#77 Snatch - Don't mess with Pikeys...and their dogs.

2000. dir. Guy Ritchie, starring Jason Statham, Brad Pitt, Alan Ford, Dennis Farina, Benicio Del Toro.

Seen it before? No.

Jason Statham is hot. I love his voice. I love his body. And in this movie he plays narrator as well as a boxing match promoter. The story starts with his narration but there are about a zillion other characters who get introduced at the beginning and it involved a diamond, a big diamond.

Brad Pitt is hot too, of course. You can't understand half the crap that comes out of his mouth (surely intentional). Even the subtitles didn't appear when Brad Pitt would talk. His role was part Fight Club and part Inglorious Basterds. You'll see why if you watch. Has Brad Pitt always acted like that? The answer would be no. Watch Thelma and Louise, Legends of the Fall, Mr. and Mrs. Smith or Interview with the Vampire and you'll know the difference.

Benicio Del Toro is a creepy looking guy. And unfortunately none of the movies I have seen him in have changed that opinion. Oh well.

Dennis Farina does a lot of swearing...a far cry from his Catholic studies at St. Michael in Old Town, yes, that's right folks, he went to school and church where I do.

See it again? Yes
Own it? Sure
Funniest part - the three incompetent thieves riding in the car

#77 Snatch: It's not a tickling competition

2000. dir. Guy Ritchie, starring Jason Statham, Brad Pitt, Alan Ford, Dennis Farina, Benicio Del Toro.

Seen it before? No.

You know, I saw this one just a couple of days ago, and already I don't quite remember everything that happened. OK, so a bunch of guys dress up like Hasidim and steal a huge hockey-puck sized diamond, and then they introduce all of them with head shots. There are like seventeen characters here so it's hard to keep up. So they all start trying to steal the diamond from each other. Oh and there's this whole bit with underground bare-knuckle boxing, and "pikeys", which is I guess UK slang for "dirty people who live in RV's". I guess it's funny. It's shot in that annoying early-2000's way with lots of quick cuts, split screens, and so forth (see also: Go, The Rules Of Attraction, Requiem For A Dream, Run Lola Run, etc.) So yeah, I wasn't a huge fan.

Position on the list: 135
The critics rave!: Roger Ebert on this movie:

What am I to say of "Snatch," Ritchie's new film, which follows the "Lock, Stock" formula so slavishly it could be like a new arrangement of the same song?

So that means... (checks list) yep I get to watch basically this same movie again! yay.