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DraconianOne
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on: January 05, 2011, 04:20:01 AM

Why don't we have a thread on this yet?

Awesome film by satire master Chris Morris (of "The Day Today", "Brass Eye", "Jam", "IT Crowd" and "My Wrongs 8245 - 8249 & 117") about 4, highly incompetent, Sheffield based Jihadis who want to blow up London. It's typically controversial (bears quite a lot of relation to the 7/7 London bombings and the 21/7 bombing attempt) but very funny and thought-provoking in its own way.

Trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yszKc4m-W9U

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Reply #1 on: January 05, 2011, 05:50:23 AM

I watched this a day or two ago; definitely has the feel of Chris Morris to it. I really enjoyed it, the jokes were paced well and the plot doesn't drag. The setting was singularly unusual and well done and I enjoyed the story. I would definitely recommend this to anyone who can appreciate satire.

My only small caveat would be that people might struggle with the accents, but it's still worth it.

Barry is a masterpiece of cinema.

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Reply #2 on: January 05, 2011, 06:13:52 AM

For anyone who hasn't experienced the genius of Chris Morris, I present this as one of his finest moments.

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DraconianOne
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Reply #3 on: January 05, 2011, 06:40:50 AM

Barry is a masterpiece of cinema.

Morris tells the story about the inspiration for Barry in this podcast: http://daily.greencine.com/archives/007714.html

Specifically:
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I met one white guy who used to be in the BNP and went around beating up Pakistani lads. He then decided he was going to get more subtle, and mess with their minds. So he bought a Koran so he could beat them at their own arguments. But he accidentally converted himself, and that guy ended up being a poster boy for a Muslim radical organisation.

That's one of the scary things about the film is that a fair bit of it is inspired by real events and real fuckwits who couldn't organise their sock drawer, let alone a plot to blow up London.

A point can be MOOT. MUTE is more along the lines of what you should be. - WayAbvPar
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