My Movie Journal is Better Than Yours

Notes History

Date Viewed	Venue	Note
08.15.21	Internet	This is more typical Guy Ritchie London gangster fare, but I liked this one as well. I probably liked Hugh Grant's performance the best as he had to basically carry the narrative of the entire film but managed to do so as a smarmy paparazzi type reporter. He seems to have the most fun playing against the type of romantic lead that he got famous for... kind of like Brad Pitt in that way. This one also makes the beginning titles of Wrath of Man make more sense as I guess Guy Ritchie just likes doing those James Bond intros for all of his films now? I remember his opening titles for Man from UNCLE also being like that. From the meta layer of this story, I wouldn't be surprised to learn the original title is Bush, which would work since this is a bit of a callback to Snatch and Lock Stock. The final title is pretty nondescript; Bush is much better. I think his first two still have more energy and fun to them, but this wasn't bad. I was never bored and had a good time with it.