Rocknrolla

So, Guy Ritchie's made his film again. We're back in the seedy, and clearly
non-existent world of East-End villains, enmeshed in capers at cross-purposes,
with every thread coincidentally tying up at the end. Is that a bad thing? I
don't think so. How many Hitchcock films are basically the same plot? I'm not
saying that Ritchie's as good as Hitchcock, but I am saying that it's no basis
to criticise him. Likewise, while Ritchie's East End may have no more basis in
fact that Middle Earth, it's similarly irrelevant to the question of whether
the film's any good. I say this because I am sick to the hind teeth of film
critics who appear to be putting the boot into Ritchie for no better reason
than he married Madonna, which annoys them for some reason.

As it goes, it's a bit messy and chaotic, but it's very amusing, exciting in
all the right places, sort of a dumbed down version of The Long Good Friday
with jokes in it. Everything's a bit contrived and coincidental, but not so
much that it bothers you.