I just watched the film earlier tonight having heard that it was one of the best British gangster films, one of the Top 5. I loved it, loved it, loved it! I thought it was great, cool, brutal and interesting. But HOW THE HELL does it only have a 6.6 out of 10??? Is my mind playing tricks on me? This deserves AT LEAST a 7.4 and up!
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perhaps it even deserves more...
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Gave it a 9, to try and justifiably raise its average. 8/10
shareIt's not a big budget hollywould movie, it's very unlikely it would ever get too good a score.
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I agree that it's underrated. It's a consistently visually impressive film, with a beautifully recreated nostalgic sixties look and astonishing film techniques. The light effects are superb: demonic red filters, white slashes across the Gangster's eyes, light diffused by smoke and light shot down the lens until it flares. And what about McGuigan's use of a split screen lens to create scenes in which the center of the screen is out of focus? Or those moments when the screen breaks into shards and flakes? Simply terrific. On the other hand, it's not all about style, as Kill Bill was, but about merging style and content into a coherent reality and coherent moral whole. It's an anti-gangster movie, really, and maybe that's why it isn't more popular: it's deconstructing the gangster movie instead of validating it.
shareI agree. This is an excellent movie with a potent central message about the bitter spiritual price of blind ambition. I give it a 9 out of 10.
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meh wasn't special. i'll give it a 6.
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I was shocked by how low the rating was, myself. I'm glad I gave the movie a chance anyway. It was fantastic.
sharei gave it 4 it suckerd major balls
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