30 Day Film Challenge - Day 8: The Film You Can Quote Best.
"Right. Let's sort the buyers from the spyers, the needy from the greedy, and those who trust me from the ones who don't, because if you can't see value here today, you're not up here shopping. You're up here shoplifting. You see these goods? Never seen daylight, moonlight, Israelite. Fanny by the gaslight. Take a bag, c'mon take a bag. I took a bag home last night. Cost me a lot more than ten pound, I can tell you. Anyone like jewelry? Look at that one there. Handmade in Italy, hand-stolen in Stepney. It's as long as my arm. I wish it was as long as something else. Don't think because these boxes are sealed up, they're empty. The only man who sells empty boxes is the undertaker, and by the look of some of you lot today, I'd make more money with me measuring tape"
For those who don't recognise the quote, it comes from my movie of the day:
Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Released in 1998, the hay day of my high school going youth, the best thing a movie lover like myself could do was to be able to quote a movie perfectly. Especially if someone disagreed with you, and you could prove them wrong. And what movie would be more appealing to a group of young men, than a movie about a group of young men (apart that is than a movie about a group of your women, but that's a topic for another day).
Lock Stock is a movie based on the adventure of a lifetime for four friends looking to make a big score to get their lives sorted. Set in the grizzly streets of London, the boys dabble a little further than they expected to one day, and find themselves owing a fairly serious gangster quite a sum of money, with little to no avenues to get the money to pay him back. With a story line more twisted than a length of rope, it goes to show how good Guy Ritchie was in his hayday. I say 'was' as apart from the recent adaptation of Sherlock Holmes, I don't think his recent films have been as good as Lock Stock.
There was a time in my youth, when I could quote this movie from start to finish. This isn't a boast. I honestly could accurately quote the movie from start to finish, and would often include the actions (as sometimes I get a little carried away). This isn't because I have a good memory, as to be honest I think I've forgotten more than I can remember. No, this was good old fashioned repetition. Much like my father told me of how he learned lessons at school, his teacher would make him write the lesson over and over in his books, I watched this film again and again, and again, and again , and again...
I would say that without exaggeration that I have saw this film more than 100 times in a year (roughly once every 3 days if you're keeping track). The soundtrack to this film for a time was the soundtrack to my life. As was always a problem of mine, I didn't experience a film, I lived it. And Lock Stock for a time was my be all and end all... Ah the memories.
For those who don't recognise the quote, it comes from my movie of the day:
Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Released in 1998, the hay day of my high school going youth, the best thing a movie lover like myself could do was to be able to quote a movie perfectly. Especially if someone disagreed with you, and you could prove them wrong. And what movie would be more appealing to a group of young men, than a movie about a group of young men (apart that is than a movie about a group of your women, but that's a topic for another day).
Lock Stock is a movie based on the adventure of a lifetime for four friends looking to make a big score to get their lives sorted. Set in the grizzly streets of London, the boys dabble a little further than they expected to one day, and find themselves owing a fairly serious gangster quite a sum of money, with little to no avenues to get the money to pay him back. With a story line more twisted than a length of rope, it goes to show how good Guy Ritchie was in his hayday. I say 'was' as apart from the recent adaptation of Sherlock Holmes, I don't think his recent films have been as good as Lock Stock.
There was a time in my youth, when I could quote this movie from start to finish. This isn't a boast. I honestly could accurately quote the movie from start to finish, and would often include the actions (as sometimes I get a little carried away). This isn't because I have a good memory, as to be honest I think I've forgotten more than I can remember. No, this was good old fashioned repetition. Much like my father told me of how he learned lessons at school, his teacher would make him write the lesson over and over in his books, I watched this film again and again, and again, and again , and again...
I would say that without exaggeration that I have saw this film more than 100 times in a year (roughly once every 3 days if you're keeping track). The soundtrack to this film for a time was the soundtrack to my life. As was always a problem of mine, I didn't experience a film, I lived it. And Lock Stock for a time was my be all and end all... Ah the memories.