Shaun Meadows is the known director and writer of 'This Is England' and once watching it a couple of years ago it did the job of shocking and acknowledging me to that period of time. However, I must admit - I didn't want to watch it again and it didn't make on my 'favorite films' list. In contradiction, I have high respect for Meadows as this new series of 'This is England '86' shows how amazing he is as both a writer and director; there's shots that just enlighten the eye and make the mundane streets look extraordinary and place to explore and the writing is of the same style as the previous film - the same tense air, joking yet tough behavior and blunt truths. The only criticism I had was the controversial scene of 'Milky' in the film. It was left ambiguous, needing the viewer to decide whether or not Milky died. In the series he's up and running,having sex and punching people and this completely threw me. I had decided in my opinion Milky was dead and I had to adjust my view on the situation totally when I saw this, which was a bit odd.
This is just a quick note and I defiantly recommend watching both - but you'll need to be prepared to be shocked and have your emotions-a-flying!
