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If you want a good British gangster movie, then there is no better place to turn these days than to Guy Ritchie. The guy who became next in line to marry Madonna has created a sequel to Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels in all but name, and it doesn't suffer for it either. With a bigger budget, and bigger stars too, Snatch is much more the Hollywood movie than the first, but at the same time it retains it's air of Britishness. Richie should be given a pat on the back for keeping Snatch true to its British surroundings, without selling out to the American cinema goers (with the sole exception of casting Brad Pitt, although he does do a pretty good Irish impersonation to be honest!) THE PLOT The plot is similar in style and content to Lock, Stock... but it has a certain flair of it's own and stands out as a fantastic movie. Boxing promoter Turkish gets an Irish gipsy, “One Punch” Mickey O'Neil (played by Pitt with a really funny accent that you can’t understand for the most part) to box for him after he’s beaten their best boxer up whilst buying a caravan (don’t ask!) Unfortunately, Mickey has his own ideas about boxing rules and the promoters’ start finding themselves on the wrong end of trouble. Meanwhile, a giant 86 carat diamond is stolen by thief Freddy Four Fingers, who is now trying to get to America to get rid of it, but is followed by fellow rough guy Bullet Tooth Tony (Vinnie Jones) in order for it to be ‘retrieved’ The sub-plot twists it’s way into the main plot and loads of dodgy thieves and criminals start getting involved in the diamond heist, all of them double crossing each other in the process. The way the film twists and turns is amazing, although the ending is pretty straightforward and easy to guess from the start, and it really drags you in to it, despite the many characters that seem to appear at an alarming rate. It is so darkly funny at times that you’ll wonder whether you should really be laughing at all, but it’s always entertaining. THE DVD On a two disc dvd, this package has a lot of extras to offer the viewer. On the first disc, apart from the film itself, is a great commentary from both Guy Ritchie and Matthew Vaughn, it does tend to produce some ‘waffle’ in places, but it is also interesting for the most part. There are also a few deleted scenes, but to be honest, these don’t add too much to the surrounding storyline. Disc two contains the bulk of the features though, a sound clip interview collection, which seems slightly pointless when there could have been actual interviews instead, a nice ‘making of’ feature, which is pretty good and fairly interesting after watching the film, more deleted scenes and script and photoshots. There is also a nice little storyboard comparison that takes you through a few design scenes with a multiple angle option and nifty little ‘jump to a song’ option that takes you to some of the music highlights of the film. All in all, a very good set of extras. The film itself is presented in Anamorphic widescreen, which means that it has the best quality picture you’ll be able to find, and it also has a nice Dolby 5.1 soundtrack, which seems to be becoming the norm now on DVDs. So as a package, this DVD is pretty damn good. In fact, I’d recommend that you do what the title suggests and ‘snatch’ up a copy for yourself, legally of course!
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Yeah, smokedKipper that was my fault. I copied and pasted from his review, but it was all messed up, so I hurriedly corrected it, and remember messing up the spaces and one comma.
To see the original, go to fimaday 4/5/01
To see the original, go to fimaday 4/5/01
I copied these two into Notepad and flicked between them to spot any differences.
Assuming a straight cut and paste was used to put pb's post in this thread I think I have an answer as there are 2 differences between the 2 posts:
1) "There are also a few deleted scenes, but to be honest, these don’t add too much to the surrounding storyline."
The comma after 'honest' is there on pb's version but not on Soph's, but this can't show who wrote it first.
2) Look at the last sentence. On pb's version 'you' and 'do' have a missing space between them whereas on Soph's version it's there, as it should be. Would someone purposely put a typing error in to look as if it was their post that was copied and corrected? Possible but unlikely, and wouldn't it be better to put a few mistakes in so that it was more obvious?
Besides, pb has shown he is the king of the DVD forum (by winning about 6 films a week on it) so I can't imagine he'd need to copy off anyone.
Your honour (not that one), the prosecution rests.
Assuming a straight cut and paste was used to put pb's post in this thread I think I have an answer as there are 2 differences between the 2 posts:
1) "There are also a few deleted scenes, but to be honest, these don’t add too much to the surrounding storyline."
The comma after 'honest' is there on pb's version but not on Soph's, but this can't show who wrote it first.
2) Look at the last sentence. On pb's version 'you' and 'do' have a missing space between them whereas on Soph's version it's there, as it should be. Would someone purposely put a typing error in to look as if it was their post that was copied and corrected? Possible but unlikely, and wouldn't it be better to put a few mistakes in so that it was more obvious?
Besides, pb has shown he is the king of the DVD forum (by winning about 6 films a week on it) so I can't imagine he'd need to copy off anyone.
Your honour (not that one), the prosecution rests.
There is no time on the review board, but 16:20 is the time of Soph`s post.
pb 4/5/01 gameaday winner:
If you want a good British gangster movie, then there is no better place to turn these days than to Guy Ritchie. The guy who became next in line to marry Madonna has created a sequel to Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels in all but name, and it doesn't suffer for it either. With a bigger budget, and bigger stars too, Snatch is much more the Hollywood movie than the first, but at the same time it retains it's air of Britishness. Richie should be given a pat on the back for keeping Snatch true to its British surroundings, without selling out to the American cinema goers (with the sole exception of casting Brad Pitt, although he does do a pretty good Irish impersonation to be honest!) THE PLOT The plot is similar in style and content to Lock, Stock... but it has a certain flair of it's own and stands out as a fantastic movie. Boxing promoter Turkish gets an Irish gipsy, “One Punch” Mickey O'Neil (played by Pitt with a really funny accent that you can’t understand for the most part) to box for him after he’s beaten their best boxer up whilst buying a caravan (don’t ask!) Unfortunately, Mickey has his own ideas about boxing rules and the promoters’ start finding themselves on the wrong end of trouble. Meanwhile, a giant 86 carat diamond is stolen by thief Freddy Four Fingers, who is now trying to get to America to get rid of it, but is followed by fellow rough guy Bullet Tooth Tony (Vinnie Jones) in order for it to be ‘retrieved’ The sub-plot twists it’s way into the main plot and loads of dodgy thieves and criminals start getting involved in the diamond heist, all of them double crossing each other in the process. The way the film twists and turns is amazing, although the ending is pretty straightforward and easy to guess from the start, and it really drags you in to it, despite the many characters that seem to appear at an alarming rate. It is so darkly funny at times that you’ll wonder whether you should really be laughing at all, but it’s always entertaining. THE DVD On a two disc dvd, this package has a lot of extras to offer the viewer. On the first disc, apart from the film itself, is a great commentary from both Guy Ritchie and Matthew Vaughn, it does tend to produce some ‘waffle’ in places, but it is also interesting for the most part. There are also a few deleted scenes, but to be honest these don’t add too much to the surrounding storyline. Disc two contains the bulk of the features though, a sound clip interview collection, which seems slightly pointless when there could have been actual interviews instead, a nice ‘making of’ feature, which is pretty good and fairly interesting after watching the film, more deleted scenes and script and photoshots. There is also a nice little storyboard comparison that takes you through a few design scenes with a multiple angle option and nifty little ‘jump to a song’ option that takes you to some of the music highlights of the film. All in all, a very good set of extras. The film itself is presented in Anamorphic widescreen, which means that it has the best quality picture you’ll be able to find, and it also has a nice Dolby 5.1soundtrack, which seems to be becoming the norm now on DVDs. So as a package, this DVD is pretty damn good. In fact, I’d recommend that youdo what the title suggests and ‘snatch’ up a copy for yourself, legally of course!
Which came first.They are the same day. pb? Check the times.
If you want a good British gangster movie, then there is no better place to turn these days than to Guy Ritchie. The guy who became next in line to marry Madonna has created a sequel to Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels in all but name, and it doesn't suffer for it either. With a bigger budget, and bigger stars too, Snatch is much more the Hollywood movie than the first, but at the same time it retains it's air of Britishness. Richie should be given a pat on the back for keeping Snatch true to its British surroundings, without selling out to the American cinema goers (with the sole exception of casting Brad Pitt, although he does do a pretty good Irish impersonation to be honest!) THE PLOT The plot is similar in style and content to Lock, Stock... but it has a certain flair of it's own and stands out as a fantastic movie. Boxing promoter Turkish gets an Irish gipsy, “One Punch” Mickey O'Neil (played by Pitt with a really funny accent that you can’t understand for the most part) to box for him after he’s beaten their best boxer up whilst buying a caravan (don’t ask!) Unfortunately, Mickey has his own ideas about boxing rules and the promoters’ start finding themselves on the wrong end of trouble. Meanwhile, a giant 86 carat diamond is stolen by thief Freddy Four Fingers, who is now trying to get to America to get rid of it, but is followed by fellow rough guy Bullet Tooth Tony (Vinnie Jones) in order for it to be ‘retrieved’ The sub-plot twists it’s way into the main plot and loads of dodgy thieves and criminals start getting involved in the diamond heist, all of them double crossing each other in the process. The way the film twists and turns is amazing, although the ending is pretty straightforward and easy to guess from the start, and it really drags you in to it, despite the many characters that seem to appear at an alarming rate. It is so darkly funny at times that you’ll wonder whether you should really be laughing at all, but it’s always entertaining. THE DVD On a two disc dvd, this package has a lot of extras to offer the viewer. On the first disc, apart from the film itself, is a great commentary from both Guy Ritchie and Matthew Vaughn, it does tend to produce some ‘waffle’ in places, but it is also interesting for the most part. There are also a few deleted scenes, but to be honest these don’t add too much to the surrounding storyline. Disc two contains the bulk of the features though, a sound clip interview collection, which seems slightly pointless when there could have been actual interviews instead, a nice ‘making of’ feature, which is pretty good and fairly interesting after watching the film, more deleted scenes and script and photoshots. There is also a nice little storyboard comparison that takes you through a few design scenes with a multiple angle option and nifty little ‘jump to a song’ option that takes you to some of the music highlights of the film. All in all, a very good set of extras. The film itself is presented in Anamorphic widescreen, which means that it has the best quality picture you’ll be able to find, and it also has a nice Dolby 5.1soundtrack, which seems to be becoming the norm now on DVDs. So as a package, this DVD is pretty damn good. In fact, I’d recommend that youdo what the title suggests and ‘snatch’ up a copy for yourself, legally of course!
Which came first.They are the same day. pb? Check the times.
hm.
Something seems way too familiar here.
Perhaps the review was copied from somewhere?
Ali, anyone else, please take note. Look at this original post then look at the filmaday winners list. Specifically my last win.
Something seems way too familiar here.
Perhaps the review was copied from somewhere?
Ali, anyone else, please take note. Look at this original post then look at the filmaday winners list. Specifically my last win.
The way Guy Ritche has directed the film is amazing, he has to be the most creative director in the world today. The way that the scenes change and the places where the camaras are situated are simply genius.
It looks as though Guy Ritche has a certain genre of film that he likes to create. This can be seen in the films that he has directed, Lock Stock and Snatch for example. They both have the same genre, a world of gangsters in a gritty world.
It amazes me to think what Guy Ritche could do if he put his minds to more bigger, more successful genres. I think a fast paced action film could suit him well. The film, backed by a great storyline would certainly show us all what the man himself can do. He just needs to set his mind on bigger and better things.
Thats the thing I like about Guy, I can watch his films over and over again and always look at the way it is directed. When I watched Snatch it was what i was looking at all the way through. I was concentrating more on his directing to the films plot. I found myself watching his older films to view his other work and I can simply say, brillant.
So what film genres do you think Guy could do well?
If you had the chance to give him a film that has already made to be re-directed what film would it be?
Your views please.
It looks as though Guy Ritche has a certain genre of film that he likes to create. This can be seen in the films that he has directed, Lock Stock and Snatch for example. They both have the same genre, a world of gangsters in a gritty world.
It amazes me to think what Guy Ritche could do if he put his minds to more bigger, more successful genres. I think a fast paced action film could suit him well. The film, backed by a great storyline would certainly show us all what the man himself can do. He just needs to set his mind on bigger and better things.
Thats the thing I like about Guy, I can watch his films over and over again and always look at the way it is directed. When I watched Snatch it was what i was looking at all the way through. I was concentrating more on his directing to the films plot. I found myself watching his older films to view his other work and I can simply say, brillant.
So what film genres do you think Guy could do well?
If you had the chance to give him a film that has already made to be re-directed what film would it be?
Your views please.
teh comedies hardly unoriginal, it's great, plus the action and stunts are really cool, it's not a rip-off but I know what you mean, it's more of an exageration, but shouldn't be taken as seriously as Quentin's stuff.
This films good but it's nothing compared to 'Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels' this is because with the original, there were more build up fight sequences where the four main characters made the bad guys fight the bad guys, Snatch was a bit of a disapointment in this respect, because even the low quality lock stock series had better build ups.
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