"I got too fed up with films that didn't make you think. I liked the idea of one that you'd have to be dancing around with. I like my mind to be engaged when I watch a film"
- Guy Ritchie
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This quote by Guy Ritchie speaks to his desire for movies to be more than simply home entertainment. He desires films to engage his mind and make him think. He is fed up with movies that do not challenge him intellectually and wants to be "dancing around" with the film, implying he wants to be actively participated in the film's story and characters. He wants to have the ability to think of the film and its styles and concepts, and to be able to draw his own conclusions. He wishes to have the ability to explore the film's concepts and to be able to consider them in a much deeper way. He wants to be able to engage with the movie on an intellectual level, and to be able to come away from it with something more than just home entertainment.
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