Posted by Neil at 209.245.186.234 on July 11, 2001 at 20:00:30:
In Reply to: Re: Over rated... posted by Capt Spalding on July 11, 2001 at 17:02:44:
: Tarantino's career is dead he only wrote two good films and must now resort to putting his name around "Tarantino Presents" fashion.
We'll see. I don't have a strong opinion. I think it could easily go either way.
: … do you think that Tarantino's characterisation or visual imagination is anywhere near as good as Ritchie…
I think my dog's butt has better characterization and visual imagination. Changing the color filter for every cut does not equate with imagination. I'm not trying to make Quentin into some ultra-sophisticated visual stylist here… I could honestly give a fuck about what anyone thinks of him at this point…
… but SNATCH was shit. Pure and simple. The overuse of color filters was distracting. The characters were occasionally amusing, but hardly original or rich… and how was it they managed to not understand Brad Pitt? I'm from a whole other continent and the only line I had any trouble with at all with was the one they used in the trailer. What a cheat!
It was just flat out mediocre. I can't believe people continually fall for guys like that who masturbate all over the screen instead of tell stories.
The use of "Don't You Just Know It" at the end was a nice touch, though.