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zingy
College Boy Z
Joined: Mon Oct 11, 2004 8:40 pm Posts: 36662
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Snatch
SnatchQuote: Snatch is a crime film written and directed by British filmmaker Guy Ritchie, featuring an ensemble cast. Set in the London criminal underworld, the film contains two intertwined plots: one dealing with the search for a stolen diamond, the other with a small-time boxing promoter named Turkish (Jason Statham) who finds himself under the thumb of a ruthless gangster known as Brick Top (Alan Ford).
The film features an assortment of colourful characters, including Irish Traveller Mickey O'Neil (Brad Pitt), Russian-Uzbek ex-KGB agent and arms-dealer Boris "the Blade" Yurinov (Rade Šerbedžija), professional thief and gambling addict Frankie "Four-Fingers" (Benicio del Toro), American gangster-jeweler "Cousin Avi" (Dennis Farina), and bounty hunter Bullet-Tooth Tony (Vinnie Jones). It is also distinguished by a kinetic direction and editing style, a circular plot featuring numerous ironic twists of chance and causality, and a fast pace.
The film shares themes, ideas and motifs with Ritchie's first film, Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels. It is also filmed in the same visual style and features many of the same actors, including Jones, Statham, and Ford.
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Thu Oct 21, 2004 6:23 am |
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Appy
Veteran
Joined: Fri Oct 15, 2004 2:22 pm Posts: 3285 Location: WA state baby!
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Come on people! has nobody seen this great funny film? come on it has to be one of Brad Pitts coolest roles. And it has an kick @ss cast!
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Thu Oct 21, 2004 5:13 pm |
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Algren
now we know
Joined: Tue Oct 19, 2004 9:31 pm Posts: 67043
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Snatch - A
One of Brad's best films and also Jason Statham's best role. Better than 'Lock Stock' and probably, no, infact definately Guy Ritchie's best film.
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Fri Jan 21, 2005 11:50 pm |
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Riggs
We had our time together
Joined: Thu Oct 21, 2004 4:36 am Posts: 13270 Location: Vienna
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Snatch is great. Very funny and cool. B+
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Sun Jan 23, 2005 8:16 pm |
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baumer72
Mod Team Leader
Joined: Sat Oct 16, 2004 11:00 pm Posts: 7087 Location: Crystal Lake
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Movies like Pulp Fiction make you forget you are watching a film and make you feel as though you are seeing real, albeit strange, but nonetheless real characters at work. Snatch does that as well. Most of us have very different lives. We all punch the clock, go to work, play with the dog, watch sports and whatever else it is that we do during our day. But in Guy Ritchie's labrynthian like tail, no one is normal. No one does things that the rest of us would do. They are all bound by the Tarantinoesque laws of fiction. And those laws dictate that if there is trouble to find, they find it and if there is a situation that calls for impropriety, it is here, in this film.
Snatch is a lot of fun. When you inhabit a world that shares it's space with guys like Bullet Tooth Tony, Doug The Head, One Punch Mickey, Frankie Four Fingers, Boris The Blade, Turkish, Brick Top and Cousin Avi, you can't help but to have fun. The story is quite complicated and by the time you figure out exactly what is going on, a different angle to the story is introduced. But in some way or another, every member of this story is involved in one way or another, with a diamond that has 84 carats to it. Frankie Four Fingers steals it, Boris the Blade wants it, so does cousin Avi as does does Bullet Tooth Tony. Turkish gets messed up in it somehow and then so does BrickTop, which brings in One Punch Mickey. Confused, you ain't seen nothing yet.
What it comes down to though is that you don't really have to know exactly who fits where in the story. I stopped keeping track of everyones importance about a third of the way through the film. I was having too much fun. Once again we are treated to Benetio Del Toro's mastery of accents as this time he brandishes a Turkish/Russian/Arabian accent. The man really is the best actor out there today. Too bad he dies early in the film, I would have liked to see more of him. Then we are introduced to Brad Pitt and he has a "whoknowswhatkindof" accent. As they say in the film, it is not Irish, not English, just Pygmie. Half the time you have no idea what he saying and the other half you are just barely making it out. But he is incredibly humourous and when he is hard to understand is some of the best humour in the film. Brad Pitt is one hell of an under rated actor but with films like this, he is sure to get a little recognition.
Snatch is violent and it is mean but it does it so stylishly that it becomes fun. I think this is a Pulp Fiction like clone. It is not as good, nothing ever will be, but it is a worthy imitator. Having fun at the movies is what being there is all about. Snatch never forgets that.
9 out of 10- One of the films that will probably make my ten best at the end of 2001.
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Mon Jun 27, 2005 9:44 am |
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zingy
College Boy Z
Joined: Mon Oct 11, 2004 8:40 pm Posts: 36662
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Fun and stylish. I liked it a lot.
B
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Wed Aug 24, 2005 12:59 am |
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A. G.
Draughty
Joined: Tue Oct 19, 2004 9:23 am Posts: 13347
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A lot of fun, possibly Pitt's most appealing role, in a supporting part. Statham is the main star and he does a good job anchoring the movie. B+
I liked this better than Lock, Stock.
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Sat Sep 03, 2005 6:28 pm |
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Shack
Devil's Advocate
Joined: Sun Jul 31, 2005 2:30 am Posts: 38010
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B+
Pretty great. Brad Pitt nails it.
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Fri Feb 10, 2006 2:16 am |
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DIB2
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Joined: Wed Jun 14, 2006 3:57 am Posts: 4669 Location: Anchorage, AK
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One of the best films of all time
A+
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Thu Nov 02, 2006 4:55 am |
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Bradley Witherberry
Extraordinary
Joined: Sat Oct 30, 2004 1:13 pm Posts: 15197 Location: Planet Xatar
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It's very good, but not up to the calibre of Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels -- that film is an all-time classic...
Whatever happened to Guy Ritchie anyways?
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Thu Nov 02, 2006 5:53 am |
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Thegun
On autopilot for the summer
Joined: Thu Oct 21, 2004 10:14 pm Posts: 21641 Location: Walking around somewhere
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bradley witherberry wrote: It's very good, but not up to the calibre of Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels -- that film is an all-time classic...
Whatever happened to Guy Ritchie anyways?
He married Madonna and made Swept Away, Ahhh, and Revolver, which didnt really hit the states.
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Thu Nov 02, 2006 11:07 am |
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Diesel
Motherfuckin' sexual
Joined: Wed May 10, 2006 4:38 pm Posts: 1830 Location: Orange County, CA
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Totally fucking cool. The one liners in this thing are hysterical. Definite A
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trixster
loyalfromlondon
Joined: Wed Oct 13, 2004 6:31 pm Posts: 19697 Location: ville-marie
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Re: Snatch
I love this movie. It's just so damn fun and entertaining. It's as stylish as hell, but it never feels pretentious or artsy, and the story is convoluted but not confusing. It's funnier than most straight comedies (gotta love that British humour!) and the cast is terrific. Brad Pitt steals the show, but Statham, Farina, Del Toro, Vinnie Jones and everyone else are just as memorable. Some bits of it are a tad too serious (the part with Pitt's caravan going up in flames specifically), and it's a fairly shallow film, but it's insanely rewatchable and immensely enjoyable.
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Tue Jul 31, 2007 9:48 pm |
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Thegun
On autopilot for the summer
Joined: Thu Oct 21, 2004 10:14 pm Posts: 21641 Location: Walking around somewhere
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Re: Snatch
Love this movie. Funny, smart, and great characters. I love the style as well.
A+
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Wed Aug 01, 2007 9:17 pm |
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zingy
College Boy Z
Joined: Mon Oct 11, 2004 8:40 pm Posts: 36662
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Re: Snatch
Definitely loved it.
Brad Pitt is phenomenal here, and the rest of the cast is so great. Stylish, hilarious and completely entertaining.
I didn't like Guy Ritchie's most recent Revolver nearly as much, but that was solid. I'm looking forward to RockNRolla a lot now.
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Optimus_Prime
Okay, I Believe You But My Tommy Gun Don't
Joined: Thu Oct 21, 2004 7:34 pm Posts: 816
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Re: Snatch
I don't know what to say about this movie, I mean it wil never ben conisdered one of the greatest movies of all time but it still is great. I think a lot of it has to be that Ritchie uses gags and techniques not usually seen in crime movies, so it seems fresh and original. Ritchie has found is niche and molded his own style, I can honestly say that before Snatch and Lock, Stock, I never saw a movie like them.
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jmovies
Let's Call It A Bromance
Joined: Tue Aug 07, 2007 7:22 pm Posts: 12333
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Re: Snatch
Fairly entertaining and one of the few films I can handle Statham in. It's also very very funny.
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