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Mr. Beaks Throws Down With Guy Ritchie!!

Guy Ritchie kicks ass! by Speed Fricassee	Oct 7th, 2008 03:58:02 PM
He might be my new fair-weather favorite director again after the stinkbomb that del Toro laid.
Guy Ritchie sucks ass! by Grando	Oct 7th, 2008 04:06:57 PM
Is what I think you meant to say. After 2 flops he crawls back to the genre that made him think he could make movies. How wrong he is.... how very wrong. He is nothing more than A one note mockney hack.
I'm not a fan of any of his movies, but... by dr sauch	Oct 7th, 2008 04:16:32 PM
Downey as Holmes and Depp as Watson, with Strong as a villian, this should be way, way, way out of control.
oh.... by Quintus_Arrius	Oct 7th, 2008 04:53:25 PM
... ok....
I wonder... by Clarence Boddicker	Oct 7th, 2008 05:48:40 PM
If he just watched "Zeitgeist" the movie...
But it's a good note Grando by BrandLoyalist	Oct 7th, 2008 05:50:08 PM
Lock Stock and Snatch were gleet. So what was wrong with Revolver? Nevermind, I'll find out for myself sometime.
I'm not a big fan, but I'm so on-board for Sherlock Holmes by O_Goncho	Oct 7th, 2008 06:35:47 PM
Can't wait.
Guy Ritchie signalled diversion when Swept Away came up by theycallmemrglass	Oct 7th, 2008 06:44:08 PM
As soon as Swept Away and Revolver were mentioned, Guy Ritchie gave a pre-arranged hand signal to his nearby accomplice to create a noisy diversion and it fucking worked! The subject was completely changed!
New corner animation? by Ye Not Guilty	Oct 7th, 2008 08:22:07 PM
I don't get the filmic reference. Please spoil it for me.
Most Celebrated Actor in Hollywood by Spiral_Jacobs	Oct 7th, 2008 09:03:21 PM
Errr...isn't that a bit too much hyperbole? I like Rourke as much as the next guy, but I really don't think he's the most celebrated actor around.
At The Moment... by mrbeaks	Oct 7th, 2008 10:17:09 PM
... Rourke is everyone's favorite actor in this town. Of course, most of them haven't seen THE WRESTLER.
his films are worth it for Mark Kermode's reviews by hegele	Oct 7th, 2008 11:04:49 PM
they are hilarious. I can't stand his films. all of them. even lock, stock and snatch. they are all rubbish.
Sherlock by Ritchie with Downey will be far out by pipergates	Oct 8th, 2008 12:47:46 AM
ill be waiting in line for that one
Filming already? by mulberry	Oct 8th, 2008 01:40:08 AM
Mrs Mulberry works in an office on the Historic London Square Lincoln's Inn Fields, used all the time in historical dramas. There were lots of flustered secretaries yesterday claiming to have seen Downey and/or Law. Pity it was pissing down with rain.
No, it's a bad note. by Grando	Oct 8th, 2008 01:56:45 AM
Lock Stock, Snatch and I assume Rocknrolla (since I refuse to put myself through that particular pain) are awful, awful films. If you want to see British Gangster done well check out The Long Good Friday, Get Carter or more recently Sexy Beast. The only saving grace Ritchie has is that anything with Danny Dyer in it is actually WORSE that the shit he makes.
Grando, you nailed it... by Brundlefly	Oct 8th, 2008 02:12:42 AM
I agree - Guy Ritchie has made a career out of regurgitating better British gangster films. He's a hack. Plain and simple. Rocknrolla wholesale rips off The Long Good Friday - right down to the real estate oriented plot.
Guy keeps making the same movie over and over by BobaFetish	Oct 8th, 2008 02:13:31 AM
Ritchie
Lock Stock & Snatch are two of the most Quoted by bongo123	Oct 8th, 2008 04:14:59 AM
films i know, every fucker has seen em and everyone has a favourite line from either movie, one of mine being "its tip top tommy, im just not sure about the colour" as he lifts the door of the caravan.. Rocknrolla is ritchie doing what he does best, making a cool as fuck brit gangster flick that makes the ocean series look positively boring by comparison, his last two were complete shoite, but this one had the cinema in stitches and I hope to fuck we get a sequel, great to see him return to form.
Most Celebrated Actor in Hollywood by Paulseta	Oct 8th, 2008 05:01:57 AM
"Look at Mickey Rourke. The man was trounced for two solid decades as the poster child for misspent talent, and now he's the most celebrated actor in Hollywood. " Robert Downey Jnr called. He said shut the hell up. Also, just for laughs, read Joe Quinnlan's "Mickey Rourke For A Day". You'll laugh 'till you scream at someone that they're not gonna cut your balls off, the way they did Michael Cimino's.
New corner animation? by Paulseta	Oct 8th, 2008 05:03:43 AM
I think it's the future dream sequence from Prince Of Darkness. Awesome geektackularness.
Isn't it Wembley Stadium.... by bateman76	Oct 8th, 2008 05:25:01 AM
and not arena, would've thought Ritchie would have picked up on that!
Hegele I'm with you..... by D o o d	Oct 8th, 2008 05:32:02 AM
Guy Ritchie's only 2 good movies were Lock Stock and Snatch and I can clearly credit both of those to Mathew Vaughn. As soon as he left Guy's films became rubbish. Mark Kermode does have a very valid rant about Guy Ritchie and I urge everyone to check those reviews out.
Surprised he went with Holmes by Dingbatty	Oct 8th, 2008 10:12:46 AM
and not a Sexton Blake movie.
I wish he would have done Hellblazer by Darksider	Oct 8th, 2008 10:21:40 AM
Instead of the American crapfest, Constantine. Paul Bettany as Constantine. I like his crime capers but it would be nice to see him branch out more.
Good show, Beaks! by Archive	Oct 8th, 2008 12:48:40 PM
Loved the interview, and especially the moment of ah-hah with regards to the Guy Ritchieverse! You keep bringing that class and expensive scotch to the pugilists of our culture, and you better believe I'll keep reading about it!
Hurry...before zee Germans get here... by Darth Macchio	Oct 8th, 2008 12:50:53 PM
Love Snatch...one of my favorite "comedies"...also proof that Staham is far more capable than looking grim, beating up people in a bath of oil, or jumping around on fire with explosions and driving fast n shit.
Mickey Rourke is this year's Terrence Howard!!! by JackRabbitSlim	Oct 8th, 2008 01:28:23 PM
Amazing how certain actors get so much buzz - and then their fees grow exponentially and they fade. Who was it two years ago - Paul Giamatti?
"hey Meatbiscuit, why do your movies always suck?" by bongo123	Oct 8th, 2008 04:42:55 PM
oh wait...
If you want to see British Gangster done well check out by Iowa Snot Client	Oct 8th, 2008 07:20:34 PM
Mona Lisa and Stormy Monday also
Pretentious wanker, isn't he? by TheRealRatigan	Oct 8th, 2008 11:13:59 PM
"I'm attracted to multi narratives that can somehow consummate one another by the end of the process."
Mark Strong is awesome! by chien_sale	Oct 9th, 2008 04:27:45 AM
I wouldn't have minded if he had played Moriarty
Holmes by DoctorStopMo	Oct 9th, 2008 05:48:47 AM
I hope his take on Sherlock Holmes is good. As I'm an enormous Holmes fan, I won't be missing it, but I'll be done with Ritchie if he f's it up. I'm guardedly pessimistic about it, given his past history.
Steady on Meatbiscuit.. who stole the jam outa your donut by bongo123	Oct 9th, 2008 07:05:07 AM
:)
Guy Ritchie can suck it by Steve Rogers	Oct 9th, 2008 10:15:56 AM
Lousy movies.
Comparing The Long good Friday to Snatch or Lock stock is like c by Lunch	Oct 9th, 2008 10:25:49 AM
They are both the same genre, but one is a straight horror film while the other is more tongue in cheek. I saw Rocknrolla and thought it was a good way to spend 114 mins.It had a good story and good performances.However, there was a really annoying woman in the back of the cinema with an irritating laugh that ruined it a bit for me. I think she was on prozac. Anyways, so what if Guy Ritchie only makes farcical gangster films. No one complains about Eli Roth only making horror films or George Lucas making disappointing prequels.....
Cockup above. by Lunch	Oct 9th, 2008 10:28:50 AM
What I was trying to say in my title was that comparing The Long good friday to Snatch/Lock stock is like comapring The excorcist to the evil dead. OH NEVER MIND!
...... by fartedinthefaceofhollywood	Oct 9th, 2008 11:09:35 AM
i dig some of his movies, but does anyone remember "Swept Away"???....no???....nevermind . anyway, gonna wait and rent ROCKNROLLA. i think his work started to slip when he married that singing, wig-wearing old man Madonna.
"Every once in a while, you gotta roll the potato." by Wonder Man	Oct 10th, 2008 05:14:53 AM
BIG shout out to Paulseta for mentioning the Joe Queenan "Mickey Rourke For A Day" article... that's a fucking CLASSIC...

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