The Sane Lunatic

I love a good Guy Ritchie movie about British gangsters. Snatch and RocknRolla are among my top picks for a good viewing experience with cool music and adequate violence. The geezer has now got a new one out on the cinema screens called 'The Gentlemen'. The premise, without too many spoilers, is quintessential Guy Ritchie. A marijuana kingpin, a dumb but ambitious son of a rival drug lord and a third conniving drug lord who thinks he's smarter than everyone else. Add a gang of youths eager for cash, their much cleverer mentor and a third perspective from an equally scummy character playing the narrator and you have all the elements for Guy Ritchie film. 'The Gentlemen' packs an impressive ensemble of actors too. The lead character Mickey played by Matthew McConaughey, his right-hand man Ray played by Charlie Hunnam, Colin Farrell as the Coach, Hugh Grant as Fletcher the scumbag and it even has a character for Eddie Marsan. Awesome! The overall plot? Mickey ...

Yep, I just watched the movie that won the Oscars. Funnily enough, it's not the first Bong Joon Ho movie I've seen but we can talk about that another time. My first thought after watching 'Parasite' was that it's not a great movie. It's a really good story, told extremely well through film.   The plot, without spoilers, is quite straightforward but features many layers to it. A poor family of four living in a sub-basement of a Korean metropolis. They're hopeless and unmotivated but sharp when it comes to making a quick buck. The family's patriarch Kim Ki-taek is played by the awesome Song Kang-ho, who is particularly relaxed about the difficulties of life. His supportive wife Chung-sook Kim (Jange Hye-jin) is shown to be a former athlete of competitive level in the field of ball and chain. Their son, Kim Ki-woo takes after his father while daughter Kim Ki-jung has a shorter temper with a more cynical view. Times are tough until Kim gets reco...