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A Johnny Depp Weekend...
The Brave - 1997 - Directed and Co-written by Johnny Depp himself. Only directed film
Blow - 2001 - A biopic about George Jung, an affiliate in a Colombian Drug Cartel
A Brazilian film - Ultimo Parada 174.. Fiction story Based on a bus hijacker in Brazil
"When Worlds Collide: The Untold Story of the Americas After Columbus" proved to be a captivating documentary with focus on:
1) South America (New world) before contact
2) The New world after contact
3) The influence of the New world on Europe
4) The influence of Europe on the New World
5) The mixing (mestizo) culture that has come from it
With the overall theme of "mestizo" culture and how this mixture of cultures, races, and religions influences each of these worlds was in part fascinating and horrific. There is a contention within the doc when it comes to dealing with the mixture of religion which was not looked into in depth but would prove interesting as well.
While there is a prevailing negativity towards the Spanish Colonizers (who could blame him?) there is also a strong push to prove how advanced, prosperous and positive the various Americas cultures were (Inca, Maya, Aztecs).
The bgm deserves special mention as well.
Lock, Stock and two smoking barrels
Not as good as 'Snatch'. But still watchable..
You are the first person to say this in hub... :)Quote:
Originally Posted by ajaybaskar
For me LSTSB was way better than snatch
I share the same view of Ajay. Liked Snatch better than Lock Stock. May be because I watched Snatch first.
Yeah "Snatch" I enjoyed more than "Lock, Stock..." has anyone watched "Layer Cake"?
"Rock n Rolla" was pretty good too.
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the-social-network/#
Fincher's social network has opened up to great reviews. I hope to catch it this week.
Fincher's Social Network opens Mumbai film festival too!
I watched all Ritchie films in chronological order. I'd rate "Lock stock.." as his best film, way better than Snatch. Agree with Vicky.
Querida,
"Layer Cake" is rather good (Vaughn's Ritchie-inspired formalism). "Stardust" is like one of those workable Disney ventures. OTOH, I found "Kickass" to be 'meh' - even stylistically, and above all, ethically deplorable (And I'm not one of those tight-asses in terms of violence on screen)..Vaughn's consistent divergence in style & tone makes him a less exciting filmmaker in my view. Some would say "versatile".