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LAYER CAKE (2004)

For fans of Daniel Craig this is a must see.
(So it'll be popular around here. :P )
In his directorial debut Matthew Vaughn, the man behind Lock Stock And Two Smoking Barrels and Snatch, brings us another British gangster flick. And for a debut he does well. But compared to his other work with Guy Ritchie, it's not quite up there with Lock Stock or Snatch.
But Craig is quite effective as the cocaine dealer waiting to get out while he's ahead. The story is appealing and never dull and the supporting cast help hold it all together. Not the best, but well worth a look.
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Re: Layer Cake

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Captain Nash wrote:LAYER CAKE (2004)

For fans of Daniel Craig this is a must see.
(So it'll be popular around here. :P )
Just because I don't think Craig looks the part of Bond doesn't mean I wouldn't like him in other roles. I haven't seen Layer Cake, but he was good in Munich.
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So you have no problem moving the goal posts...changing the line?
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Captain Nash wrote:So you have no problem moving the goal posts...changing the line?
How is that moving the goalposts? The name of this site is "Daniel Craig Is Not Bond", not "Daniel Craig Is Not XXXX" (or Lucifer, or whoever)
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He's had a strange career hasn't he; I wonder if he turned down lots of mainstream Hollywood roles as villains, etc?
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He's had a strange career hasn't he; I wonder if he turned down lots of mainstream Hollywood roles as villains, etc?
Craig would make a very good villain in something. He was probably heading for that fate until Barbara had that nutty idea.
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James wrote:
He's had a strange career hasn't he; I wonder if he turned down lots of mainstream Hollywood roles as villains, etc?
Craig would make a very good villain in something. He was probably heading for that fate until Barbara had that most wonderful of ideas.
That's more like it Jim.
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Captain Nash wrote:LAYER CAKE (2004)

For fans of Daniel Craig this is a must see.
(So it'll be popular around here. :P )
In his directorial debut Matthew Vaughn, the man behind Lock Stock And Two Smoking Barrels and Snatch, brings us another British gangster flick. And for a debut he does well. But compared to his other work with Guy Ritchie, it's not quite up there with Lock Stock or Snatch.
But Craig is quite effective as the cocaine dealer waiting to get out while he's ahead. The story is appealing and never dull and the supporting cast help hold it all together. Not the best, but well worth a look.
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James wrote:Craig would make a very good villain in something.
Well, he's playing the title role in I, Lucifer - you don't get much more villainous than that!
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Kristatos wrote:
James wrote:Craig would make a very good villain in something.
Well, he's playing the title role in I, Lucifer - you don't get much more villainous than that!
BTW Kris avoid Layer Cake. If your a fan of the fantastic Snatch and LSATSB, then do not ruin your perception of cool modern British ganster flicks by watching this turd of a movie. Matthew Vaughn demonstrates the fact he is not bad as a producer, but direction is not his forte.
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Skywalker wrote:BTW Kris avoid Layer Cake. If your a fan of the fantastic Snatch and LSATSB, then do not ruin your perception of cool modern British ganster flicks by watching this turd of a movie. Matthew Vaughn demonstrates the fact he is not bad as a producer, but direction is not his forte.
I was just going to ask you whether you enjoyed Snatch and Lock, Stock.... Obviously, your answer would affect how I judged your perspective of Layer Cake.
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Re: Layer Cake

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Skywalker wrote:
Captain Nash wrote:LAYER CAKE (2004)

For fans of Daniel Craig this is a must see.
(So it'll be popular around here. :P )
In his directorial debut Matthew Vaughn, the man behind Lock Stock And Two Smoking Barrels and Snatch, brings us another British gangster flick. And for a debut he does well. But compared to his other work with Guy Ritchie, it's not quite up there with Lock Stock or Snatch.
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You should see my brief review of Mr.Beans Holiday.
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Captain Nash wrote: I never said it was a great film, but worthy of a viewing.
You should see my brief review of Mr.Beans Holiday.
Now that was Shti!
I replied to it. :wink:
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Are you fully opposed to Craig in everything?
I myself found Munich rather boring to tell the truth.
Good performances, but not something I would wanna see again.
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Captain Nash wrote:I myself found Munich rather boring to tell the truth.
Good performances, but not something I would wanna see again.
I think it was a bit of a curate's egg. Maybe if Spielberg had heeded his own advice from his younger days that "there is rarely any excuse for a movie to go over 90 minutes", he would have made a better film (note that I am only talking about Munich here - his earlier Schindler's List was 3 hours long, but needed that length to tell the story).
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Captain Nash wrote:Are you fully opposed to Craig in everything?
I myself found Munich rather boring to tell the truth.
Good performances, but not something I would wanna see again.
I actually enjoyed Munich and felt it was a return to form for SS. Craig put in a good performance as did EB.

To be fair to Craig he was the best part of Layer cake, It's just that the movie really was cr*p.
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Good film. Not that great but Craig along with supporting actors like Colm Meany make it worthwhile.
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Skywalker wrote: To be fair to Craig he was the best part of Layer cake, It's just that the movie really was cr*p.
I'll agree it was the weakest of the three.
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Post by The Sweeney »

LC isn't that bad a film. The story tries to be too clever at certain times, rather complicated for a straight forward gangster flick.

It's obviously in the same vain as Lock Stock and Snatch.

But none of them fare up to the greatest British gangster flick of all - The Long Good Friday.
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I enjoyed Layer Cake. Colm Meaney was great as always, and the rest of the cast including Daniel Craig were all decent in their roles. I did think that it got a bit confusing in some parts, and I didn't exactly like the way it ended. but I would recomend this movie.
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