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As Good As It Gets

A lot more amusing than I thought it would be.

It's simply great fun, a winsome film and an occasionally over-the-top luxury fantasy that never flags.

It's simply great fun, a winsome film and an occasionally over-the-top luxury fantasy that never flags.

I never saw Guy Ritchie's "Lock..." , but if it's anything like this loser, I pity it. I watched this wishing I could fast forward it. It was very disjointed and stark. I watched it for Gerard Butler, who evidently did a small part in it to help his friends, the other actors, out. He plays a psychotic hottie...who uses violence as a sadistic baton. we see him make a deal in a small segment, and then we see him in a room with a woman. He has on a towel..and that alone would make me want to watch more. (I'm shallow when it comes to Butler)He hits people with baseball bats, smothers them nearly to death with a plastic bag, kisses them on the cheek and tries to make friendly, gets shot at, shoots at, and eventually is killed outside in his towel. Nice leg shots, however. The leads are forgettable..and one ends up dead. It's seedy and dark...but the Glaswegian brogue is beyond me, and there are no subtitles. So..if you like rather unglued jigsaw pieces of movies with violence, you might like this; or if you enjoy anything Gerard Butler, you'll enjoy his towel only as a preview of his Spartan loincloth in "300." I bought the DVD...just for Gerard...I fast forward it to Butler's parts and then store it away.

The promise of gangsters, guns and crime attracted this film to me, as i love the subject. But unfortunately this film was a big disappointment for me. Both Gilly & Max looked completely unconviencing as gangsters, and max especially would have been more suited as a hairdresser or a knitting teacher.The whole story line is pretty week, and you have to wonder what the entire point of the film is besides trying to glamourize guns, taking drugs and drink driving.I stuck with the film though in the hope it would get better, but apart from the twists in the last 30 seconds of the film, it just wasn't worth watching.

A Brittish gangster movie. The actors chew scenery and theamazing locations help the mood achieve the tone it hopes for. Itsa dark and dreary tale told with a kinetic sense of energy. Despitethe lacking budget you feel like this is actually happening. Itsprobably the performances that truly hold it together. Great smallrole by Gerard Butler as the f**ing nuts supplier. Dempsey isgreat as well and he plays the role as if its not even acting. Its justDempsey playing Dempsey.Anyway. The film follows a man recently out of jail who gets backin with his shady friends. his friend j immediately gets himinvolved in a guns deal and as expected nothing is as it seems. The movie is great and it just does well at what you expect. Wellmade and likable characters. 7/10

This movie was very strange in some ways, but generally pretty good. The relationship between J and Gilly (and the things Gilly seemed to allow) was quite believable. Dunbar was quite chilling (he's almost always good). Prepare to shake your head at some of the more extreme directing choices but pay attention to the performances for some small, but key players: Jamie Sweeney as J's kid brother, Gerard Butler as a psycho bad guy (his first) and Melanie Lynskey as J's wife are all among the best things in the movie. It is well worth watching if you enjoy the British style of violence and humor from such movies as The Krays or Snatch.