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Post by nucleusofswarm on May 11, 2018 23:46:10 GMT
Let's talk about some of Mickey's movies:
Kidulthood and Adulthood were the Sixteen Candles or Boyz in The Hood of my generation of British kids. For council estate & inner city kids who came of age through the mid to late 2000s, raised on Playstation and Hip-Hop, Noel Clarke’s seminal 2006 feature about the lives and trials of seven teens was the first time we saw our lives on the big screen: our clothing, slang, multicultural social circle and the pre-Olympics, unrenovated London were exactly as we knew them in day to day life. I recall the hype for Adulthood among the 2008 youth was crazy too, getting the same level of excitement and buzz as The Dark Knight or Iron Man.
Brotherhood... that's a different story altogether. Similar to Moffat: the fanboy is far less interesting than the storyteller. 4.3.2.1, Storage 24 and The Anomaly are all Clarke’s attempts to make the kind of films he likes watching and are substantially less engaging than his original, more artistically minded works
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Post by Deleted on May 13, 2018 22:58:24 GMT
I suppose the difference is that Sixteen Candles and Boyz In The Hood were big hits so they resonsated more just through exposure. These were well regarded Brit indies that did solid business but I don't remember the buzz being more than solid. Checking the box office, Adulthood was the 72nd biggest film at the UK b.o. that year with loads of British films like Son Of Rambow grossing more so if there was that level of excitement it didn't translate into people going to the film..
They certainly weren't big films in my circles though maybe resonated more in the South of England. I personally thought they were a case of diminishing returns with the first great and by the end being downright let down.
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Post by nucleusofswarm on May 13, 2018 23:37:22 GMT
I suppose the difference is that Sixteen Candles and Boyz In The Hood were big hits so they resonsated more just through exposure. These were well regarded Brit indies that did solid business but I don't remember the buzz being more than solid. Checking the box office, Adulthood was the 72nd biggest film at the UK b.o. that year with loads of British films like Son Of Rambow grossing more so if there was that level of excitement it didn't translate into people going to the film.. They certainly weren't big films in my circles though maybe resonated more in the South of England. I personally thought they were a case of diminishing returns with the first great and by the end being downright let down. Well in mine you couldn't go anywhere without someone going on about Adulthood. Perhaps it is a regional thing, though I do recall Kidulthood getting plenty of attention outside London. In fact, it happened right alongside a spate of knife crimes among the youth, if you recall that, and ended up merging to a degree with the discussion.
Adulthood, I imagine, got more money through the DVD than ticket admissions, which is certainly not uncommon for these types of 'Urban' movies. It's how all the Football Factory and Green Street-wannabes make their profit. Even something like Shank turned some cash that way.
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