Comments on: Review: Harry Brown

By: Brit_Flickz

Brit_Flickz — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 04:44:00 +0000

Good point, well made GoolabJAMAN – i'm going to watch Harry Brown very soon and reading BazMann's review almost put me off bothering until i read what yourself and loads of other people are saying.
The vast majority are saying that Harry Brown is, like you said, a great film.

By: GoolabJAMAN

GoolabJAMAN — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 19:22:03 +0000

I never said he did. But maybe it should be left up to film makers to critsize each others work. Your beleif that you know how to make this film better is similar to those guys down the pub who know exactly how to lead their team to world cup victory. In other words you cant do it yourself so you content yourself with poking holes in others work. Which i would wager is far superior to anything the incredible baz man could come up with short of some stern words and that wit you have clearly shown with your para phrasing. I find it rather funny that your so quick to give out your opinion but unwilling to accept others. I liked the film. I loved the junkie scene. You didnt. I disagree. Therefore i must think the film is perfect ? No i just think its a great film.

By: Baz_mann

Baz_mann — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 17:30:34 +0000

GoolabJAMAN, you don't think i should have criticized the film? It's perfect then is it? We should expect a clean sweep at the Oscars? Your assertion that as i am not a filmmaker, i should not criticize the film is perfectly valid. You are not a filmmaker either, so you shouldn't even be watching it, you can't appreciate it either. In fact, all films should only be viewed by other filmmakers, as they are clearly the only ones who can appreciate the art, right? I can promise you Daniel Barber didn't wrap, then think 'that's it, perfect film, don't need to bother next time'. He will be perfectly aware that as his first feature, Harry Brown isn't perfect, and i'm sure he'll take ALL criticism on board for consideration in his next project, whatever it may be. Or do you really believe we should regard all films as brilliant simply because we haven't made a better one ourselves?

By: Baz_mann

Baz_mann — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 17:22:56 +0000

Ste1bro, do you really believe the violent youth of today is just a generation born with the instincts to wreak havoc? The reason you want to believe this, is the same reason you pigeonhole people who intimidate you as scallys, and tag me as 'middleclass', presumably because i have access to a computer and a broadband connection. By reducing these things to a label it allows you comfort. You want to believe they are all mindless thugs because it helps you sleep at night. There are factors that affect all behaviour, and in fact by saying they are trying to emulate areas like The Bronx and Compton you ARE attributing their behaviour to external influences, in this case, the media. How else would they know what happens in these places? If that is what influences their behaviour, then the film should have addressed it. As for me believing they 'made this stuff up', did you actually read the review? 'Weâ€™d like to hide our heads in the sand, and pretend this is an extreme view of the world, and isnâ€™t really happening. But it is. Itâ€™s happening every day, somewhere in your town.' My words. I'm under no illusions. But you need to accept the world is more complicated than you'd like it to be.

By: GoolabJAMAN

GoolabJAMAN — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 00:20:49 +0000

Barry you seem to know exactly how to fix everything thats wrong with this film. Why is it then that you are writing reviews and not directing your own succesful movies? Oh thats right because your full of the brown stuff. Excellent film. The scene with the junkies disturbed me more than anything ive ever seen in a movie and thats saying something. I think that that was also kind of the point

By: Ste1bro

Ste1bro — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 06:08:08 +0000

I've seen a few reviews for Harry Brown that label it's 'Scallies are animals' over-simplification as a flaw. It isn't. Scallies ARE animals.

The things that happen in this film aren't exagerrated. I wonder where some of these reviewers live, because they seem to be under the impression that films like Harry Brown are making this stuff up. They aren't.

A friend of mine was travelling home from work on the bus a few weeks ago when his bus was shot at, twice, by scallies, for no reason whatsoever. I've had a scally try to pick a fistfight with me in the checkout at Asda for no reason whatsoever.

If you ask me, Harry Brown is one of the bravest films I've seen in ages, for daring to tell the awful, awful truth that these people are, plain and simple, animals. (Forget about trying to 'explain away their motivations' - they have none. To scumbags like these, it's all entertainment, fuelled by a desire to turn their own pokey council estate into Baltimore, or Compton, or the Bronx). And for daring to say that sometimes, just sometimes, an eye-for-an-eye CAN lead to a better life.

That's why it's made so many middle-class reviewers so uncomfortable, and rightly so...

By: terry fenn

terry fenn — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 02:21:47 +0000

great storyline great acting by caine great film leaves you with plenty to think about.

By: matthewrichardson

matthewrichardson — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:11:03 +0000

I think Harry browns underlying moral is of justice….Just like Gran Torino

I is a very violent film…but none the less definately brilliant because of the sense of revenge..Caine is brilliant and should win an acadamy award

By: bumhole

bumhole — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:21:05 +0000

Nonsense, this film is great, and real, caine is a legend

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Wooden TV Stands — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:57:04 +0000

Sounds like it could well be worth a watch to me anyway, you can't argue with a good British film.

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