# Snatch.. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 18, 2001, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snatch/50602 "2001-01-18T00:50:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![aha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eada6e/32.png) [@aha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aha)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2001, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snatch/50602/1 "2001-01-18T00:50:08Z")
Anyone seen it yet? Would you recommend it? I heard Brad Pitt is very good in it although it’s a mostly English cast. What? What did you think this thread was about? I know that it doesn’t open in most cities till Friday but I couldn’t resist typing the word “Snatch”. ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2001, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snatch/50602/2 "2001-01-18T01:41:25Z")
Seen it last weekend! Excellent movie, lots of humour, nice plot line with the occasional twist, good acting by Pitt and… Vinnie Jones is a born actor! Go see it! ---
**Author:** ![aha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eada6e/32.png) [@aha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aha)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2001, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snatch/50602/3 "2001-01-18T02:25:21Z")
Cloggy you guys got it before the US. Excellant, I’ll go see it on Friday! ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2001, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snatch/50602/4 "2001-01-18T03:52:21Z")
Don’t bother. If you want to see a decent movie by the same guy, in the same style, see his first one: Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels. Very funny, very stylish. Snatch is just a bad imitation ---
**Author:** ![Space\_Vampire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Space\_Vampire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Space_Vampire)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2001, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snatch/50602/5 "2001-01-18T10:43:48Z")
I’m going to see it. Lock Stock may’ve been empty calories, but it was the best time I’ve ever had at the movies… (that’s NOT the same as it being my favorite movie, which it isn’t) The word from our British friends is that Snatch is essentially an expensive remake, but I’m sure that even if it doesn’t break new ground it’ll be enjoyable. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2001, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snatch/50602/6 "2001-01-18T14:08:34Z")
Of course, when it was released in Britain, it was called “Vagina.” ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2001, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snatch/50602/7 "2001-01-18T14:26:59Z")
Seriously, Eve? Or am I gullible again? I tried to look that word up in the dictionary, but it wasn’t there! 😉 “Lock Stock” is certainly better, but “Snatch” still is an amusing flick, IMHO. ---
**Author:** ![London\_Calling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@London\_Calling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/London_Calling)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2001, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snatch/50602/8 "2001-01-18T14:57:41Z")
A popular ode from my short-trousered, school playground days (something like…): There was once an Elizabeth Regina Who was known for her smelly vagina Everywhere she walked The people would talk And no one would walk behind her. It’s the way you tell 'em ! ---
**Author:** ![Crusoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@Crusoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crusoe)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2001, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snatch/50602/9 "2001-01-18T17:22:39Z")
There was a young lass from Carolina… (snip) Isn’t this just a vague remake of “Lock, Stock…etc”? BTW, Vinny Jones is an unreconstructed thug. ---
**Author:** ![obfusciatrist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/4af34b/32.png) [@obfusciatrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/obfusciatrist)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2001, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snatch/50602/10 "2001-01-18T23:49:06Z")
Reviews seem to be pretty consistent in saying that _Snatch_ is almost as good at _Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels_ and that if you haven’t seen the latter then you will really enjoy the former. I’ll see it for two reasons. First, _Lock, Stock_ was a good movie; and second, after seeing _Traffic_ I will be going to anything with Benicio del Toro until he convinces me otherwise. The best thing about _Snatch_, however, is the ad campaign that has been playing here (San Francisco). Among other great lines is the closing line: “Snatch opening everywhere, starting tomorrow.” Coldfire, Eve was pulling your leg. Snatch refers to the theft. What I wonder is, is “snatch” slang for vagina in the UK as well? ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2001, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snatch/50602/11 "2001-01-19T00:40:31Z")
Me, I’m first in line for _Snatch._ I don’t care if they’re empty calories; some movies are worthwhile just because it’s clear the filmmaker had a great time. > [@](#): > > after seeing Traffic I will be going to anything with Benicio del Toro until he convinces me otherwise I agree in principle, but skip, skip, skip his earlier movie _Excess Baggage_, with Alicia Silverstone. Unless of course you enjoy dancing around in a dumpster full of used diapers. ---
**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2001, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snatch/50602/12 "2001-01-19T22:53:38Z")
We just saw it this afternoon, and I liked it a lot. Brad Pitt has come a long way since _Devils Own_. Del Toro really didn’t do much except look **really** cool, loved Vinnie Jones, loved Mike Reid (_Eastenders_, can’t remember the name of the guy who played Turkish but I loved him too. Some good laughs, a fun story line that was VERY similar to _Lock, Stock…_ but still worth the $8.50. However, is Guy Ritchie now absolutely out of ideas? Or can he do this movie a third time? ---
**Author:** ![oldscratch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ed655f/32.png) [@oldscratch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oldscratch)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2001, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snatch/50602/13 "2001-01-19T23:37:21Z")
I’ve heard that it’s far more enjoyable if you haven’t seen Lock Stock. ---
**Author:** ![Space\_Vampire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Space\_Vampire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Space_Vampire)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2001, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snatch/50602/14 "2001-01-20T03:53:10Z")
Just got back… Got nothing more or less than what I expected. It’s Lock Stock all over again… Even has Vinnie Jones repeatedly slamming someone’s head in a car door. It was unoriginal, without redeeming social value and was unnecessarily flashy. But I enjoyed it a lot. Like I said, no more or less than I expected.