The thick accents and mumbling left both of us far too frequently saying, “What? Huh?” and it left us often not knowing what the hell was going on, except in gist. This, I’m sure, significantly impeded our understanding of the film.
Seemed, uh, good. A bit…strange…but certainly beautifully acted. Quite erotic once you got past the creepy factor, and quite cerebral in some regards.
But I’m left not knowing if I liked it.
I’m also left confused as far as what the hell some of that was all about. Kinda like Raising Arizona, except in that film the intentional incoherence was farcical.
So–what’re your thoughts? Awesome, odd, bland, or sucky?
I liked it better the first time, in the theater, than the second time, at home on video. It lost a lot in the translation to small screen in terms of visual effect, I think.
I didn’t really get it the first time either, and I still don’t get the appeal of Harvey Keitel, (and maybe that was the point).
It grew on me with repeated viewings, and I love the score. I haven’t seen the movie in years, but I listen to the music at least once a week. I listened to it this afternoon, in fact.
You got that right, bubby! The movie Snatch was a whole lot more enjojable for me on DVD that in the theatre. I could finally figure out what Brad Pitt was saying. I don’t care if you weren’t suppose to really understand him, I couldn’t stand all that mumbling.
Not an option on this DVD. But, our TV does has close-captioning. A few times I considered using it, but it kinda takes over the bottom half of the screen and can be more distracting.
We saw this movie after having seen Sommersby, Untamed Heart, and one or two other movies that Mr. S. picked out. The following comment contains spoilers about those movies, as well as The Piano. You Have Been Warned!
I was already pissed at him for having chosen three or four movies in a row where a “good” character dies at the end. When Ada went into the water, I leaned over and whispered to him, “If she dies, so do you!” Luckily I did not have to kill him after all.
Otherwise, we both enjoyed it a lot, and still watch it from time to time.
(Pus somewhat intended)