Films/DVD Asylum

In Bruges 2 stars out of five

76.83.17.67

Duilawyer

Terrible. Where is the humor? Colin Farrell has no comedic acting ability, he has the Robin Williams onstage (and off) stiff mannerisms. Nothing funny about being shot, or being chased by someone shooting you. This movie gave me bad dreams.

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I enjoyed the film, but - petew 14:09:14 08/14/08 (0)
i don't care to see it again any time soon.

I would however, recommend it.

It's off ... it's odd ... we need to be put off now and again so we see the world wide awake.
IF you ever watch bonus material you would find the director fell in love with Bruges years before..... - mr grits 14:25:46 08/07/08 (2)
That was the story they came up with to feature the town. And yes, the director said Bruges is as absolutely boring as portrayed in the movie.

Highpoint of humor: Colin gets in fight with obnoxious loud mouth over Viet Nam only to find after wards that he was CANADIAN!
- That was funny, and his line about "This is for John Lennon" . - Duilawyer 06:12:04 08/09/08 (1)
  but it is HARD to make comedy and violence, almost impossible. Colin has no aptitude for comedy, should have used the guy from Shaun of the Dead.
  - spoilers... - RGA 01:57:45 08/12/08 (0)
    Hot Fuzz was violence and comedy and umm so was Shaun of the Dead.
    
    In Bruges is Dark Comedy and you either get it as dark comedy or you don't. I mean it goes out of its way to go too far. People then complained that the ending was mean spirited because the main characters die but for heaven sake they;re KILLERS and the audience is upset that they get killed? Now that IS funny. The director makes the audience feel bad for murderers getting murdered, for hooker seeking midgets, for the two bit crook who gets his eye blasted out. This is one of the funniest dark comedies in decades...and Ralph Fiennes was a hoot.
It's cruel in a way few films are, setting one up to like a character and then - tinear 13:21:04 08/07/08 (4)
making him a horrific, torturing, cold-blooded murderer.
It needed to ease up on the comedy or on the gore.
Together, it was sick.
- The film was partly about Colin's psychic meltdown due the the ACCIDENTAL shooting of the kid. * - mr grits 11:05:40 08/09/08 (1)
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  - And then in the end (spoiler alert)... - mkuller 17:45:54 08/09/08 (0)
    ...Ralph Fiennes, the head killer - a family guy - kills himself after he accidentally kills the midget, who he thinks is a child.
    
    So I'd say child killing is a theme throughout...
    
    Besides that, I didn't find all Farrel's ranting that humorous.
- well said. nt - Duilawyer 06:12:34 08/09/08 (0)
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- Comedy about a child-killing...(nt) - mkuller 14:33:57 08/07/08 (0)
  (nt)
I enjoyed it. Not sure what that says about me. - Wendell Narrod 08:03:32 08/07/08 (2)
NT
-Wendell
- that you can separate it from reality and know its not real violence!! - Duilawyer 06:16:25 08/09/08 (0)
  I am having issues at the moment, no more MMA watching.
- Me too, and...me too!... N/T - musetap 13:05:38 08/07/08 (0)
  N/T
  "...You're all welcome to stay for the next set...we're going to play all the same tunes, but in different keys..." -Count Basie

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