic
      @irishpanic 5 лет назад +2

      Exactly. This was quite a bad review

  • @jayfisher3359
    @jayfisher3359 8 лет назад +119

    My only flaw with the movie is that the main character is a traitor.

    • @Lycanvenom
      @Lycanvenom 8 лет назад +8

      How so?

    • @jayfisher3359
      @jayfisher3359 8 лет назад +33

      +Lycanvenom have you not seen Star Wars episode VII?

    • @Lycanvenom
      @Lycanvenom 8 лет назад +20

      ***** God damn it. You got me!

  • @jazzx251
    @jazzx251 10 лет назад +42

    Fun fact: "Moses" is now a lead character in the new Star Wars

  • @sylvesterwallace6965
    @sylvesterwallace6965 9 лет назад +23

    You're not suppose to like the kids in the beginning that is what the movie portrays. You grow to like them as the movie goes on. This movie is much better than super 8

  • @GhostProject9
    @GhostProject9 9 лет назад +70

    Im from south east london and the kids are showed as bad cos thats what life is like here

  • @daleyemissions
    @daleyemissions 10 лет назад +19

    This movie is one of the highlights of the decade- I don't mean to say it's one of these indelible master strokes of cinematic virtuosity, far from it. It's down and dirty, fun, and more importantly clever, piece of pulp from a really talented young filmmaker. To me this movie will develop a reputation similar to a movie like Edgar G. Ulmer's 'Detour', an exemplary genre flick that was released to mostly critical fanfare but almost zero box office success; and in the years since it's initial release will only continue to grow in respect and adoration.
    Although I do take issue with your dismissal of these kids in the beginning of the film, that's the entire point of the movie- that these maladjusted youths are really lost and lonely, just trying to set fires to let the world know they exist. You get to know each an every character to, by good old fashioned character quirks and beats. The young actors are allowed to take these standard beats and do something interesting with them.

  • @MrSaulMasters
    @MrSaulMasters 8 лет назад +28

    You missed the point of the film. Yes, the characters at the beginning aren't but has the film goes on Cornish reveals why they are the way they are, they don't choose to be this way but their environment has bred them like this and they have no other option but behave this way in order to survive (best seen when she goes into Moses' bedroom). It's a clever look at society but might not be relateable to Americans.

    • @docducttape9270
      @docducttape9270 5 лет назад +1

      Ugh, plenty of people grow up in REALLY shitty situations and don't CHOOSE to victimize people and be criminals.
      I know because I grew up in poverty, real poverty and I didn't like the shit.
      So instead of being weak minded and accepting my situation I soldiered on and made my way out.
      Giving people a pass because they have a hard life is just being an enabler. They need to be held responsible just like anyone else.
      We can't lower standards because someone had it rough.
      Just ask any one of them if breaking the law and victimizing people is right or wrong.
      They know better

  • @MarcusBadibanga
    @MarcusBadibanga 8 лет назад +11

    I love this movie! I personally give it an A. I feel like the m being street punks wasn't a flaw, but helped even more with their development and making them even more likable. in the end because of how they mature and when you come to understand how these kids are a sort of product of their environment. I think the film would've been a little different without that first scene,

  • @paradoxacres1063
    @paradoxacres1063 8 лет назад +15

    Love this film. Absolutely love it.
    Also..I liked John Boyega before it was cool ;)

    • @sylvesterwallace6965
      @sylvesterwallace6965 8 лет назад +1

      yes he's awesome in that film. in star wars they tried to carry over some of that acting such as the breathing and expressions

  • @Middl3Fing3rForU
    @Middl3Fing3rForU 10 лет назад +11

    I finally got the chance to finish this movie the other day and man I was surprised as fuck by it. Its easily one of my favorite movies of all time and I IMO and my opinion only deserving of an A+.

  • @ds37
    @ds37 12 лет назад +6

    Underrated movie! I get the point about some people saying the don't feel any sympathy for thoses kids because they rob innocent people, but what's the point watching gangsters movies? They also steal and murder people.

  • @Johnboysmudge
    @Johnboysmudge 5 лет назад +6

    Flaw?? You mean major plot point for the redemption arc?

    • @blkluv100
      @blkluv100 4 года назад +1

      He couldn't see past the main leads blackness.

    • @Johnboysmudge
      @Johnboysmudge 4 года назад

      @@blkluv100 lol

  • @mrnigz746
    @mrnigz746 8 лет назад +26

    Jesus no Americans get us brits

    • @EvoluteCreator
      @EvoluteCreator 7 лет назад

      Visit to America; some do.

    • @irishpanic
      @irishpanic 5 лет назад

      Stop lumping all Americans together. I'm getting sick of that. I'm from Texas and I had no problems understanding the movie and I loved it

    • @jeremyblackwater439
      @jeremyblackwater439 4 года назад

      @@irishpanic agreed...although im from Virginia💪

    • @blkluv100
      @blkluv100 4 года назад

      I get read my comment.

    • @BarryHart-xo1oy
      @BarryHart-xo1oy 2 месяца назад

      Unfortunately,the USA can be a very narcissistic and myopic country and Americans can seem quite stupid when it comes to understanding other societies.

  • @jeremyblackwater439
    @jeremyblackwater439 4 года назад +3

    This movie is dope. Chris its funny to see this old ass review. I looked up reviews thinking you wouldn't have one up. The intro and thumbnail were both jarring😂. Keep going man.

  • @Reborn8303
    @Reborn8303 13 лет назад +2

    That is the work of a true filmmaker ! When they have a shoestring budget and make it look like so much more !

  • @hulkfan97
    @hulkfan97 8 лет назад +9

    John Boyega!!!!!

  • @Arcangel6791
    @Arcangel6791 7 лет назад +1

    Would you have imagined that the actor potraying Moses was going to become one of the main characters on STAR WARS! AND the girl would become the 13th Doctor! MY GOD this movie had some mayor talent!

  • @SolidSquid1
    @SolidSquid1 11 лет назад +1

    The thing about them being punk kids, as far as I was aware that was intentional and they were supposed to be like that. The idea is that their experiences force them to adapt and grow out of their more childish behaviours and become more serious, if still kids

  • @jacobmacdonagh4070
    @jacobmacdonagh4070 8 лет назад +6

    They're chavs not punks!!

  • @ChrisStuckmann
    @ChrisStuckmann  13 лет назад +1

    @Dalton0089 Dude I just make short movies for fun, I'll never go hollywood. NO ONE can NEVER be a film critic. Anyone can do whatever they love.

  • @FrostArcher
    @FrostArcher 9 лет назад +1

    I saw this movie really early on the morning on the CW and I never knew the name of it until recently. I really liked this movie.

  • @coolkid360ful
    @coolkid360ful 2 года назад +1

    You have to live in London or any rundown town in England to appreciate the punk kids.
    I think its a cultural thing and only Londoners would understand.

  • @ilovefunnyvideos216
    @ilovefunnyvideos216 13 лет назад

    six review uploaded in one day?!? this totally makes my day despite the hurricane

  • @hjalmarnilsson1756
    @hjalmarnilsson1756 5 лет назад +1

    why the heck did the police not notice the dead alien bodies? and chris you missed the point of the movie with the kids

  • @lordpickle8424
    @lordpickle8424 4 года назад +2

    lol, this is so weird seeing an early review of his. He seems like one of those guys that went straight from boy to 30-something man with no in-between phase, lol.

  • @JEDIFROMHOTH
    @JEDIFROMHOTH 11 лет назад

    Chris is wrong on this one the point of showing them robbing the woman at the beginning is to show you how sucker up people can change. That was the genius of the director he made you care about them and even cheer for them by the time it was over.

  • @ChrisStuckmann
    @ChrisStuckmann  13 лет назад

    @Carcrafter7 Yup I think I liked it a little more than him in the end though.

  • @ReviewsbyTed
    @ReviewsbyTed 13 лет назад +1

    Just saw the movie last night and it is my favorite movie of the year so far. I loved it!

  • @angusng816
    @angusng816 3 года назад

    10 years later. This movie is better and was a great start for John Boyega.

  • @phlewis86
    @phlewis86 3 года назад

    I just watch that movie now this is 10 years after this review it’s a great movie.

  • @roberttaylor6577
    @roberttaylor6577 3 года назад

    All I wanna know is when attack the block 2 is coming out bro 😎

  • @ClockworkCaptain
    @ClockworkCaptain 13 лет назад

    @TomVeliotis I'm curious to see the director's commentary during that scene to hear his thoughts on why he chose to open it like that.

  • @simonprados7832
    @simonprados7832 7 лет назад +1

    you understand that your main flaw with this film is intentional to make the characters seem like they are punks

  • @harrid9277
    @harrid9277 5 лет назад

    Your point at the start makes sense but as a kid it you appreciate it more

  • @SmokeyOwOs
    @SmokeyOwOs 3 года назад

    A movie about bad kids and the dislike is that it was established that they're not great people.

  • @TheTj500
    @TheTj500 13 лет назад

    If your english and know the mentality of the kids more then you really do enjoy it

  • @highwind1991
    @highwind1991 12 лет назад

    This completely kicks SUPER 8's ass by a mile. This feels like the movie that Super 8 should have been. I really don't understand how you could dislike the characters by the end. That was one of the main aspects of the film in that we see them at their lowest point and then they change, learn, grow as kids, and we root for them and love their comraderie that they share. Plus, I loved the political aspect that they brought to the story. It felt like City Of God but with aliens

  • @b0wd0wnkid
    @b0wd0wnkid 12 лет назад

    this film had nothing to do with Shaun of the dead and Hot fuzz, it just happened to have nick frost in it.

  • @crashworkproductions
    @crashworkproductions 13 лет назад

    I really wish I could see this movie but it's not playing in any local theaters :/

  • @matthewschneider3391
    @matthewschneider3391 4 года назад

    Holy cow, who is this baby hosting this? I finally got around to watching this movie and I was shocked when I watched this review.

  • @transformerdude4251
    @transformerdude4251 12 лет назад

    Gangsters do not rob or kill innocent people, they have a code by which they do their business.

  • @ChrisStuckmann
    @ChrisStuckmann  13 лет назад

    @Dalton0089 Thanks man.

  • @DieHardAlien
    @DieHardAlien 13 лет назад

    Hello Again Chris, WHAT'S HAPPENING, YOU KEEP ON LOADING MOVIE REVIEWS, I'M NOT SAYING THAT'S BAD. MY GOSH MAN, 3 REVIEWS IN 1 DAY. But still, those were good reviews.

  • @TomVeliotis
    @TomVeliotis 13 лет назад

    I completely agree with everything you said in this review. My main problem was how right from the opening scene, these kids were displayed as mean spirited punk's. Other than that, the movie was pretty damn good.

  • @taidakun_ig
    @taidakun_ig 6 лет назад +1

    I don't kmow if you grew up in a bad neighborhood, but kids aren't punks by nature. They were bred that way due to the lives they were forced to live. It was to survive, and when you grow up in boonies you do what you can to survive. You become disheartened. You become a punk so people won't take you for a sucker. That's unfortunately how it is. Show weakness and you'll be exploited. They were relatable to people who grew up the same way, which made them all the more likeable.

  • @thefrickenfilmcritic
    @thefrickenfilmcritic 13 лет назад

    By the way, the aliens were done with Rotoscope.

  • @ethangarwood527
    @ethangarwood527 5 лет назад +2

    The “punks” 😂😂 this g be trippin

  • @dmoney5443
    @dmoney5443 8 лет назад

    I guess I got lucky, but the first time I saw this movie was on TV and I happened to just miss the beginning part where the kids mugged her. I really loved the characters even from the start, and I enjoyed the movie a lot more because of it.

  • @TheSawfan101
    @TheSawfan101 13 лет назад

    I loved this movie. I liked how the way in the first half it is kind of a comedy but in the second half it gets a little darker and grittier.

  • @moovieman222
    @moovieman222 13 лет назад

    Since Battlefield Earth, hollywood has been trying to make good alien invasion movies. Finally, 11 years later they succeeded? wow. great review

  • @CinematicGalaxy
    @CinematicGalaxy 13 лет назад +1

    Good review, this sounds interesting. And I completely agree with you on the way you described punk kids, haha.

  • @roshaunjohnson6960
    @roshaunjohnson6960 4 года назад +1

    What about the parents of the two boys who died they didn't address their or evn mourned

  • @GoWarriors
    @GoWarriors 3 года назад

    Just watched it last night. I am with you. Didn’t like the kids and it was just ok. Entertaining for a lazy Friday

  • @irishpanic
    @irishpanic 5 лет назад

    It wasn't half the movie. It was the first 10-15 min tops. Also having them do that early in the movie was perfect because it gave them character. I think you went on too long about how much you didn't like them for what you call "half the movie". L for me. I thought the movie was great for its budget

  • @marley1221
    @marley1221 11 лет назад

    I love this movie, I don't have a hard relating to these kids because they remind me of kids I knew growing up. You keep calling them punks but to me they're just kids

  • @8andimpala
    @8andimpala 4 года назад

    Damn. You're a baby in this video. Cant. Believe I've been watching that long.

  • @TheSawfan101
    @TheSawfan101 13 лет назад

    COT DAMN IT WHEN IS DIS MOVIE COMING TO MY T0WN?!!!?!

  • @Sounds2Human
    @Sounds2Human 3 года назад

    Sooo..... That “flaw” sounds kinda like a personal problem....

  • @Comic3247
    @Comic3247 5 лет назад +1

    That opening was a bit cringe

  • @FlyingFocs
    @FlyingFocs 13 лет назад +1

    Unlikeable main characters, huh?
    Yeah, that's what ruined Gone with the Wind for me, except the main character in that movie never became more likeable.

  • @MrJB2224
    @MrJB2224 6 лет назад

    "I just wanna go in my house, lock my door and play FIFA"...

  • @James_Lo
    @James_Lo 6 лет назад +1

    Punk is the wrong word

  • @DeeplyCynical007
    @DeeplyCynical007 7 лет назад

    If u come from their kind of environment you understand these characters from the beginning

  • @ClockworkCaptain
    @ClockworkCaptain 13 лет назад

    Great review. I like the old-fashioned alien type movies too. Enough CGI for once. It's not coming anywhere near where I live. So I have wait awhile. Been waiting A LONG time. I'm pretty pumped. :)

  • @thefrickenfilmcritic
    @thefrickenfilmcritic 13 лет назад

    Believe it, bruv.

  • @jpgcne
    @jpgcne 9 лет назад +3

    FINN!!!!!!!!

  • @MNMreviews
    @MNMreviews 13 лет назад

    I keep hearing cult classic about Attack the Block. Maybe over time. I wish it would just expand already.

  • @KaleLikesWaffles
    @KaleLikesWaffles 7 лет назад

    John Boyega from Attack the Block

  • @thefrickenfilmcritic
    @thefrickenfilmcritic 13 лет назад

    @InsaneBurger Why?!?! This was like 50x better!

  • @ClockworkCaptain
    @ClockworkCaptain 13 лет назад

    @JTKomedy Posted that before watching to mark my territory lol :P so I couldn't give my valid opinion until finished. 3 REVIEWS IN ONE DAY = WIN! :)

  • @jmorgan8385
    @jmorgan8385 5 лет назад +1

    Perfect British film Act just like the kids over here

  • @Brighteyeslonglashes
    @Brighteyeslonglashes 13 лет назад

    I wish I watched and reviewed this film when it came out because UK got this film months ago! UK got something first...makes a change. :-P

  • @kamran102
    @kamran102 4 года назад

    The aliens are the best ever. So simple and creative and new.

  • @NotCharlesMorse
    @NotCharlesMorse 13 лет назад

    This was my second favorite of the summer

  • @syarchdesign
    @syarchdesign 7 лет назад

    since 2011, You lost some weight bro. Thumbs up.

  • @ModestPilgrim1
    @ModestPilgrim1 13 лет назад

    hey chris do u actually wanna be like a big time director?

  • @BigOMovieReviews
    @BigOMovieReviews 13 лет назад

    This movie is good truth bruv better believe it

  • @thefrickenfilmcritic
    @thefrickenfilmcritic 13 лет назад

    @ClockworkCaptain no you're not

  • @ilovefunnyvideos216
    @ilovefunnyvideos216 13 лет назад

    @yoshiwako WIN!

  • @BigOMovieReviews
    @BigOMovieReviews 13 лет назад

    @thefrickenfilmcritic Hell Yeah

  • @gammerguy1995
    @gammerguy1995 12 лет назад

    am i the only one who found this film was just to serious? don't get me wrong i love shaun of the dead and hot fuzz and yeah they had there serious moments but it was way more ballanced than this film.
    i thought i was all right film. the last part of the movie was better i found thanks to mossef.
    i mean i have my laughs and all but i thought i could have more humor.
    i thought those kids with exeption of moses we're little twats.
    but hey i'm just expressing my opion. nothing wrong with that.

  • @matthewdover6468
    @matthewdover6468 11 лет назад

    Okay.

  • @michaelray4548
    @michaelray4548 11 лет назад

    I LOVED this movie

  • @dreamtwilightlife
    @dreamtwilightlife 13 лет назад

    Awesome!! I want to see it!

  • @stavanbhakta3671
    @stavanbhakta3671 8 лет назад +1

    Finn!!!

  • @rossco333333
    @rossco333333 5 лет назад

    Punk kids? In the UK all teenagers at like this.

    • @mayonguy0014
      @mayonguy0014 5 лет назад

      I feel sorry for the UK. Just when I think the USA is really going down the toilet, I see another country worse off

  • @Rachel-96
    @Rachel-96 11 лет назад

    i love your short films :)

  • @vishifishi01
    @vishifishi01 13 лет назад

    if your american try and translate this: manna dem got bare muneys still!!!

  • @POPgoestheculturePOP
    @POPgoestheculturePOP 12 лет назад

    Check out my review of this movie!

  • @faraimachakanja3247
    @faraimachakanja3247 5 лет назад

    How is it possible every white reviewer mis the point , the purpose of first seen wasn’t really hard to to deduce

    • @blkluv100
      @blkluv100 4 года назад

      It's their bias and racism that keeps them from having any empathy or understanding for minorities and poverty. They love movies like the GODFATHER, GOODFELLAS, SCARFACE and the SOPRANOS TV show they empathize and feel for these characters doing despicable things, but we aren't given the same consideration.

  • @ClockworkCaptain
    @ClockworkCaptain 13 лет назад

    6th.

  • @transformerdude4251
    @transformerdude4251 11 лет назад

    What?

  • @jacobklemmer
    @jacobklemmer 13 лет назад

    Who the frick cares what number comment I am? Just watch the frickin video!