Sunday, 18 December 2011

C bomb - Alex

Me and Patrick have a mutual love for cockney gangster films, Pat had a little thing for Statham where as it is Winstone who butters my crumpets. The reason I bring this topic up is because last night I watched the film London Boulevard, a film about a man who gets out of clink and whilst trying to avoid the gangster scene, gets involved in the gangster scene. The plot is slightly thin and some of the appeal is lost due to the all to widely used "extreme violence solves everything" approach. The one thing I will remember the film for, though, is the alarmingly natural use of the c word. The four letter one that sounds a lot like "punt". I don't know the exact count; not even google does. But if I had to guess I would say that in the 103 minutes the c word is used at least 40 times. And naturally when the c word is present all other sorts of nasties follow. Incredibly graphic violence, drugs, and sex. And they are the three reasons I love cockney gangster films. They make me want to be brutally physical and thuggishly inclined. Sadly I am not, I am a pale, thinly built brainbox. Sadly I'm not even that brainy anymore, I've lost my mojo. I'd have to be the brains behind any operation, not that I think I'll end up involved in gangs. No matter what the media try to tell you about today's youth.

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