yes, Gerard Butler, good actor in his own right.
Awesome movie, real fun. Witty dialogue, crazy action, bouncy ridiculous characters, strong direction and all in all an original and fast paced action-comedy that never fails to deliver.
*side note- Toby Kebbell really steals the show. Just fantastic as "Johnny Quid"
__________________ 1) Milk-9.5
2) Wall-E-9.5
3) Doubt- 9.5
4) The Curious Case of Benjamin Button- 9.5
5) In Bruges- 9.5
6) The Wrestler-9.5
7) The Dark Knight- 9
8) The Fall- 9
I also liked revolver. lots of critics gave it bad reviews cuz they didn't want to admit that the plot made them feel like jackasses. critics are fagg0ts anyway. i remember reading Punisher: war zone review where the sod gave it 2/4 stars JUST BECAUSE it was "disgusting". wanker
as for RocknRolla, it was brilliant. Not as good as lock, stock and two smoking barrels but definitely good. Gerard butler was great as One-two and Toby Kebbel was brilliant. the best bit was [spoiler]the chase scene where gerard was trying to run away from the insane endurance russian dude[/smilie]
*in his best scottish accent* ABANDON SHIP!!
One scene which made me roll up was when that thick member of the gang asked where the painting was, although it was blatantly obvious. The silence and reaction after his question was just brilliant imo.
Guy Ritchie films have always been good, i have not yet watched this but its one that i am really looking foward to seeing when i find the time! Seems that more people liked it then disliked it which is always a plus...
film critics are aholes. honestly, at times i feel like they go to the cinema with preplanned things on what to say to it. not to mention the fact that critics always go for franchises they are not remotely familiar with but love to give their opinions on.
take Rambo4 for instance. which Rambo (aside from 1) was humane and objective in its portrayal of the bad guys? none. which rambo movie put common sense, character development and emotions over action and voilence? none (again, accept for 1).
the whole franchise is about blood and carnage with a little bit of development or none. in comes Rambo4 and its getting shredded by a bunch of pvssies who siad it was too gory. wtf is that? its a WAR MOVIE. that's what wars do to limbs and faces. and sure as hell when an antiaircraft gun is aimed at people its going to rip them in half. and all the things in the movie is what war criminals do. it was showing the stuff that is happening in Burma at this very moment. but no...it was too voilent. if blood and gore sickens you don't go for it. stick to princess' diaries or whatever.
another thing that comes to mind is Punisher war Zone. some of the critics had me laughing. they know next to nothing about Punisher, haven't read a single comicbook by him but go watch the movie and complain that it was too voilent.....violence is what Punisher is all about. he doesn't talk, is always frowning, the only time he smiles is when he's got some twisted thought in his head on how to torture someone and wont shy away from shooting someone with an RPG. all of which was faithfully shown in the movie. it was movie for the fans. so why critics who aren't even remotely familiar with the franchise were watching it is beyond me. it was rated R for a f0cking reason which means "sissy proof" movie. one critic said it was good but gave it 2/4 stars because it was "disgusting". wtf?
so honestly, the last thing that matters is what critics say. these guys are just like anyone else watching the movie: they are subjective but get paid for pretending not to be so. F0ck critics.
yeah you do that. never let a critic tell you what to think. a person makes his or her own art and the viewers understand it to their own best capabilities. that's the beauty of arts.
I don't believe it is up there with Lock, and Snatch but it's still a good film from Ritchie and do hope he goes on to make the second one. I would have liked to have seen Gemma Arterton(sp?) in it a bit more though, she is a good actress.
I'm also disappointed that Toby Kebbell missed out on the BAFTA, instead it went to Noel Clarke, bla.
Last edited by MildPossession on Feb 14th, 2009 at 06:50 PM
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Nov 3rd, 2008 01:22 AM
I didn't get it
