What did you think of Snatch?

[Swede]

It was one of Guy Ritchie's better movies. Pitt was practically incomprehensible,but that was ok.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0208092/

[Heidi]

1. I loved Pitt's accent in "Snatch."

And, overall, I loved the film. In some ways, it reminded me of "Sexy Beast," another of my favorite films.

[Swede]

2. Those British criminal capers are so cool.

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[Lil Missy]

3. I'm not touching this with a ten-foot pole!

[petronius]

33. I will!

Wait, you said ten-foot? Never mind...

;)

[blondeatlast]

4. I approve of it.

In fact, I loved it. The milk-bottle scene is an underrated comedy classic, IMHO. The dialog set-up, then the payoff. I don't know why, I just find that scene particularly funny (and I do drool over Jason Statham--oh, yes, oh, yes!)

[buzzycrumbhunger]

5. Love it

One of our all-time faves. (Hint: If you watch BBC long enough, you don't notice the accents at all.)

[ghostsofgiants]

6. The only Guy Richie movie I have seen that I actally love.

[Pierre.Suave]

7. I loved it so much the first time.

that I kept trying to get more...





Ohhh the movie. Yeah, that's good too.

[datasuspect]

8. that was a big, fat, hairy movie

[petronius]

32. I thought it was tightly-written - gripping really - with

a juicy plotline and some deliciously tasty dialogue.

It's just not for everyone, I guess...

[harmonicon]

9. unwatchable

I've tried a few times, and can't get more than a few minutes into it. I find the presentation to be ham-fisted, overly style conscious, and insulting.

[Heidi]

12. Insulting? Really?

I've never taken a film so personally that I felt insulted by it, however unwatchable. :shrug:

[datasuspect]

13. jerry bruckheimer movies insult me to the extent

that i can imagine him being ground into pulp in some industrial meat processor.

[Heidi]

14. In Bruckheimer's case, that's not an insult to you.

But it's a potential insult to industrial meat processors.

[jobycom]

22. I like Bruckheimer's films

They are pop candy with complex plots and a touch of euridition. "National Treasure" snuck history lessons and even some light political philosophy into a form digestable to the average movie goer, and the "CSI" shows work an appreciation (even if not accurate) of science and a respect for evidence into every show.

Yeah, it's not Milton, but it's better than most of the bread and circuses given to the masses. It inspires curiosity in my kid, and that makes me happier than a lot of stuff she watches.

[harmonicon]

26. and don't forget Kangaroo Jack

The official end of cinema.

[jobycom]

29. Okay, I should have qualified that with "some."

:rofl:

[harmonicon]

38. no way!

I love Kangaroo Jack! I went to see it in the theatre with friends, and we knew that it was going to be fucked up, but not THAT fucked up. That's the day that going to the movies ended for me - they'd done it all. See ya. Bye. We're turnin' out the lights.

[datasuspect]

28. CSI has absolutely NOTHING to do with science

like my criminal lawyer once told me: (loose paraphrasing) "cops are stupid. people watch all these teevee shows and think cops know what the hell they are doing. but they don't. that's how i win 85% of my cases. they spoil evidence, fuck shit up, and otherwise don't care about their job enough."

i'll take it from him. he was a state's attorney before he started representing criminal defendants.

and WHAT taxpayer-funded municipal offices has anyone ever seen that look like a german disco?

seriesly. the offices of these schmuckos on CSI wouldn't pass muster with any local governmental funding body. even if they actually existed, they'd cost as much as bruckheimer's house.

[jobycom]

30. Wrong. What you are saying is it has nothing to do with police work.

And that's true of every cop show ever made. No exceptions, even if you are thinking of one you think is an exception.

It has everything to do with science. In the CSI milleau, science is absolute and solves all problems. For every dilemma, there is a solution involving rational analysis of concrete, objective scientific evidence. I want my kid to learn to think like that, rather than think that answers should be pounded out of suspects, or that we should pray about solutions and trust in God or luck or whatever.

[blondeatlast]

15. Really. If I feel "insulted" I figure I can leave or change the channel. nt

[Heidi]

16. I never cease to be amazed at how people can feel insulted

by other people's art. I'm not attempting to insult harmonicon at all. I just don't get the feeling insulted by something so innocuous as a film like "Snatch." Feeling insulted by something that is so easily ignored is way different than feeling insulted by abhorrent public policy that changes our lives, or the neighbor's loud noises that disrupt our sleep, for example. :shrug:

[harmonicon]

25. it's a different kind of insulted

I'm not easily insulted in the way you mean. I mean that the film insults my intelligence and knowledge of the world. By appealing to trends, it insults the viewer who would like to watch a movie made in a manner consistent with vision, not the style of the time. When something is calculated "cool" and I'm just supposed to think that it's authentically "cool", it insults me. It's the same kind of way that the McBLT was insulting.

[Heidi]

27. You mean something similar to a feeling of a filmmaker attempting to manipulate you?

I absolutely cannot stand _that_. It doesn't insult me (I don't give it that sort of power), but such attempts do make a strong negative impression on me. :hi:

P.S. I promise: I wasn't deriding you with my comments upthread. I think it's important to identify _why_ we react in certain ways to art, so I appreciate your thoughts on your experience. :pals:

[harmonicon]

39. yeah, or just to try to appeal to me in a market-oriented sense

I know that Hitchcock is manipulating me, but that's the purpose of the film. I don't like it when things seem calculated to appeal to a certain market group/demographic. I'm especially put off when I'm in that targeted demographic. I think "do they really think that I'm this dumb to not judge the thing on it's own merits?", and the answer is that they do think I'm that dumb.

On the other hand, I like some movies that fall into that category, probably. I like movies by Wes Andersen and Sofia Coppola, and I'm clearly their audience. I also think that they make great movies, and that it's not a coincidence that directors from my generation are making movies that I like.

[harmonicon]

23. same here

That's why I've never seen more than the first few minutes of the film. Wonderful thing, will.

[jobycom]

31. That's because you have one of those special televisions

with buttons and stuff. Think of how those people who are duct taped like a fowl to a wall to their easy chairs without a remote control, forced to watch whatever someone else turns on, unable to control their own viewing habits.

Please, think of the children.

[GOPisEvil]

10. I really like it, but I liked "Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels" more.

[Lucian]

11. Oh, you're talking about the movie.

I was just going to say something else, but nevermind.

[curse of greyface]

17. Pitt did a spot on travelers accent in that movie...

Really an incredible job.

[Heidi]

19. Thank you for this post. I've often wondered how accurate his accent was.

I do know that I loved listening to that accent. :hi:

[insanity]

18. My favorite Guy Ritchie

I love Lock, Stock and RocknRolla was pretty decent, but Snatch will always be my favorite for the milk scene... and the dog.

[blondeatlast]

20. The millk scene is my favorite--I know way too many people like that!

Plus I just LOVE Jason Statham, but that's an entirely separate issue.

(Wipes up keyboard...)

[Iggo]

21. I generally like English gangster movies.

But I gotta tell ya, I just saw Rock n Rolla yesterday (also a Guy Ritchie joint), and I didn't much like it. Too cute...kinda Oceans Eleven-ish.

But Snatch is a great film.

[Forkboy]

24. It's one of my favorite movies.

I've watched it more since it came out than any other movie (at least a couple dozen times already). It's ultimately quotable and cool, and Brick Top is one of the more colorful bad guys in recent movie history.

It's not as serious as The Krays was (another excellent Brit gangster film), but it's not trying to be. It's just a fun caper movie.

I still crack up completely at the scene where Brad Pitt and the Pikeys show the picture of his "Ma" to Turkish. The look on her face in that picture is the funniest damn thing... :rofl:

[jobycom]

34. Like it a lot. It's flawed, but it's got a lot of heart.

I thought the writing got a bit pretentious and pompous at times (the pig speech was awful), but it had a real sense of humor and a good plot with some quirky bits to keep it fresh. Loved Pitt's role, and the end was clever.

[HEyHEY]

35. I find a lot of Ritchie's movies are flawed

There's always a big hole in the plot you have to ignore to enjoy the film.

[jobycom]

36. Yeah. That's true of most films, but even more of Guy Ritchie.

His strength is the humor of the script, not any connection to reality. Some movies I watch for the story, some I watch for as an extended stand-up routine.

[CabalPowered]

37. It's in my top 10

:thumbsup::thumbsup:

[MrSlayer]

40. Who's?

:7

[Jamastiene]

41. Oh, you mean a movie!

:evilgrin: