This Week's Movie

Snatch

Guy Ritchie did it again. Two years after the previous movie, Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Ritchie comes back with another comedy with a bunch of boneheaded underworld types. The story involves an 84 ct. flawless diamond, a pack of gypsies, boxing, a man that dodges bullets and a man the has a few in his mouth. Ritchie not only directed this one but he wrote this as well. So much like LSTS it is very complex. Not too give to much away, the movie stars Jason Statham and Vinny Jones again. Statham is a promoter of illegal boxing matches who is just trying to get by and buy himself a new caravan (trailer). Jones comes along much later so just watch and see who he is. Trouble arises early on when Statham tries to buy a caravan from the gypsies and his prize fighter is knocked into next week by a lanky Irishman played by none other than Bradd Pitt. To make a long story short without giving away any details, Pitt decides to fight for Statham. Now onto the other story involving the diamond. Benicio Del Toro steals the diamond and then has the diamond stolen from him. Thats as basic as I am willing to make it. Just watch the movie and you can figure out what I mean.

Reasons to watch:

1. Guy Ritchie: The man is a genius when it comes to envisioning a story and capturing it through a camera lens. The movie is complex yet easy enough to follow for most viewers. He shows you everything up his sleeve and doesn't leave a briefcase with a golden glow up for interpretation.

2. Fight Club: Did you like watching Brad Pitt beat up people in Fight Club? If you are thinking to yourself "Yeah I did enjoy him beating up guys twice his size", then this is a movie you have to see. The man is unstoppable. Well at least the character he portrays it unstoppable. He bare knuckle fights two men bigger than him and another with gloves on. Definitely not to be missed.

3. Re-watch: The movie should be watched twice I know I saw this a while ago and forgot about it but coming back with the goal of promoting has made it stick out in my head. Watch it again before you recommend it to friends. Or not.

4. Review: Check out the reasons why to watch Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels. I would say the same reasons apply here.

Trailer Time!!!!

I know I am a day late, but oh well shit happens. This week though I bring the first trailer, at least the first one I have seen, for the new Guy Ritchie film Sherlock Holmes. Interestingly enough it looks like the film is full of much more action than I thought it would be. I figured it would rather be Sherlock Holmes solving a mystery with a few fight scenes here and there, but this trailer ends with a pretty impressive explosion. Sherlock Holmes is being played by the debonair Robert Downey Jr. It is hard to tell how his performance as Holmes is going to turn out from the trailer, but I am willing to bet it will be a blast. Starring opposite him as the indomitable sidekick Dr. John Watson is Jude Law. It should prove to be interesting to see how the relationship between one of the first "crime stopping/mystery solving" teams works out. Playing the femme fatale is the gorgeous Rachel McAdams. Three big actors and a director known for crazy plots should make for an interesting film. Guess we will all find out come July 24.



-Peter