CC Film Club presents: Revolver (dir. Guy Ritchie, 2005)

[Topcatyo]

Hey, welcome to the second, very, very late Film Club discussion thingy.  I'm sorry it took so long to make, and I'd like to say it was something out of my control, but I just forgot and then I'd remember and procrastinate and forget again.  Well, now I've forced myself to do it whether the time is opportune for me or not.

About The Movie

Revolver is a movie by Guy Ritchie, so to say it's about British gangsters is just being redundant.  In it, Jason Statham has just gotten out of a long prison sentence, and he wants revenge.  Statham's quest for revenge starts out straightforward, but gets more twisted and confusing as things go along, and then Guy Ritchie decides to get all psychological.  It's just a bit pretentious.

The movie is rated R so NO LITTLE KIDDIES OKAY?

I chose this movie because of the psychological stuff and I think it would make for good discussion.  In my opinion it's not a bad movie, either.

So, Let's Discuss

Watch the movie, maybe watch it again because of all that stuff you learn in the movie (or don't, because you might not like it).

Now, here's some stuff we can discuss in the following posts.  Should be fun.

- What motifs and stuff did you notice throughout the movie?  For instance, did you notice that in every scene involving Jason Statham's personas, Mr. Gold and Jake Green, the color of either is a prominent part of the pallete?  A big example of this is when they're in the car a ways into the movie, you can see the background outside the car shift between the colors gold and green.  What other times did you notice these colors being featured?

- How did you like the scene with Jake (Statham) arguing to himself in the elevator?  How about the scene directly after?  In the end, was Jake Green's method of revenge more effective than actually killing Dorothy Macha?

- A very large theme of the movie is that of the ego.  What characters do you think best represented various ways of handling ego?  Or, when did you notice a character's ego being attacked?  Or, who had the best grip of their ego in the end?  Something about ego, I don't care.

- Guy Ritchie included interviews with psychologists and those who study the human mind during the credits sequence.  How do you feel on the point that they, in the end, all seemed to agree upon?

- After the movie, while we're discussing themes and stuff, check out the "Themes" section in Wikipedia's article on this movie.  They have some interesting stuff in there.

- Sorter was my favorite character.  Who was yours?

- Anything else you want to discuss, fire away, I don't care.  The above questions are optional and are really just to give ideas.

This trailer is kinda long and revealing.
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Also, did you like the movie?  I'd hate for me to convince you to watch a movie you didn't enjoy.

[DigitalLemonClock]

i haven't seen this move in years but i remember being pretty dissapointed

at least it has ray liotta

[PirateClock]

This is an entirely different movie as Snatch, Lock Stock and Rock'n'Rolla and i have to say i preferred those movies. However revolver wasn't bad, i quite enjoyed it.

[DWARFINATORclock]

I think the whole movie is about letting go of your ego.