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ALEXANDRA DuPONT Revists SNATCH -- on Two Discs!!

Better than Lock, Stock and two smoking barrels by coop	Jul 1st, 2001 10:09:59 PM
I am a big fan of Lock, Stock... but Snatch is a superior film in so many ways. I really don't understand why the critics (mostly in the U.K.) consider it just a rehash of the prior film. Sure it's about the underworld and it's done in a similar narative style, but that's where the similarities end. It's a completely different story with completely different characters and the acting and comic timing is brilliant. Brad Pitt in my opinion is a great actor (just compare Kalifornia to Snatch) and has the ability to take you from comedy to pain in an instant. This film in my opinion is one of the must see films of the last 10 years. Check it out.
Actually my favorite line from the making of... by Toby O Notoby	Jul 1st, 2001 11:01:52 PM
...is when Brad Pitt (I think, it's been a while) is complaining about the size of his trailer and says that Amnesty International were picketing, having declared it "unfit for human habitation". TO MATT: You can't find the video because it's not out yet. This is a preview of the DVD which should be released in a week or two. Take it from someone who moves a lot: get a multi-region DVD player.
SNATCH SUCKED by scanlon	Jul 1st, 2001 11:08:36 PM

geek observation by reb55_0	Jul 1st, 2001 11:57:12 PM
I thought "the dogs raped everybody" was just a brusque English colloquial obseravtion, not for real! bwaaaahahahahahahah!!
ages old by scifiboyuk	Jul 2nd, 2001 12:32:46 AM
this DVD came out over here in the UK months ago. has it really taken so long for it to get to the states? I suppose it's only fair making you guys wait for a good DVD every so often we're not getting the ultimate edition of T2 until october.
Prefer Lock to Snatch by BoBaBrain	Jul 2nd, 2001 04:25:48 AM
Lock stock is a tighter film. Snatch has a bit too many holes and unnecessary naration. And Turkish seems to be just a parady of Bacon.
Hidden stuff by the earthworm	Jul 2nd, 2001 07:10:15 AM
Don't know if it'll make it onto the US version, but the UK DVD had a couple of cool "hidden" menu options accessed by moving the cursor off the menus. There were 4 or 5 altogether. One was Doug the Head's ringtone for nokia phones, another was a hilarious montage of every single swear word in the film, a complete list of the on-screen fines, and another one that i can't remember. Funny stuff!
who cares!! by SLASH0723	Jul 2nd, 2001 10:05:06 PM
It's another Brad Pitt movie that ain't great. Except 12 monkeys, the rest of his stuff sux. It's all girly crap that I don't care for. So bery this at the bottom of the barrel and as for Mr. Maddonna, He's overrated. He's a terantino wanna-be!!
eeeerrmm.. by DapperDanMan	Jul 3rd, 2001 10:40:13 AM
Verhoeven already did. In 90
viddy and quality by kylerayner	Jul 5th, 2001 09:00:23 AM
First off, the film surely is available on video, at least in New York City. I rented it last night.* I enjoyed the film. Sure, it's another fractured-narrative heist caper, but it was FUN. My question is this: Does Ritchie have an outsize ego to match his outsize characters? (I've read no interviews, and I don't have a DVD player, so I can't get a look at his personality that way.) * Yes, some problems, but so does Pulp Fiction, which so very many seem to put on a pedestal. * Anyway, I enjoyed the film quite a bit. 'Twasn't deep, but 'twas fun. Like a jigsaw puzzle vs. a chess match, perhaps. * As for racism, well, I noticed that too, particularly the fumbling blacks. Then, what the hell was del Toro's character sposed to be? Jewish? Huh? Nu? That would be... miscasting. Of course, he's great, but... well... odd casting. Anyway, on the racism--I'm not sure if it's a problem or not. It seems to me it was done with a knowing wink. Is British culture not as sensitive to this? If an American director had made this film, there would have been an outcry (at least from Spike Lee). * Should I see Lock, Stock now? The board seems to be divided... * Peace! --kyle

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