Attack The Block

[The Sparrow]

Hey, I've been brought up decidedly middle-class, thank you very much. And I wasn't glorifying them as heroes at all, I was merely sympathising with them. I think if you live in those squalid conditions with the disadvantage of unreliable/nonexistent parents (as the main character does) you're not going to come off of it well. Don't get me wrong, I don't condone what they do at the start of the film, absolutely not. I just think that there's a reason for it which people might not consider because it it so shocking.

I didn't say you were glorifying them as heroes, that's what we are expected to do at the end by the film makers. That is what sickens me.

As for their circumstances, plenty of law abiding people live on estates like that who would never dream of attacking a lone woman.

[RickyRaj]

I got bored of this film and Anuvhood after about 45 mins and watched something else instead!

[weirdfilms33]

Hey, I've been brought up decidedly middle-class, thank you very much. And I wasn't glorifying them as heroes at all, I was merely sympathising with them. I think if you live in those squalid conditions with the disadvantage of unreliable/nonexistent parents (as the main character does) you're not going to come off of it well. Don't get me wrong, I don't condone what they do at the start of the film, absolutely not. I just think that there's a reason for it which people might not consider because it it so shocking.

I didn't say you were glorifying them as heroes, that's what we are expected to do at the end by the film makers. That is what sickens me.

As for their circumstances, plenty of law abiding people live on estates like that who would never dream of attacking a lone woman.

Yeah, I suppose the ending is misguided. It's by no means a perfect film, I just don't like it when people see the protagonists as beyond help and in need of a violent death. And plenty do, but some deal with hardship better than others.