Will the Noughties be the worst decade ever for British Film?

[HIPPIEDAVE]

And yes you cannot recreate the aura of the 60s and 70s films which were better days.D

[batman]

name='HIPPIEDAVE']The Noughties will def be worst era for Television.D

I agree ... unless there is an unbelievable increase in quality over the next two years!



Bats.

[Cooper S]

May be too early to judge the decade for its films, but hate the term 'Noughties' - for me it's the Twenty-zeroes.

[batman]

name='Cooper S']May be too early to judge the decade for its films, but hate the term 'Noughties' - for me it's the Twenty-zeroes.

'The Noughties' sounds like more fun ... 'Twenty-zeroes' just reminds me of 'Thirty-something' (not the tv show).



Bats.

[Steve Crook]

name='Cooper S']May be too early to judge the decade for its films, but hate the term 'Noughties' - for me it's the Twenty-zeroes.

I prefer the noughties to "the ooze" which I've also heard used

Everyone likes to be a bit naughty



"Twenty-zeroes" is just too long and clumsy a term to use in everyday speech and doesn't fit in with the descriptions of other decades like the roaring twenties or the swinging sixties



I would say it certainly is still much too early to judge the decade. There could be a spate of brilliant films just around the corner. Or a run of disasters.



Steve

[Cooper S]

name='Steve Crook']"Twenty-zeroes" is just too long and clumsy a term to use in everyday speech and doesn't fit in with the descriptions of other decades like the roaring twenties or the swinging sixties

As long and clumsy as the nineteen-hundreds I guess. The noughties just sounds like rather rubbishy cheap innuendo. And for a decade that brought us ground zero, may twenty-zeroes portrays a more accurate image of these uncertain times.

[Steve Crook]

name='Cooper S']The noughties just sounds like rather rubbishy cheap innuendo.

That's what it's intended to be



Steve

[OldRetiredGuy]

I like the debate that 28 Days Later has stirred up! Which zombies are the real zombies - those that hobble around or the Olympic sprinters? To my way of thinking it doesn't matter. The effect on the audience is the key to me. Whether you feel the adrenaline, fear and tension in the more modern films or the slow burning unsettling revulsion and inevitability of Romero's work they all work well.



28 Days Later is not a classic but a good addition to the genre but I accept that the early scenes have echoes of The Day of the Triffids. The sight of London deserted is startling enough. I don't think it compares with the first twenty minutes of the Hollywood remake of Dawn of the Dead which for me is really shocking and unsettling. The sight of bloody mayhem in the suburbs is really disturbing. Pity the rest of the film does not live up to the high standards of the beginning although the ending is more satisfying than the Romero original.

[iainroberton]

spose it depends on what qualifies as a british film, dunnit?



most of the films listed so far in this thread are only partially british. they're mostly made with american money, quite often american cast and directors which is pretty depressing, when you consider how many great films are getting made in france, italy, even fricking finland - all with government support.



ah well.



so anyway. tough to tell really. the 90s were pretty shocking. and let's not even talk about the 80s.

[autolycus]

I must say, i thought that 28 days later was a complete load of twaddle. However, i'm surprised London To Brighton hasn't been mentioned in this thread - at least as good as Scum, a seminal british film in a similar earthy vein.