The most appealing characteristic pertaining to British cinema is it runs the gamut of dealing with various subject matter and aspects of life, and handles them in an uniquely distinctive way. This national psyche tends to come across as somewhat eccentric to non-Brits. "Having a bad day? I'll put the kettle on." Touch of the Dunkirk spirit, know what I mean?
Came up with this idea before I even created this blog and the biggest palaver was having to determine whether or not some of these films would even be classed
as British; as mentioned in a recent and older post. This detail is unnecessarily restrictive when you consider just how many different cultures are thrown into the melting pot resulting in something so idiosyncratically British like fish and chips.
The best part about compiling any kind of "best of... list" on your own is having the luxury of being utterly selfish and not having to justify them to some contributor completely ignorant and oblivious to why you love these films. The worst thing about compiling any kind of "best of... list" on your own is the chance you'll run the risk of not seeing the wood from the trees and forgeting some notable titles. Having had to endure various film critics and talking head pundits gushing over movies which either failed to resonate with me, or were placed on a much higher pedestal than they deserved to be, this is significant payback time - albeit if it happens to be written on an obscure blog in the internet ether.
101 G.O.A.T British Films
Dada Debaser Notes:
- Loathe Simon Pegg with a passion, but Hot Fuzz is the biggest standout in his filmography, as he isn't acting like a spoilt whiny man-child throughout it.
- The use of the slide whistle as a comical sound effect is of greater entertainment value to me than any so-called bourgeois comedy loved by poncey film critics.
- Unlike the 1990s, there were plenty of contenders from the 2010s that were considered, but not enough to take a coveted spot.
- Take note, Mike Leigh: the Severin cellar >>>>>> the Criterion closet.
Had naively hoped to share this list with the gawd Kim Newman, but contacting him over at his website is via an agent. Forget that! Twitter is out of the question since it's a hellhole. Oh well, mustn't grumble! Good to finally have this done, regardless.