Since I am writing a comedy-caper movie, I can't not read more Guy Ritchie. Rocknrolla may be my favorite of the Guy Ritchie caper movies. I'm not sure why? It's probably the characters, which is what Ritchie does so well. His scripts are alwyas thick with atmosphere, you learn everything you need to about these characters relatively quickly sometimes through their actions, but usually through dialogue. Guy Ritchie (like Tarantino) is not one to shy away from the monologue, but the difference with Ritchie is that his monologues are shorter and the pop culture walkabouts he takes never last longer than page. He doesn't have the Tarantino thing where girls sit around a table for pages talking about something on the radio, or the like. Ritchie has the "cool" dialogue, without letting it slow down the pace. And that's the key with dialogue, it can be cool, but not at the cost of pace and story.
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