Somers Town: Film review
Two teenagers, both newcomers to London. Marek who just
moved to London with his Dad, and Tomo who is a runaway from Nottingham, who
has nothing back there and is looking to forge a life out in London, but
unfortunate events happen to him the first night he stays there and ends up
meeting Marek, and form a unlikely friendship and chase and fight over a girl,
Maria.
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Shane Meadows who was hired to make a short film to promote
the new euro star terminal in st. Pancreas. One of the key themes in this short film is
contrast; Tomo is very much an opposite version of Marek. Tomo is short and
lazy and also cheeky, whilst Marek is tall, hardworking and very shy. Another
theme is growing up, when
Marek met Tomo, he slowly changed, some bad things but some positive
things, a example of a this is that he was coming out of his shell, and had a friend and he was having fun,
but Tomo had a bad influence on him, when they stole laundry from the local
launderette. Both of them were growing up over this period, they both loved the
same girl, but they made sure it didn't get between them, saying that they both
were still very childish, lying to impress a girl, and Tomo hiding under
Marek’s bed from Marek’s dad.
I personally had mixed feelings about this film, I thought
it was cleverly made, for example ever time you met a new character; it would
be a colored scene, but any other scene would be in black and white, (Spoiler)
but when they went to France it was in color. Meadows themes and ideas were
very interesting, I liked that the 2 main characters were contrasted, it added
to the humor, to see how both of them got to know each other.
On the other hand, the pace of the movie, for me was way too
quick, (spoiler) when they decide to go to France they skip the whole trip to
there, which I thought that they could of got a bit more personal and find out
why Tomo ran away from home and what happened with Marek’s mother. I found it a
bit cliche and very cheesy, they decided they would go to France, and they somehow found Maria. I think Shane Meadows rushed the film a bit, and he could have done more
with it.
Shane Meadow actually created this to make a short film for
a new euro star terminal in st. Pancreas, his aim was to show what love can do to
you, no matter how blind it is, and the fact that Marek and Tomo traveled to France not knowing anything but her name shows that.
I would recommend this film, but it will be annoying towards
the end with the short ending and the unanswered questions.
I am going to give this film a 6/10, it was a great story
and the comedy was great, but they could have done so much more.
O.K
Thanks O.K.
ReplyDeleteShane Meadows is, in my opinion, one of the best British directors working today (have you seen ‘Dead Man’s Shoes’ – one of my favourite films) and although ‘Somers Town’ perhaps isn’t his finest moment, everything he does is worth watching. Your analysis is perceptive and supported by close reference to the film and the techniques used by Meadows to tell a story.
To improve the quality of your writing, you need to get into the habit of carefully checking your work. For example, I can see that you know how to use apostrophes correctly as you use them correctly a number of times. However, you miss out one or two throughout the piece. Also there are a couple of issues with missing capitals and spelling mistakes.
Could you check the piece very carefully and correct any mistakes please?
Thanks for the comment, i would have to agree about Shane Meadows being one of the best British film directors, no i have not seen 'Dead Man's Shoes', but i really liked 'This is England'.
ReplyDeleteThe problem with Shane Meadows and plenty other British film directors is that they don't have a big enough budget to compete with Hollywood, and that has seen a decline of British films in the top selling films every year. It is sad to see that but that is how it is.
I will look through this and try and correct my mistakes, thanks for pointing this out.
O.K
Thanks O.K. And remember, even when you are commenting on this blog, to make sure your writing is technically accurate. 'I' NOT 'i'.
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