Posted by Neil at 209.245.186.87 on September 21, 2001 at 15:00:48:
In Reply to: Kevin Smith vs. Guy Ritchie? I THINK NOT! posted by Reverend Slappy on September 21, 2001 at 14:20:48:
I know there are plenty of knee-jerks here, but I'm not one of them.
Kevin's movies are fun and he's improving cinematically, so I'm much looking forward to the "fatherhood project" which is supposed to have more depth. It's worth watching.
There are a substantial number of filmmakers out there who I agree are better on one level or another and quite a few who are better on nearly all, if not all.
Guy Ritchie simply isn't one of them.
I own a copy of LOCK, STOCK & TWO SMOKING BARRELS. I still haven't bothered to watch it, even though I still have a certain curiosity.
The problem is, I saw SNATCH first and man, did that suck!
No, I really mean that. It sucked a lot.
It wasn't visually interesting, it was directed by a fucking idiot who used a new color filter for every set-up just to fill a random need to be "visually interesting". The pacing sucked. The joke about not being able to understand Brad Pitt only worked for people who stuffed cotton in their ear before the movie.
Kevin Smith is a better director than Guy Ritchie, if only because a well trained monkey is better than fuckin' Guy Ritchie.
Jesus!