Snatch and Amelie

In the movie "Snatch" this movie explores the dark side of life, where as "Amelie" explores the light side of light. Right off the bat "Snatch" starts dark and violent. The movie is based on things being taken away from people. The people in this film have no regard for human life in this film. As the film progress the story intertwines all the characters. Throughout the movie all the characters are against each other. In the scene where the last fight is happening and Mickey is floating in the water, it's really his subconscious. There are a lot of fast paced shots in the last fight, the fast paced shots are how Mickey is feeling and seeing things during the fight. In the beginning though, Turkish didn't think a gypsy, like Mickey, would ever beat anyone. In the end Mickey comes out on top. Even though everyone thought that he would lose.









Where as Amelie shows the light side of life, rather than the dark. Amelie who is the main character finds a box and decides to find the owners. Throughout each sequence of events she finds comfort in helping people. Before she became a guardian angel, she was just another face in the crowd. She never felt like she was doing anything productive with her life. As soon as she became in control of other people, her mind set changed dramatically. Women were not really considered the most important character of the films. So to have a female protagonist in this film was interesting to see. Amelie was trying to fill the void in her life with helping other people find their missing parts they had lost or had not noticed, where as she didn't until the very end, when her neighbor told her not to be a coward and go for it. In Amelie, the old guy who painted was the narrator, which was dramatic and sereal in some ways since he didn't leave his apartment throughout the film.