El Stone

I will support anything that Regina King does. Done. She has given the emotion behind the action to some of the most important black male historical figures. Amazing work.

Guy Ritchie does it again and continuously hones his own particular English story-board brand of comedic fable. It regales some of the same themes: criminal underbelly of society, racism, classicism, sexism (although technically it would pass the Bechdel test by a thread). Someone else said these themes were tired and outplayed while I think they are still present in his movies because they are a reflection of what is still present in today's English culture. I could be wrong. There is one major difference I see in content and that is the undercurrent subject matter, Santa Maria. Where his other movies considered things out of reach of the layperson... Snatch was about diamonds, RocknRolla about large gobs of money and high brow art, The Gentlemen is about a subject that most of us have had dealings with on some level, pun intended. Ergo, this movie felt more accessible to the regular person of Guy Ritchie movie going persuasion. I also felt endeared to the other theme creepin up on Guy Ritchie...as he gets older the play for power between those that have been "swimmin' with the sharks" and the up and comin is becoming more noticeable, super cute. Gotta give thumbs up to his consistently amazing casting adeptness. I knew I knew who Fletcher was but it wasn't till the end of the movie that I realized it was Hugh Grant and wow. It was great to see Tom Wu back as George...little nod to King Arthur which was a great movie btw, anyone who doesn't think so can...Ugh the biggest surprise was Henry Golding's performance...Dood such a twist away from Crazy, Rich Asians. You still cute tho don't worry, smh so cute. If you like Guy Ritchie and his movies then you'll like this one...TY McConaughey for always hypin' up Our Lady of the Green Peace. Somebody take care of my Austin homie grab him some loud for quarantine.