Showing posts with label Brad Pitt. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Brad Pitt. Show all posts

Monday, April 21, 2008

Snatch - Brad Pitt speaking Pikey



Snatch was directed by Guy Ritchie (otherwise known as Mr. Madonna). Its a wonderful crime caper with great comedy.

Snatch uses the Pulp Fictionesque intertwined plot angle. And does it very well. Every scene flows from one to next seamlessly. This isn't an easy thing to pull of when you've got 20 characters to worry about, but there doesn't seem to be a wasted shot.

Guy Ritchie shot the film in an MTV style, quick cut, fast camera sort of way, which I'm normally not a big fan of. But it really works with the story.

The whole idea behind it is that all of the characters in the movie and trying to get this priceless diamond. The movie characters range from gang members, thieves, boxers, mob bosses, and other upstanding citizens of society.

Brad Pitt is the actor who steals this movie. He plays a piker (basically the British version of trailor trash). As the beginning part of the scene says you cannot understand a word a piker says. It's amazing how an American actor was able to pull of that thick UK accent. What's really amazing about Pitt's performance is that he was able to play a character who is incoherent but you could understand everything he's saying just with his body language and energy. It really is blast to watch, just as the film is.

Saturday, April 5, 2008

Seven - What's In the Box! Scene





I think David Fincher (director of Seven) is a genius. I think he is one of the few types of directors who can make an overtly commercialized film with a lot of integrity.

Seven is no different. Its a gritty, yet stylized suspense-drama. The story revolves around a newbie cop (Brad Pitt) becoming partners with an old veteran (Morgan Freeman) as they try to catch a homicidal maniac who keeps killing people based on one of the seven deadly sins they commit.

The "What's in the box" just builds so beautifully. I love the sloppy handheld shooting towards the end where Pitt's character is contemplating to kill Spacey's character.