"Less entertaining in the third time."

Rating: 9/10 (2 March 2011)

The first time I saw "Snatch" three years ago, I was intensely amazed. It's a unique fine film, one of a kind, but it was then when I haven't seen "Lock, Stock" and now that I've re-watched both films in order, I realized that "Snatch" wasn't the first film with this theme, although it was both directed by Guy Richie. So I've decided that they're equally great, and I'm putting it one notch below my original rating to be fair, but it will remain on my all-time favorite films and it will never leave that list. I very much enjoyed this film, but I must say it wasn't as exciting as the first viewing, it's my third time watching it. There are films that even though how many times you've seen them will still remain as effective and fresh like the first viewing, like "Taxi Driver" and "Fight Club" which I have repeated the most. And there are some films that are effective in the second viewing, like "Dog Day Afternoon" and "Lock, Stock And Two Smoking Barrels" which I've re-watched recently and I was more into it than the first time, it's maybe because I wasn't in the right mood then. "Snatch" is still a clever film, a brilliant creation by a creative director, Guy Richie. "RocknRolla" is my highest rated Richie film, and maybe I need to watch it again and see if it's still as great as it was a year ago, the reason I loved it very much although it's now a familiar theme and it's only a recycle of his first two films, is because I missed the style and the almost-clever-more-lucky characters that he has in this kind of films. If Tarantino has "Reservoir Dogs" and "Pulp Fiction" Richie got "Lock, Stock" and "Snatch."