I've confessed to students—in a full-on self-deprecating way—that the line "I wear black on the outside cos black is how I feel on the inside" meant a lot when I was, like, 17. Punk anger mixed with Smiths wallowing. We can wince at it all now, having survived to some kind of maturity, but it's that strand of self-absorbed adolescence right there.WestwayKid wrote: ↑27 Mar 2021, 8:24pmThe Smiths meant a lot to me when I was a kid. I probably couldn't write a movie that truly articulated what they meant to me, but I pray it would not be as ham fisted as this.
The All Smiths/Morrissey Thread
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oliver wrote: ↑27 Mar 2021, 10:14amI saw this last night. I wish I'd have seen it in a proper movie theatre with a real sound system but since I live in an area that elected Marjorie Taylor-Greene, the chances of anywhere showing it are about as likely as Toby Keith doing a PETA ad.
It's hard for me to criticize anything that is basically wall-to-wall Smiths music or footage of Morrissey/Marr being interviewed (mostly from the South Bank Show in '87) but some of the dialogue is so shoe-horned in to make a Smiths reference it's almost laughable. You can predict the lyric from the situation a mile off.
I think the phrase is: "for fans only"
Nice cameo from Jose Maldonado though :)
I watched it last night, too. I was disappointed, but on the plus side, Smiths songs were used. I think the best character is the DJ.
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Meanwhile, film critic Mark Kermode said: “Well, I’ll say this: Shoplifters of the World is EXACTLY the movie that Morrissey deserves.”
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Morrissey doesn't look too thrilled either
Putting a little stick about. Putting the frighteners on flash little twerps