Four Lions was inspired by Chris Morris sitting in on a trial of Muslim extremists who were convicted of stocking up on explosive material for a bombing campaign. Morris was struck by just how stupid the defendants were, potentially dangerous yes but deluded and stupid.
Which is why it worked so well.
And do I give a fuck if the relatives of some terrorists didn't like it.
It is a hilarious film but that doesn't make it flippant. The humour creates a kind of warmth which allows you to relate to the characters and to care more about what eventually happens to them. I think the humour actually adds to the sadness rather than detracting from it.
@SonicShoeLaces Two things: One, your taxes pay them for good reason and two, if you don't understand why your taxes pay them, what the hell atre you doing on this video? Perhaps it was to comment on how taxes are used? Or are you just an idiot?
That is quite a comment you got there, peppered with nonsensical illusion and confusion. And you are calling me a fucking idiot? yet you don't understand my simple on liner? Are you after this cunt's job?
Send this to the beeb along with your portfolio, a shoe in, I think, they like waste.
@SonicShoeLaces Again, that question comes as to why you visited the page. No, I'm not after his job. And I understand the one liner just fine. What I don't understand is why an idiot like you is looking at wit like Kermode's got. MAybe the reason you did the one liner is because you are jealous of how clever he is.
@SonicShoeLaces Ah, the common idiot strikes again. If everyone is thinking that you're an idiot, why bother coming up with comebacks that, let's face it, are rubbish?
I found this movie incredibly depressing, it was well acted and was funny in parts but there was such an overwhelming sense of depression looming throught that i just couldnt enjoy it as much as i wanted to
Although its sometimes diffucult to find much of this funny, as the subject matter is quite touchy and at times, muslims are portrayed innacurately, I did like the part about the jewish car parts.
I can't stand Kermit... But his analysis of this film is true enough... Good film but as always I expect too much from Morris... I still think his finest work is Blue Jaam. I still recall waiting up till 1am when it was broadcast.... Genius.
I rarely COMPLETELY agree with Mr Kermode, I think he's a fine film critic and I thoroughly enjoy his reviews - even if I don't agree. But I have to say, this is the first time I have sat and realised that I felt exactly the same after watching a film he has reviewed. I found the film very emotional and it was on my mind for quite a while after watching it, however I did really enjoy it and found myself laughing a lot. Nice review :)
I agree with Mark, I felt that the first two thirds were a very funny comedy then it became a drama. I do think that both the comedy and the drama elements work very well
One of the main reasons this film works so well is because of the serous content that is ever present even as the comedy unfolds. The acting is fantastic and the timing superb. Kermode described it best, "it doesn't use comedy to distance itself from the appalling reality" As i walked away i thought, i have just laughed a lot at a very sensitive subject area whilst also feeling that it did it without offending the majority of people and that, in itself, in todays society is a great achievement.
i don't know how he came to the conclusion that it wasn't funny. i was laughing all the way through that film and it was about time someone turned the satire spotlight to the jihadists to show them how ridiculous they are, but in such a brilliant way. it was riotously funny but didn't touch on controversial ground, which is quite an achievement given the subject. one of the best films ever imo
I totally agree with Mark Kermode's analysis of the film; individual moments of sheer brilliance and side splitting humour tainted by the depravity of their intentions...could not bring myself to watch it again because of the realism that it brings with it!
I really disagree with Kermode. I thought this film was hilarious although since I am a british-asian I guess maybe he missed some of the in-jokes. Also it seemed clear to me that Chris Morris (and co) deliberately sidestepped the "issues" and pathos (although there was a smattering of that but it was laced with humour which left you not knowing whether to laugh or not when faissal blew up for example). Chris Morris seems to say as much in his interviews as I recall.
@Juzz90 When Kermode nails it - he really nails it. Being such a big fan of Tarantino, I didn't want to believe what Kermode was saying about him. But I have to be honest with myself. He's right.
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Pure genius my arse, it was pure crap. It was not funny in the slightest, it was a comedy without wit, without any insight at all into the subject matter, comedy is about investigating taboo subjects, and this did no such thing, it was so cowardly, it did the most politically correct and frankly tame take on terrorists and dumbed it down to an endless display of buffoonery. As kermode says, there are people out there who think they "should" laugh at this, and that is sad.
EVERYTHING should be up for satire, especially things like the johad and suicide bombing
once u satirise it, it takes so much of the 'terror' away that the news ram down our throat on a daily basis
its not buffonery, yeah there are straight up comic moments but theres a lot of tragedy. like kermode says the tragedy stays with u longer than the comedy
No, I was expecting something more intelligent, rather than some ham fisted insulting nonsense where you "laugh" at the enemies stupidity. You'd expect this for some right wing hacks idea of bashing his opponent by mocking them, but that is far from anything anyone should praise, it is close to propaganda. I'm not surprised the simple minded folk voted me down. All he had was buffoonery, no insight worthy of a film, let alone one worthy of praise.
@omgwtfbbqstfu The whole film is intelligent, especially the last act. This film was always billed as a comedy drama. The terrorists in Pakistan, Omar, the anguish faced with having to take not only other peoples live but ultimately your own, none of this was mocked. You don't have to love the film, but at least see where Chris Morris was coming from. I don't see how this film can be interpreted as right wing propaganda.
@omgwtfbbqstfu The intelligence agencies were depicted as utterly incompetent and ridiculous as well. There was nothing about it that seemed like propaganda to me. I agree with Kermode's interpretation of the movie. I didn't find it hilarious, but there was a lot of things I like about it.
That really articulated my own views on the film. I didn't find it particularly funny either, although as he says there are some hilarious moments in it. I found it quite sad in many ways without feeling huge sympathy for the protagonists. If anything it served to humanise a very real phenomenon which is all too easily given over to ideologues and abstractionists.
Four Lions is a masterpiece, Chris Morris is an absolute genius, from Jam, Day Today, Brasseye and Nathan Barley i believe this is what he was building up to, I honestly believe Universitys will be studying Four Lions in the future, for so many reasons, subject matter, humour, artistic direction, political comentary and more, Morris blends in so many different levels that what we are left with is a multi-layered piece of art
I watched the entire film last night, and quite frankly, i thought it was awful. Im an english lad with no religion, im a huge fan of good comedy and im very hard to annoy but this film actually annoyed me. Firstly its a comedy and it was far too depressing to find funny, even though some parts were funny, i couldnt laugh because of the overwhelming depressing tone of the whole production. Theres nothing light hearted about terrorism, just didnt work for me
@SamHain1031666 i watched it last night and wond it very funny, although i can see why alot of people wont, and iam sure alot of people will find some of it quite depressing, for me just great black comedy
@omgwtfbbqstfu You know i watched Four Lions again yesterday just to confirm that it was as bad as i originally thought, and it was just as bad. Its really not a good movie and more than anything, the jokes are dead simple, its all about idioracy, the idiotic language that the charcters use, the way they use their words, but their are no real jokes. The scene where they are shaking their heads to avoid being photographed was the closest thing to a joke in the whole film, and it wasnt funny
Absolutely awesome film. Typically Chris Morris. You can taste the controversy! If you go to wwwdot megavideo dotcom/?v=WPS3FKMR then you can see the whole movie, DVD rip. Do it now. Thank me later.
@fuckamericanidiot Just that the depth of his analysis would get him A*'s. I'm doing media assignments in english and how he reviews it is exactly what my teacher's looking for lol
@Edam3000 Some people enjoy analyzing films. That's part of the experience for them. Nothing wrong with that. Besides, it does an artist like Chris Morris great disservice to assume it's just a bit of harmless fun.
@TulseLuper exactly, Chris Morris is light yrs ahead of any other comedian/satirst probably on the planet. His stuff is there to shock, & make everyone think, by taking them out of there comfort zone. We need people like Chris Morris to wake us up, & see what is real! A real Artist, by definition.
"Too near the knuckle" says the father of one of the victims of the London bombings (though has he seen it?). I can understand that feeling: when you've been through something horrible you can't really see it as "just a film". I met a man who survived Auschwitz and had to walk out of Schindler's List. I have my own examples too. Definitely recommend the film though in itself (though maybe not for him).
I have to disagree on only one point - Four Lions is one of the funniest films I've seen in a long time. I've never been in a theatre that had been rolling about laughing constantly so much. It even got applause at the end. You have to see this film.
dissapointed by this film. chris morris is so talented but this fell short of what he's capable of. it shouldn't even be spoken in the same sentence as brass eye which was utter genius. it wasnt racist, it wasnt thought-provoking, but most importantly it wasn't funny enough. too slapstick and too simple; but i suspect that people's unconditional commitment to chris morris will be enough to win them over on it.
@lm1503 I am sorry did you just imply it wasn't racist where it should be???? Because I think most people will join me (including Chris Morris) in saying that racism isn't a positive aspect of anything
@Symbioticism you read wrong. i was simply stating it wasn't racist as some people will think that it is. i was actually bored throughout this. the 'beard' gag was hilarious...but that was it for me. hope Mr morris hasn't lost his edge. I NEED MORE DARKNESS AND MORE PROFANITY AND MORE SATIRE AND MORE LAUGHS!!!!
oh and brainlessly repeating lines from the film only serves to expose the catchphrase junkies that don't really get any humour deeper than that so effortlessless expressed by paul "int milk briliant" whitehouse
judge this movie on its merits (not affection for morris' back catalogue) and you'll find a movie that doesnt quite exel at anything in the way so much of his back catalogue does. not as funny, not as poignent, not as satirical, not as willing to expose taboos...plus pointless cameos (julie davies?). some good and funny lines and potentially dramatic and thought-provoking, sadly just potential. flashes of genius doesn't make a 'work of genius'.
Just seen Four Lions. It's pure genius. Totally agree with Kermode's comment about it being loaded with pathos. This is a seriously intelligent movie and it deserves a wider audience.
Kermodes analysis of this movie fails because it is not bourn out by the thousands of people who have seen Four Lions. The overwhelming viewer opinion is that Four Lions is simply a very very funny movie. Kermode does his level best to belittle this fact with his snide comments like 'the film was funny IN PARTS', but at the end of the day he will be made a fool of by 1) the money this movie is making, and 2) what the actual punters are saying about it after watching it.
@killerwaz88 mate if you paid any attention to kermode's review, even by his pants-moistening-werner-herzog-love-fest standards he gave it nothing but praise. you dimwit. and you really think this movie is gonna make a bundle - the answer is no if you know anything about the film industry. DVD maybe. you'll find it in the 'bomb-com' section.
I agree with Kermode. A very funny movie, well researched and not worth arguing about it being offensive. Rubber dinghy rapids, fast track! no queues!!!
I agree with the points made by Mark in that I left the film with very mixed emotions. Funny in parts, seat shufflingly uncomfortable in others. Never left the cinema with such mixed emotions which is a sign of a clever movie. F*ck mini babybels!
You're all missing the point - why the fuck is the producer, in the background behind the soundproof glass partition, wearing a dinner jacket with an untied dickie bow? Is he sidelining as an extra on a revivalist film noir? Croupier moonlighter? James Bond LARPER? Or just a 40th birthday murder mystery night that overran?
pls stop these racist, ignorant comments, the film is a comedy, hopefully breakdown some barriers (god only knows plenty have been put up - mindless comments here included). vebinz are you retarded? seriously
Besides, don't you think other people have a sense of brotherhood and sisterhood? Do we all get to kill random people when we have a sense of grievance on behalf of somebody we think we identify with? I feel quite annoyed about the way Muslim treat women, who can I kill about that?
@jhuan0 He's not really challenging his audience. He's created 3 unbelievable and farcical characters and teased them while safely skating over all the risky stuff like the ideology. Just like South Park creators, he's happier attacking safe targets and our own taboos rather than the taboos of other more threatening people.
@analyticSynthetic I havent seen the film. I was commenting on Morris's other work which is always interesting and intelligent like i said. South Park attacking our own taboos as you put seems sensible. Why would you criticise other peoples taboos before our own?
@jhuan0 Intelligent? You really think a guy would walk into a shop to stockpile bleach by covering his beard with his hands? You don't think that was an incredibly lazy and uninteresting charicature? The Nicaab springs to mind as the more obvious way to disguise yourself, and one that has been used. But presumably that would have interfered with Morris' lazy and uninteresting 2 dimensional portrayal of the fawning, palatable and noble Muslimah character.
@analyticSynthetic Sounds funny to me. The film is meant to have comedy in it, so i guess thats the comedy. I dont see how it is a caricature. Using a Nicaab wouldnt of been as ridiculous and funny.
he didn't challenge anything. its all buffoonery and safe politically correct "humor". he pulled his punches and so there is no value in this,never mind challenge or insight.
"That's pretty much the tone of the film. But once you'd got past the shock of the initial subject matter, which I think kindof blew up pretty quickly..." Oh puh-lease Dr K! Was that intentional?!
I know this is a comedy film, but why has nobody ever tackled the real motivation of these terrorists ? ... yes they use religion as a kind of window dressing for what they do, but does anyone seriously think our foreign policy does not motivate these people ? . If you read anything by bin laden he doesn't mention anything about forcibly making us all muslims, or 70 virgins in heaven, it's pretty much all about Israel/Palestine and the US's backing of dictators in the muslim world.
@HuxleyWasRight If foreign policy was the reason then don't you think plenty of other groups have good reason to blow their neighbours up around the world? Black people, women, Jews? But they don't.
These bombers don't have the mandate of the Afghans or Iraqis (many of whom support the presence of foreign troops). They're English-Pakistanis, they've never even been to Iraq or Afghanistan.
9 people are monkey bollock dusters.
TheFilmOpinions 6 days ago
It was a really interesting film, showing that even terrorists get things wrong. But it made me wonder why they don't do it more often.
TheFilmOpinions 1 week ago
Fuck Mini Baby-bels.
ElNinooooo 1 week ago
'How's your Urdu, you monkey bollock duster?'
FilmsThatMatter1 1 week ago
Four Lions was inspired by Chris Morris sitting in on a trial of Muslim extremists who were convicted of stocking up on explosive material for a bombing campaign. Morris was struck by just how stupid the defendants were, potentially dangerous yes but deluded and stupid.
Which is why it worked so well.
And do I give a fuck if the relatives of some terrorists didn't like it.
SSCFPA 1 week ago
Why is James Bond Operating the sound board?
MrsPlaidpants 1 week ago
It is a hilarious film but that doesn't make it flippant. The humour creates a kind of warmth which allows you to relate to the characters and to care more about what eventually happens to them. I think the humour actually adds to the sadness rather than detracting from it.
RealityCheck6T9 2 weeks ago
"Do not remove" What, do not remove Simon?
TheHenryWallace 4 weeks ago
barry: they'll pump you full of viagra make you fuck a dog, you'll end up on youtube blowing lassy in a ditch
waj: are they gonna make me fuck a dog brother omar??!
ApocalypseMooninite 2 months ago
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My taxes pay these cunts WTF
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@SonicShoeLaces your taxes also pay for rapists and murderers what is your point?
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@SonicShoeLaces Two things: One, your taxes pay them for good reason and two, if you don't understand why your taxes pay them, what the hell atre you doing on this video? Perhaps it was to comment on how taxes are used? Or are you just an idiot?
FilmsThatMatter1 1 week ago
@FilmsThatMatter1
That is quite a comment you got there, peppered with nonsensical illusion and confusion. And you are calling me a fucking idiot? yet you don't understand my simple on liner? Are you after this cunt's job?
Send this to the beeb along with your portfolio, a shoe in, I think, they like waste.
SonicShoeLaces 1 week ago
@SonicShoeLaces Again, that question comes as to why you visited the page. No, I'm not after his job. And I understand the one liner just fine. What I don't understand is why an idiot like you is looking at wit like Kermode's got. MAybe the reason you did the one liner is because you are jealous of how clever he is.
FilmsThatMatter1 1 week ago
@FilmsThatMatter1
Well the fine line that is your definition of an idiot and someone with wit, holds your magic answer.
Really? what really?
Jealous? of a stray cat dragged from the eighties?
Random internet person are you really being REAL?
This ain't the movies LOL
SonicShoeLaces 1 week ago
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TheNextMarkKermode 1 week ago
@SonicShoeLaces Ah, the common idiot strikes again. If everyone is thinking that you're an idiot, why bother coming up with comebacks that, let's face it, are rubbish?
TheNextMarkKermode 1 week ago
@TheNextMarkKermode
Listen WANKER before you spouting off about shitty comebacks learn to get the first one right before you hit comment remove.
Anyways your comment is fucking stellar eh? I can see why you want some ass action with this Kermode cunt.
Keep your beak out sad cunt The NextMarkKermode LMFAO u pathetic fuck
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benroo89 3 months ago
fuck minibaby bells
anynamethatiwant 3 months ago 2
Rabbits with no ears... im gonna have ya!!!
amar1989 3 months ago
what should we blow up?
the internet
zl4iuzmh 3 months ago
Mark kermode is Chris Morris brother. They're like twins!
cgavin1 4 months ago 2
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Four Lions: Brilliant. Kermode: twat
drkvogel 5 months ago
@drkvogel He gave it a good review when everyone slated it ... so who is the twat?
tylerdanielblack 4 months ago
I found this movie incredibly depressing, it was well acted and was funny in parts but there was such an overwhelming sense of depression looming throught that i just couldnt enjoy it as much as i wanted to
SamHain1031666 5 months ago
The good thing about the film is that they protrayed all types of muslims, the fanatics were shown as the minority.
jubzfree 5 months ago
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RotterdamTerrorRadio 5 months ago
Although its sometimes diffucult to find much of this funny, as the subject matter is quite touchy and at times, muslims are portrayed innacurately, I did like the part about the jewish car parts.
AEF091 5 months ago 3
What the fuck’s he done to his rabbits, bro?
They’re not rabbits, bro. They’re chickens.
They’re fucking rabbits.
Bro, if they’re rabbits, where are their ears?
That's what I'm saying
ehmazin 5 months ago 10
i remeber at the cinema people were falling over crying with laughter, so i dont agree with him saying its not funny enough
kingsofcool56 5 months ago 5
I wonder wot Al Qaeda wud make about this film? lol
RaikenXion 6 months ago
the film is brilliant..don't agree with their points about it not being funny enough
HiredGunz 6 months ago
DANCING IN THE MOONLIGHT!!!
liquidfreak 6 months ago
i never laughed so hard.
ElectrikBear 7 months ago
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best film of 2010.
chanceie12 7 months ago 36
I can't stand Kermit... But his analysis of this film is true enough... Good film but as always I expect too much from Morris... I still think his finest work is Blue Jaam. I still recall waiting up till 1am when it was broadcast.... Genius.
seamonkey000001 7 months ago
Utterly hilarious, equally tragic. A brilliant, brilliant film. Plaudits to all concerned, not the cast &, of course, Chris Morris.
martwwa 7 months ago
I rarely COMPLETELY agree with Mr Kermode, I think he's a fine film critic and I thoroughly enjoy his reviews - even if I don't agree. But I have to say, this is the first time I have sat and realised that I felt exactly the same after watching a film he has reviewed. I found the film very emotional and it was on my mind for quite a while after watching it, however I did really enjoy it and found myself laughing a lot. Nice review :)
Jenni569 9 months ago 3
This review is spot on.
TheWTNews 9 months ago
Death is easy, comedy is hard.
elspoko 10 months ago
is the guy in the back wearing a tux?
birdmanofalcatraz 11 months ago
@birdmanofalcatraz Yawns at 6:12!
lakshmimittal 9 months ago
Damn Spoiler Alert Please
InfiniteDelusionPB 11 months ago 2
great film
DSilius 11 months ago 4
The guy in the background looks depressed and bored. He doesn't give a f**k
MrDavidFitzgerald 11 months ago
I agree with Mark, I felt that the first two thirds were a very funny comedy then it became a drama. I do think that both the comedy and the drama elements work very well
marstontom1994 11 months ago
FUCK MINI BABYBEL!!!!!!!
slickpulla07 1 year ago 3
Just got round to watching this. So brilliant that it's shot right up my best films of last twelve months list.
deadblissco 1 year ago
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god i hated this film
provenelk 1 year ago
One of the main reasons this film works so well is because of the serous content that is ever present even as the comedy unfolds. The acting is fantastic and the timing superb. Kermode described it best, "it doesn't use comedy to distance itself from the appalling reality" As i walked away i thought, i have just laughed a lot at a very sensitive subject area whilst also feeling that it did it without offending the majority of people and that, in itself, in todays society is a great achievement.
Joey6787 1 year ago
i don't know how he came to the conclusion that it wasn't funny. i was laughing all the way through that film and it was about time someone turned the satire spotlight to the jihadists to show them how ridiculous they are, but in such a brilliant way. it was riotously funny but didn't touch on controversial ground, which is quite an achievement given the subject. one of the best films ever imo
ajmf35029 1 year ago 3
Look at the zombie behind his head 6:05
InDreamsITalkWithYou 1 year ago 8
"the shock of the initial subject matter which blew up pretty quickly" well done mark
well done....
klaos9999 1 year ago
barry......your a white malteaser........pmsl
TrueBritishStyle 1 year ago
@TrueBritishStyle Trallagh upon thy hills?
dowling1981 1 year ago
lets blow up the internet bruv!!!!!!!
bluewonder136 1 year ago
lets blow up the internet bruv!!!!!!!
bluewonder136 1 year ago
A brilliant film is a brilliant film. Regardless of subject matter.
quatermas7 1 year ago
I totally agree with Mark Kermode's analysis of the film; individual moments of sheer brilliance and side splitting humour tainted by the depravity of their intentions...could not bring myself to watch it again because of the realism that it brings with it!
mk1uk 1 year ago
He makes a good point. It's funny and tragic. I was kind of hoping Waj and Omar would sack it off and hand themselves in at the end.
burnzgotshot 1 year ago 4
Mark Kemode knows his stuff and speaks sense, which is very rare these days when talking about reviewers.
PeterTRFC 1 year ago 4
Am I Blowin a Dog in a ditch, or am I P*** Rambo!
FeralRush 1 year ago
well said!!
abidreh 1 year ago
anyone else notice that the bald zealot is a british man
MrJivePirate 1 year ago
@MrJivePirate Part of the comedy
TheBoxingFan360 1 year ago
@MrJivePirate I think their all British mate, the white one is the funniest.
TheBoxingFan360 1 year ago
@TheBoxingFan360 yeah they're all british but it's p. funny that the one who wants to bomb a mosque is a shaved headed white guy
MrJivePirate 1 year ago
@MrJivePirate whats p?
TheBoxingFan360 1 year ago
@TheBoxingFan360 pretty, pretty funny
MrJivePirate 1 year ago
rubba dingy wapidz!
SmokiSounds 1 year ago
Enjoy the ability to watch this video on Youtube while you can - tomorrow I'm blowing up the internet.
ChasTaxis 1 year ago 72
4.42-4.49 best bit of this video (check the tuxedo'd male in the background)
TroutMaskReplicaa 1 year ago 4
I really disagree with Kermode. I thought this film was hilarious although since I am a british-asian I guess maybe he missed some of the in-jokes. Also it seemed clear to me that Chris Morris (and co) deliberately sidestepped the "issues" and pathos (although there was a smattering of that but it was laced with humour which left you not knowing whether to laugh or not when faissal blew up for example). Chris Morris seems to say as much in his interviews as I recall.
awesomewelles1990 1 year ago
rubber dinghy rapids!!
8Morgan8webcat 1 year ago 2
Spot on review. Very well said.
BrideAndGroomFilmsHD 1 year ago
@BrideAndGroomFilmsHD yeah agreed, I liked the film but I really didn't know how to feel about it. Kermode nailed it.
Juzz90 1 year ago
@Juzz90 When Kermode nails it - he really nails it. Being such a big fan of Tarantino, I didn't want to believe what Kermode was saying about him. But I have to be honest with myself. He's right.
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Rubber Dinghy Rapids Bro!!!
abaxterc4 1 year ago
Rubber Dinghy Rapids Bro!!!
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Pure genius my arse, it was pure crap. It was not funny in the slightest, it was a comedy without wit, without any insight at all into the subject matter, comedy is about investigating taboo subjects, and this did no such thing, it was so cowardly, it did the most politically correct and frankly tame take on terrorists and dumbed it down to an endless display of buffoonery. As kermode says, there are people out there who think they "should" laugh at this, and that is sad.
omgwtfbbqstfu 1 year ago
@omgwtfbbqstfu
did you watch the same film as the rest of us?
they satire the subject brilliantly
EVERYTHING should be up for satire, especially things like the johad and suicide bombing
once u satirise it, it takes so much of the 'terror' away that the news ram down our throat on a daily basis
its not buffonery, yeah there are straight up comic moments but theres a lot of tragedy. like kermode says the tragedy stays with u longer than the comedy
and thats why it works
ShankingArmitage 1 year ago
@ShankingArmitage
jihad*
ShankingArmitage 1 year ago
@omgwtfbbqstfu were you expecting a dispatches style documentary?
2009lsfds 1 year ago
@2009lsfds
No, I was expecting something more intelligent, rather than some ham fisted insulting nonsense where you "laugh" at the enemies stupidity. You'd expect this for some right wing hacks idea of bashing his opponent by mocking them, but that is far from anything anyone should praise, it is close to propaganda. I'm not surprised the simple minded folk voted me down. All he had was buffoonery, no insight worthy of a film, let alone one worthy of praise.
omgwtfbbqstfu 11 months ago
@omgwtfbbqstfu The whole film is intelligent, especially the last act. This film was always billed as a comedy drama. The terrorists in Pakistan, Omar, the anguish faced with having to take not only other peoples live but ultimately your own, none of this was mocked. You don't have to love the film, but at least see where Chris Morris was coming from. I don't see how this film can be interpreted as right wing propaganda.
tazzy27581 10 months ago
@omgwtfbbqstfu The intelligence agencies were depicted as utterly incompetent and ridiculous as well. There was nothing about it that seemed like propaganda to me. I agree with Kermode's interpretation of the movie. I didn't find it hilarious, but there was a lot of things I like about it.
John37001 9 months ago
That really articulated my own views on the film. I didn't find it particularly funny either, although as he says there are some hilarious moments in it. I found it quite sad in many ways without feeling huge sympathy for the protagonists. If anything it served to humanise a very real phenomenon which is all too easily given over to ideologues and abstractionists.
MrHennessy30 1 year ago
The film was hilariously funny, the whole cinema was laughing out loud from start to finsih.
octagon79 1 year ago
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ITS A SICK FILM BAN THIS SHIT
kirkfnw 1 year ago
It just went for safe territory. Making fun of a few Muslims is easy, now try making fun of Islam, because that's where the brave satire needs to go.
analyticSynthetic 1 year ago
simon mayo must get really angry when people move his chair
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Just watched this movie, brave, poignant, funny, well shot, extremely well handled and well acted. Mr Kermode is right again. Watch this movie...
lickmylovepump12 1 year ago
Just watched this movie, poignant, funny, well shot, extremely well handled and well acted. Mr Kermode is right again. Watch this movie...
lickmylovepump12 1 year ago
RubberDingyRapids !
B1L4LHZ 1 year ago 2
Rubberdingy rapids brother
Ibby940 1 year ago
wicked review, spot on mate!
rizzi2007 1 year ago
@rizzi2007 That's what I thought, 100%!
comanchio1976 1 year ago
Four Lions is a masterpiece, Chris Morris is an absolute genius, from Jam, Day Today, Brasseye and Nathan Barley i believe this is what he was building up to, I honestly believe Universitys will be studying Four Lions in the future, for so many reasons, subject matter, humour, artistic direction, political comentary and more, Morris blends in so many different levels that what we are left with is a multi-layered piece of art
theblahman 1 year ago
I watched the entire film last night, and quite frankly, i thought it was awful. Im an english lad with no religion, im a huge fan of good comedy and im very hard to annoy but this film actually annoyed me. Firstly its a comedy and it was far too depressing to find funny, even though some parts were funny, i couldnt laugh because of the overwhelming depressing tone of the whole production. Theres nothing light hearted about terrorism, just didnt work for me
SamHain1031666 1 year ago
@SamHain1031666 i watched it last night and wond it very funny, although i can see why alot of people wont, and iam sure alot of people will find some of it quite depressing, for me just great black comedy
666rocko 1 year ago
@SamHain1031666
beyond that it insulted your intelligence with the way it delt with the subject. neither funny, or shocking or insightful.
omgwtfbbqstfu 1 year ago
@omgwtfbbqstfu You know i watched Four Lions again yesterday just to confirm that it was as bad as i originally thought, and it was just as bad. Its really not a good movie and more than anything, the jokes are dead simple, its all about idioracy, the idiotic language that the charcters use, the way they use their words, but their are no real jokes. The scene where they are shaking their heads to avoid being photographed was the closest thing to a joke in the whole film, and it wasnt funny
SamHain1031666 1 year ago
Absolutely awesome film. Typically Chris Morris. You can taste the controversy! If you go to wwwdot megavideo dotcom/?v=WPS3FKMR then you can see the whole movie, DVD rip. Do it now. Thank me later.
vexred 1 year ago
jesus he talks so much sense, i do like mr kermode
fuckamericanidiot 1 year ago
Very funny film
babzcorleone 1 year ago
Kermode must have gotten A*'s in his english media assignments
randomsummergirl 1 year ago
@randomsummergirl is that sarcastic?
fuckamericanidiot 1 year ago
@fuckamericanidiot No it isn't
randomsummergirl 1 year ago
@randomsummergirl oh right i thought you were being condescending, what do you mean then if you aren't being sarcastic?
fuckamericanidiot 1 year ago
@fuckamericanidiot Just that the depth of his analysis would get him A*'s. I'm doing media assignments in english and how he reviews it is exactly what my teacher's looking for lol
randomsummergirl 1 year ago
@randomsummergirl ahh i see. so there's me being extremely cynical and douchebaggy when you were actually just being nice, i do apologise
fuckamericanidiot 1 year ago
@fuckamericanidiot lol it's fine you never know what people are like so i don't blame you
randomsummergirl 1 year ago
Is that Dr Dre in the background?
quavercheese 1 year ago
Spoilers much? Excellent film but the point of a review isnt to give us the entire plot
pkwithobby 1 year ago
Kermode is over-analysing (as usual).
Relax and enjoy the film, mate; not everything has to be philosophical :)
Edam3000 1 year ago
@Edam3000 Some people enjoy analyzing films. That's part of the experience for them. Nothing wrong with that. Besides, it does an artist like Chris Morris great disservice to assume it's just a bit of harmless fun.
TulseLuper 1 year ago
@TulseLuper Appreciate your post, TL :)
Edam3000 1 year ago
@TulseLuper exactly, Chris Morris is light yrs ahead of any other comedian/satirst probably on the planet. His stuff is there to shock, & make everyone think, by taking them out of there comfort zone. We need people like Chris Morris to wake us up, & see what is real! A real Artist, by definition.
dan32113 1 year ago
what a cock
ManiaCop100 1 year ago
"I'd get this knife and I'd run you over with a tractor" hahahahahahahahaha
zeratul1987 1 year ago
"Too near the knuckle" says the father of one of the victims of the London bombings (though has he seen it?). I can understand that feeling: when you've been through something horrible you can't really see it as "just a film". I met a man who survived Auschwitz and had to walk out of Schindler's List. I have my own examples too. Definitely recommend the film though in itself (though maybe not for him).
NicosNicosNicosNicos 1 year ago
I have to disagree on only one point - Four Lions is one of the funniest films I've seen in a long time. I've never been in a theatre that had been rolling about laughing constantly so much. It even got applause at the end. You have to see this film.
lolharbandhar 1 year ago 3
Rubber Dinghy Rapids Bro!
wedeservedit 1 year ago
Mark Kermode appears on TV all the time and I wonder who he is or what he does.
I went to see this movie and I found it very sad and not at all funny.
I agree entirely with every word and suddenly, in my mind, he is someone.
roughyed7 1 year ago
Mark Kermode is such an idiot. The film was class, and he clearly didn't get it.
patrickstardust 1 year ago
@patrickstardust he clearly liked it, did you listen to the review??
GBurrows85 1 year ago
@patrickstardust
Watch the clip again. He liked the film.
gideonpepys 1 year ago
@gideonpepys Read my comment again. I didn't say he didn't like the film.
patrickstardust 1 year ago
@patrickstardust Er, no. But that's the clear inference.
gideonpepys 1 year ago
this film is brilliant... seen it twice and will go again.
genius.
Cuzalino 1 year ago
dissapointed by this film. chris morris is so talented but this fell short of what he's capable of. it shouldn't even be spoken in the same sentence as brass eye which was utter genius. it wasnt racist, it wasnt thought-provoking, but most importantly it wasn't funny enough. too slapstick and too simple; but i suspect that people's unconditional commitment to chris morris will be enough to win them over on it.
lm1503 1 year ago
@lm1503 I am sorry did you just imply it wasn't racist where it should be???? Because I think most people will join me (including Chris Morris) in saying that racism isn't a positive aspect of anything
Symbioticism 1 year ago
@Symbioticism you read wrong. i was simply stating it wasn't racist as some people will think that it is. i was actually bored throughout this. the 'beard' gag was hilarious...but that was it for me. hope Mr morris hasn't lost his edge. I NEED MORE DARKNESS AND MORE PROFANITY AND MORE SATIRE AND MORE LAUGHS!!!!
lm1503 1 year ago
oh and brainlessly repeating lines from the film only serves to expose the catchphrase junkies that don't really get any humour deeper than that so effortlessless expressed by paul "int milk briliant" whitehouse
irregulardan 1 year ago
judge this movie on its merits (not affection for morris' back catalogue) and you'll find a movie that doesnt quite exel at anything in the way so much of his back catalogue does. not as funny, not as poignent, not as satirical, not as willing to expose taboos...plus pointless cameos (julie davies?). some good and funny lines and potentially dramatic and thought-provoking, sadly just potential. flashes of genius doesn't make a 'work of genius'.
just my opinion anyway.
irregulardan 1 year ago
Just seen Four Lions. It's pure genius. Totally agree with Kermode's comment about it being loaded with pathos. This is a seriously intelligent movie and it deserves a wider audience.
markjeppo 1 year ago 3
rubber dingy rapids
adamshawboro 1 year ago
Kermodes analysis of this movie fails because it is not bourn out by the thousands of people who have seen Four Lions. The overwhelming viewer opinion is that Four Lions is simply a very very funny movie. Kermode does his level best to belittle this fact with his snide comments like 'the film was funny IN PARTS', but at the end of the day he will be made a fool of by 1) the money this movie is making, and 2) what the actual punters are saying about it after watching it.
killerwaz88 1 year ago
@killerwaz88 mate if you paid any attention to kermode's review, even by his pants-moistening-werner-herzog-love-fest standards he gave it nothing but praise. you dimwit. and you really think this movie is gonna make a bundle - the answer is no if you know anything about the film industry. DVD maybe. you'll find it in the 'bomb-com' section.
irregulardan 1 year ago
fuck mini babybels!
TheRD92 1 year ago 43
I agree with Kermode. A very funny movie, well researched and not worth arguing about it being offensive. Rubber dinghy rapids, fast track! no queues!!!
cmrules 1 year ago
I agree with the points made by Mark in that I left the film with very mixed emotions. Funny in parts, seat shufflingly uncomfortable in others. Never left the cinema with such mixed emotions which is a sign of a clever movie. F*ck mini babybels!
smokin999uk 1 year ago
You're all missing the point - why the fuck is the producer, in the background behind the soundproof glass partition, wearing a dinner jacket with an untied dickie bow? Is he sidelining as an extra on a revivalist film noir? Croupier moonlighter? James Bond LARPER? Or just a 40th birthday murder mystery night that overran?
beastatlay 1 year ago 2
@beastatlay Lol ! :D
Edam3000 1 year ago
pls stop these racist, ignorant comments, the film is a comedy, hopefully breakdown some barriers (god only knows plenty have been put up - mindless comments here included). vebinz are you retarded? seriously
animaleuk 1 year ago 2
brilliant film, well worth watching, chris morris has reminded the world how talented he is.
dash21 1 year ago
I fucking cried at the end man. I felt so sorry for the guys even in Chris morris's world.
Only those who watch the film will understand why they aren't evil because of spoilers of events
DarkKnightBob1o1 1 year ago 2
Besides, don't you think other people have a sense of brotherhood and sisterhood? Do we all get to kill random people when we have a sense of grievance on behalf of somebody we think we identify with? I feel quite annoyed about the way Muslim treat women, who can I kill about that?
analyticSynthetic 1 year ago
It's kinda like that danish film about cannibalism lol, cant remember the name of it.
CreatureDrumNBass 1 year ago
CANT WAIT TO SEE THE FILM!
XenomexTutorials 1 year ago
4:19 someone needs to clean up the Five Live studio!
welshfilmbuff 1 year ago
not showing at my local cinema : ( , fuck 'em
tooyjfwn 1 year ago
Is that Dr Dre in the background yawning?
ehansen3 1 year ago
Morris, more than anything, wants to challenge his audience.
Im a massive fan, and although i sometimes am not sure whether to laugh or not, his stuff is always intelligent and interesting.
jhuan0 1 year ago 25
@jhuan0 He's not really challenging his audience. He's created 3 unbelievable and farcical characters and teased them while safely skating over all the risky stuff like the ideology. Just like South Park creators, he's happier attacking safe targets and our own taboos rather than the taboos of other more threatening people.
analyticSynthetic 1 year ago
@analyticSynthetic I havent seen the film. I was commenting on Morris's other work which is always interesting and intelligent like i said. South Park attacking our own taboos as you put seems sensible. Why would you criticise other peoples taboos before our own?
jhuan0 1 year ago
@jhuan0 Intelligent? You really think a guy would walk into a shop to stockpile bleach by covering his beard with his hands? You don't think that was an incredibly lazy and uninteresting charicature? The Nicaab springs to mind as the more obvious way to disguise yourself, and one that has been used. But presumably that would have interfered with Morris' lazy and uninteresting 2 dimensional portrayal of the fawning, palatable and noble Muslimah character.
analyticSynthetic 1 year ago
@analyticSynthetic Sounds funny to me. The film is meant to have comedy in it, so i guess thats the comedy. I dont see how it is a caricature. Using a Nicaab wouldnt of been as ridiculous and funny.
jhuan0 1 year ago
@jhuan0 that's the inherent nature of satire.
smartarse001 1 year ago
@jhuan0
he didn't challenge anything. its all buffoonery and safe politically correct "humor". he pulled his punches and so there is no value in this,never mind challenge or insight.
omgwtfbbqstfu 1 year ago
@omgwtfbbqstfu I havent seen this film. I was talking about everything else i have seen of Chris Morris.
jhuan0 1 year ago
Can't wait to see Four Lions, easily my most anticipated film of the year.
PS That Russel Crowe interview should be uploaded. :D
RockBottomRiser21 1 year ago 13
"That's pretty much the tone of the film. But once you'd got past the shock of the initial subject matter, which I think kindof blew up pretty quickly..." Oh puh-lease Dr K! Was that intentional?!
oneworldfamily 1 year ago
Read "dying to win" by Dr Robert Pape for the real explanation of why suicide bombers do what they do.
HuxleyWasRight 1 year ago
I know this is a comedy film, but why has nobody ever tackled the real motivation of these terrorists ? ... yes they use religion as a kind of window dressing for what they do, but does anyone seriously think our foreign policy does not motivate these people ? . If you read anything by bin laden he doesn't mention anything about forcibly making us all muslims, or 70 virgins in heaven, it's pretty much all about Israel/Palestine and the US's backing of dictators in the muslim world.
HuxleyWasRight 1 year ago
@HuxleyWasRight THANK YOU! Glad I'm not the only one who knows this.
TulseLuper 1 year ago
@HuxleyWasRight If foreign policy was the reason then don't you think plenty of other groups have good reason to blow their neighbours up around the world? Black people, women, Jews? But they don't.
These bombers don't have the mandate of the Afghans or Iraqis (many of whom support the presence of foreign troops). They're English-Pakistanis, they've never even been to Iraq or Afghanistan.
analyticSynthetic 1 year ago