Attack The Block (2011) -- 10/25
09-15-11 | 12:12 PM
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Attack The Block (2011) -- 10/25
This fall, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment is planning to release the horror/comedy Attack the Block on Blu-ray. The feature-film debut from Joe Cornish (co-writer of both TV's The Adam and Joe Show and Steven Spielberg's upcoming The Adventures of Tintin) focuses on a London street gang that must save their apartment block from a horde of ravenous space aliens. Featuring an acclaimed electronica soundtrack by Steven Price & Basement Jaxx, Attack the Block stars Jodie Whittaker (Good), Nick Frost (Shaun of the Dead), and newcomer John Boyega as Moses, the gang's troubled leader-turned-reluctant hero.
While Sony has not confirmed the Blu-ray's complete technical specifications, it will present the film in its original aspect ratio of 2.39:1. The disc also contains a number of special features, including:
"Junior" commentary with writer/director Joe Cornish and actors John Boyega, Alex Esmail, Franz Drameh, Simon Howard, and Leeon Jones
"Senior" commentary with Cornish and actors Jodie Whittaker, Luke Treadaway, and Nick Frost
"Executive Producer" commentary with Cornish and executive producer Edgar Wright (Hot Fuzz)
Behind the Block featurette
Creature Feature featurette
Meet the Gang featurette
Unfilmed Action featurette
That's a Rap featurette
Attack the Block is expected to street on October 25th.
While Sony has not confirmed the Blu-ray's complete technical specifications, it will present the film in its original aspect ratio of 2.39:1. The disc also contains a number of special features, including:
"Junior" commentary with writer/director Joe Cornish and actors John Boyega, Alex Esmail, Franz Drameh, Simon Howard, and Leeon Jones
"Senior" commentary with Cornish and actors Jodie Whittaker, Luke Treadaway, and Nick Frost
"Executive Producer" commentary with Cornish and executive producer Edgar Wright (Hot Fuzz)
Behind the Block featurette
Creature Feature featurette
Meet the Gang featurette
Unfilmed Action featurette
That's a Rap featurette
Attack the Block is expected to street on October 25th.
09-15-11 | 04:12 PM
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missed it's small theatrical release, but glad it's getting released on home video rather quickly. I'm though very annoyed that the album soundtrack did not get a domestic release - granted it's buyable via ITunes, I'd still like a physical copy (CD) and the imports are still a bit steep.
09-15-11 | 04:17 PM
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09-15-11 | 04:32 PM
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I never caught this, but I've heard nothing but awesome praise. Any modern film that gets compared to The Monster Squad is worth buying in my mind.
09-15-11 | 04:53 PM
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Dis-a-fucking-gree as they're two separate films... and this is coming from someone who loved them both.
Super 8 feels like a lost Speilberg-produced film that just got to see the light of day. It feels exactly like a film Speilberg would've put out during the era of Close Encounters of the Third Kind, E.T., Gremlins and The Goonies. The film has its faults, but I loved the ride as it brought me back to my childhood.
I don't like to compare Attack the Block to films of the eighties like The Goonies or The Monster Squad. It's definitely a homage to films from that era, but I would put it closer to alien invasion films from that decade like Night of the Creeps. You have a group of individuals who happen to be at the wrong place at the wrong time. It just happens that in this case the group happens to be a slew of foul-mouthed, weed-smoking, unlikeable twats that the audience has to accept to like within the 88-minute running time. And if you don't grow to like the characters, no loss, because the Basement Jaxx-supplied score kicks a lot of ass regardless of the quality of the film.
Super 8 feels like a lost Speilberg-produced film that just got to see the light of day. It feels exactly like a film Speilberg would've put out during the era of Close Encounters of the Third Kind, E.T., Gremlins and The Goonies. The film has its faults, but I loved the ride as it brought me back to my childhood.
I don't like to compare Attack the Block to films of the eighties like The Goonies or The Monster Squad. It's definitely a homage to films from that era, but I would put it closer to alien invasion films from that decade like Night of the Creeps. You have a group of individuals who happen to be at the wrong place at the wrong time. It just happens that in this case the group happens to be a slew of foul-mouthed, weed-smoking, unlikeable twats that the audience has to accept to like within the 88-minute running time. And if you don't grow to like the characters, no loss, because the Basement Jaxx-supplied score kicks a lot of ass regardless of the quality of the film.
09-15-11 | 05:29 PM
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Re: Attack The Block (2011) -- 10/25
Dis-a-fucking-gree as they're two separate films... and this is coming from someone who loved them both.
Super 8 feels like a lost Speilberg-produced film that just got to see the light of day. It feels exactly like a film Speilberg would've put out during the era of Close Encounters of the Third Kind, E.T., Gremlins and The Goonies. The film has its faults, but I loved the ride as it brought me back to my childhood.
I don't like to compare Attack the Block to films of the eighties like The Goonies or The Monster Squad. It's definitely a homage to films from that era, but I would put it closer to alien invasion films from that decade like Night of the Creeps. You have a group of individuals who happen to be at the wrong place at the wrong time. It just happens that in this case the group happens to be a slew of foul-mouthed, weed-smoking, unlikeable twats that the audience has to accept to like within the 88-minute running time. And if you don't grow to like the characters, no loss, because the Basement Jaxx-supplied score kicks a lot of ass regardless of the quality of the film.
Super 8 feels like a lost Speilberg-produced film that just got to see the light of day. It feels exactly like a film Speilberg would've put out during the era of Close Encounters of the Third Kind, E.T., Gremlins and The Goonies. The film has its faults, but I loved the ride as it brought me back to my childhood.
I don't like to compare Attack the Block to films of the eighties like The Goonies or The Monster Squad. It's definitely a homage to films from that era, but I would put it closer to alien invasion films from that decade like Night of the Creeps. You have a group of individuals who happen to be at the wrong place at the wrong time. It just happens that in this case the group happens to be a slew of foul-mouthed, weed-smoking, unlikeable twats that the audience has to accept to like within the 88-minute running time. And if you don't grow to like the characters, no loss, because the Basement Jaxx-supplied score kicks a lot of ass regardless of the quality of the film.
09-15-11 | 06:37 PM
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09-15-11 | 07:02 PM
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missed it's small theatrical release, but glad it's getting released on home video rather quickly. I'm though very annoyed that the album soundtrack did not get a domestic release - granted it's buyable via ITunes, I'd still like a physical copy (CD) and the imports are still a bit steep.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Attack-Block...6131106&sr=1-1
09-16-11 | 10:52 AM
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Re: Attack The Block (2011) -- 10/25
Dis-a-fucking-gree as they're two separate films... and this is coming from someone who loved them both.
Super 8 feels like a lost Speilberg-produced film that just got to see the light of day. It feels exactly like a film Speilberg would've put out during the era of Close Encounters of the Third Kind, E.T., Gremlins and The Goonies. The film has its faults, but I loved the ride as it brought me back to my childhood.
Super 8 feels like a lost Speilberg-produced film that just got to see the light of day. It feels exactly like a film Speilberg would've put out during the era of Close Encounters of the Third Kind, E.T., Gremlins and The Goonies. The film has its faults, but I loved the ride as it brought me back to my childhood.
I don't want to tie up an Attack the Block thread with debate about a different movie, but I personally thought Super 8 was a retro-nostalgia wankfest. There were some really nice scenes throughout, especially with the kids, but everything else, from the over-the-top train derailment to the actual look of the alien/monster was so boneheadedly misguided. I love the old Amblin flicks, but I don't want to watch a limp facsimile of those movies. Attack the Block, meanwhile, felt new and fun, even though it utilized a lot of the same formulas.
09-16-11 | 01:04 PM
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