#Two Smoking Barrels

[dickgraysonmybeloved]

Oracle, over comm channel: They're armed.

Red robin, urgently in comm and with less then 2 hours of sleep over the past week: What was that? Armed? What do you mean armed? Armed with what?

Oracle, bored: Err, bad breath, colorful language, feather duster... what do you think they're gonna be armed with? Guns, you tit!

[in-love-with-movies]

Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)

[haveyouseenthismovie-poll]

[shthink]

me and the one other person who has an interest for the same niche media i do

[suddenmovements]

[ghastlyfilters]

“the big three”

[illusivesoulgaming]

Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998) -

Directed by Guy Ritchie

[mickeyluggage]

They're so "me and the gang"

[90smovies]

[jeff-rees-jones]

Park street, Borough market, London.

Seen in a number of films over the years.

[garleeck-blog]

Pov: A typical guy from Guy Ritchie movies of the late 90s

This is a NEW yes-yes character, named Archie (Archibald Bowen), a guy of Irish-Welsh descent who grew up in a criminal area of London in a shelter at the Catholic Church...

You understand vibe, right? 💀

He's an underground fighter, speaks just terrible cockney (listen to how Statham talks in the 90s, you'll understand what I mean), is very pious and peddles steroids and viagra 🤫

And fucks a vampire...

When I made this character, I was inspired by old movies by Guy Ritchie, Misfits and Brassic. I don't know much about English slums and "chav", but I like that atmosphere. I wanted to make my character like that

[rastronomicals]

6:02 AM EDT October 24, 2024:

Junior Murvin - "Police And Thieves" From the Soundtrack album   Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)

Last song scrobbled from iTunes at Last.fm

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[beeeeeta]

LOCK, STOCK & TWO SMOKING BARRELS (1998)

[girl4music]

DOM: “It’s a weird character to play guys. I’m not gonna lie. It’s very strange …. It’s an interesting balance. I think that there is a darkness and yes, that is absolutely going to be present. And there is intention to serve the greater good that is in many ways sort of like a blind faith - thinking that this is for the greater good of all. She feels that this is the only way. This is her calling. Like she’s surrendered to the forces that be that are telling her that this is where she needs to be and this is how she needs to serve. My thought about my experience with Gooverly in Season 2 - I almost see it in the same way that you see flickers of her coming through and fighting the other force that has come into play. So like you see these flickers of her really coming through and fighting it. And I think that that shows up here as well.”

KAT: “I’m not 100% sure if she’s evil. Or I don’t think she is.”

DOM: “She’s not evil. She is not evil in her intentions at all. She’s doing it for the greater good and stuff but perhaps the things that are being fed, the rules and regulations of the way that she should go about saving the world are perhaps uh… maybe even unconsciously dark and not actually serving the greater good.”

KAT: “It’s a very complex scene. I think it’s beautiful that she becomes a guardian of sorts. The Angel’s Shield. Who knows what will happen with it in the future. I don’t know if she’ll have any supernatural elements to her or what that’s gonna look like. But I think if it is - ‘cause Nicole has always been very human through the whole journey of the show and I’ve always really liked that about her - I do think that it’s very clear that that is her destiny in whatever realm it is. Whether it’s as a normal person here on Earth or if it’s more in the supernatural realm, she’s always going to be a guardian and a protector and that’s just the core of who she is.”

It is a very complex scene because there’s a lot of layers to it. There’s a lot of layers to Dark Angel Waverly and the Angel’s Shield that they haven’t really delved into that hopefully they will in ‘Vengeance’. But otherwise - I think it’s an extremely simple scene that just conveys a lot of complex emotions and themes.

The thing is is that Waverly fears for Nicole’s life because she’s not supernatural like she and Wynonna and Doc is. Despite Nicole being a cop she tries to protect her from supernatural danger as much as she can. This unfortunately leads them to be on opposite sides often because Nicole desperately wants to be a part of the supernatural lifestyle so that she can be with Waverly and be more involved in the way she lives and Waverly doesn’t accept that until late Season 4. It’s a huge part of the whole PTSD crisis that Nicole goes through early in Season 4 in losing her faith and confidence in herself because she’s lost her Waverly.

In fact that’s what makes the whole sacrificing scene far more profound. It’s Waverly coming out through Dark Angel Waverly because she realizes just how serious Nicole is about trading places with her as a supernatural guardian of the Garden of Eden and she is sort of battling with her concerns about that at the same time that she’s battling her own supernatural arc. So in a way - that scene is her relenting. Allowing Nicole to have more control over their unique lifestyle. Giving her the permission to become something more.

That sacrifice scene is so beautiful because it’s a statement of love and devotion and respect from both sides. The beginning of treating each other as equals because they’re always going to be worried about each other’s safety but at the same time, they have to trust and have faith in that they can use each other’s own powers and strengths to see each other through the dangers and the hardships. It’s a marriage after all.

Can’t let the worry of loss limit your love’s potential. Especially if she was meant to be of the supernatural.

It’s a sacrifice and commitment on both sides…

For Nicole and for Waverly.

And that’s beautiful…

Because that’s love.

That’s true love.

And they say a similar sentiment in their vows. That they’re going to try and put aside the worries in order to give each other the support and respect they need to be their own power and their own hero in their lives.

NICOLE: “Waverly, my beautiful angel. You are the smartest and the kindest person I know. I promise to stand by your side for all of life's adventures, and always pack a safety harness, just in case. I promise to hold your hand when the firelight grows dim and that my love never will.”

WAVERLY: “Nicole, I thank goodness every day for that bullet-proof vest. Without it, I would never have known a love so strong and mighty. I promise to love you. I promise to stand beside you, as equals, for the rest of our lives.”

It’s a statement of: “I love you enough to let go of the worry and pain it will cause me to lose you so that you can have an exciting and fulfilling life of your own”

It’s peak respect what they give each other in the end because they know what each other are capable of and they trust that they can fight the good fight. And you do not see that kind of love displayed in TV art/entertainment at all. Especially not between women because of the whole two parts equals a whole thing. Which is just bullshit. Complete utter fantasy rubbish.

Yeah, the sacrifice scene is absolutely my favourite WayHaught scene of the entire show - hands down! It’s simple dialogue but there’s just so much in it. It’s masterfully written, directed and portrayed. I could go on and on about it. Write a 10 page essay if I have to.

IT’S. SO. FUCKING. GOOD!

[feyd-meowtha]

[cantsayidont]

November 1980. Bob Hoskins channels the spirit of Edward G. Robinson in this engrossing British crime drama about an ambitious Cockney gangster who's preparing to take his business international with the help of his savvy mistress (Helen Mirren), only to have his organization start to crumble beneath him at the worst possible moment, for reasons he doesn't understand until it's far too late.

Flavorful, tough, and dynamic, anchored by the charismatic performances of Hoskins and Mirren. Among the cast of familiar British character players, watch for a young Pierce Brosnan in a small but very significant supporting role. (The American gangster with whom Harold and Victoria are trying to do a deal is played by Eddie Constantine, a one-time crooner who became famous for starring as Peter Cheyney's hardboiled detective Lemmy Caution in a series of French films of the fifties and sixties, and in Godard's ALPHAVILLE.) CONTAINS LESBIANS? No, although Harold is surprisingly open-minded about his gay associates. VERDICT: Satisfyingly solid, and one of Hoskins' best.