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    Post dates are when I watched, parenthetical dates are the year of US release (aka Oscar eligibility).

11/07/2008

RocknRolla (2008)

This movie contains exactly one fantastic scene (the second robbery & subsequent chase) and the last act pops -- probably comparatively -- but, as a whole, it felt pretty "eh." The wrong character played narrator and the whole thing just seemed to meander.

A couple of things that particularly bugged me: the key painting never being seen was a complete rip-off of Pulp Fiction and, also, who lends out a painting?? I thought for sure that the offer would wind up being some gimmick by the owner...but, no, it was just there as an implausible plot device. It also wasn't clear that Lenny (Tom Wilkinson) was a well-known gangster until a couple of low-level businessman were scared to shaking when they saw him -- I just thought he was an exacting businessman. Whatever.

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