In Bruges

EireEmerald · Jun 24, 2009

Has anyone seen this film? It is a black comedy of sorts, it is one of those independant films that stand out from the rest that i jsut love. Directed by a brilliant English director and terrific Irish/ English/ Belgian cast.

Here is part 1 on youtube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVtzM8za53Q

Here are some of my favourite scenes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPuxPhPUwjk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpVHSA5DWEI

I really think this film deserves so much more recognition and views than it got for being so original.

manofarms89 · Jun 24, 2009

i agree. the movie overall was great, but it was the cast the did it for me.

EireEmerald · Jun 24, 2009

manofarms89 said:
i agree. the movie overall was great, but it was the cast the did it for me.

The cast were superb. I honestly have never seen Farrell so in his element. He bounces off Gleeson so well.

Claudius Gothicus · Jun 24, 2009

In

ing Bruges :laughter:

The cast was awesome, weeman kicked ass.

therussian · Jun 24, 2009

Top 10 movie, and top 5 comedy for me. Probably somewhere 3-4.

What a great movie. I watched it with some friends at college, and I was the only one that absolutely loved it. Great lines throughout. great plot.

And any movie that includes Bosch is a great one in my book.

It really deserved to win an Oscar last year for best original screenplay.

manofarms89 · Jun 24, 2009

Eire_Emerald said:
The cast were superb. I honestly have never seen Farrell so in his element. He bounces off Gleeson so well.

definitely. my respect grew for him as an actor

The Librarian · Jun 25, 2009

Yeah, Farrel was amazing. And the film had one of the weirdest mixes between black humour and pure drama (the end scene anyone)? Sometimes I didn't know whether to laugh or not. 'Twas great.

Thorn777 · Jun 25, 2009

Great movie allround.

Mr. Pink · Jun 25, 2009

Entertaining.

webMaster412160 · Jun 25, 2009

Yeah I saw the movie, very nice to see. it get 8.2 on www.imdb.com

EireEmerald · Jun 25, 2009

I loved the dramatic irony in it as well, especially at the end.

Ardruire Iacób · Jun 25, 2009

Martin McDonagh really outdid himself with In Bruges. You have to see some of his plays if you enjoyed this movie, I recommend The Cripple of Inishmaan. He does black comedy like no one else.

Markas · Jun 25, 2009

My friends saw it and went to Bruges for three days! Apparently the tower were Gleeson falls from has wire across it cos people kept trying to emulate him. I'm off to Bruges in August.

Thorn777 · Jun 25, 2009

Markas said:
My friends saw it and went to Bruges for three days! Apparently the tower were Gleeson falls from has wire across it cos people kept trying to emulate him. I'm off to Bruges in August.

He He....

Manco · Jun 25, 2009

Good movie, but it bothered me to no end that all the Belgian characters were either francophone or from Brussels. That's like doing a movie set in New York with Mexican and Texan actors and accents to play the locals

Especially when West-Flemish is so beautiful :tongue:

.

Jodius · Jun 25, 2009

Ralph Fienes really made this movie for me. His character was just so perfectly bizarre :laughter:

"YOU'RE AN INANINATE OBJECT"
a few moments later
"I'm sorry dear, I didn't mean to call you an inanimate object"

Last Roman · Jun 25, 2009

I never got to finish it, but from what I saw, I enjoyed.

Markas · Jun 25, 2009

Jodius said:
Ralph Fienes really made this movie for me. His character was just so perfectly bizarre

"YOU'RE AN INANINATE OBJECT"
a few moments later
"I'm sorry dear, I didn't mean to call you an inanimate object"

He made the movie for me, though there were excellent performances all round. Even the usually twattish Farrell was likeable.

therussian · Jun 25, 2009

I love the part where they talk about Fiennes' children being :wub:

.

"You retract that statement about my kids being :wub:

!"
"Ok, I retract it"

Or something like that

Claudius Gothicus · Jun 25, 2009

The restaurant scene where Farrell fights the americans was awesome too. :laughter:

And of course the one with all of them snorting coke with whores was great.

Garrigan · Jun 25, 2009

Yeah, its one of my favourite films. Also happens to be one of the most quotable in recent years;"That's for John Lennon ya yankee :wub:

in'

!" "Two manky hookers, and a racist dwarf. I think I'm heading home."Gleeson was nominated for a BAFTA, iirc.

Ardruire Iacób · Jun 25, 2009

I'm going to continue to extoll the virtues of Martin McDonagh!

http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117945753.html?categoryid=2185&cs=1 said:
That prodigal debut with "The Beauty Queen of Leenane," "A Skull in Connemara," "The Lonesome West" and "The Cripple of Inishmaan" was followed swiftly by tabloid notoriety, when he publicly told Sean Connery to " off" at an awards ceremony where he was named most promising newcomer.

He told Sean Connery to :wub:

off, that takes balls. He was a bit drunk at an awards ceremony and refused to sing 'God Save the Queen'. Connery gave out to him about this, and McDonagh told him to " :wub:

off" because he didn't like the hypocrisy of a Scottish nationalist telling a native Englishman how to handle the national anthem.

Cluny the Scourge · Jun 25, 2009

I was interested by all the Christian theming in the film. The subject of the film is the future of Farrell's character and the contest between Gleeson and Fiennes over the New Testament and Old Testament visions of justice in how he should be dealt with - whether he should be given a second chance for killing the child and set free to find redemption, or whether he should be met with an eye for an eye.

Gleeson risks all to appease Fiennes with non-violent resistance - he gets Farrell away to safety and then refuses to fight his old friend, turning away his anger with love - and then Gleeson plays Jesus by sacrificing himself to give Farrell a chance. Fiennes' says at the end, "always stick to your principles", and his unswerving Old Testament attitude ends up destroying him.

At the start Farrell is symbolically offered the blood of Jesus when Gleeson asks him to come with him to see a reliquary that supposedly bears some of Christ's blood on it (he refuses). Killing the child, which has supposedly damned him, was committed in a church as Farrell emerged from a confessional booth. And he ends the story contemplating the promise of Hell - whether or not it's like Bruges - and deciding that he wanted to live to find a chance for redemption, accepting the sacrifice that Gleeson made for him (like someone accepting Christ's sacrifice) after all despite his earlier suicidal ambitions.

I'm an atheist, but Christian or not I still especially enjoy any film that can embody a consistent sub-text like this throughout the length of the film without being heavy-handed and overwhelming the actual plot.

The Librarian · Jun 26, 2009

Impressive, did you find that out by yourself or read it somewhere?

Admiral Piett · Jun 26, 2009

I found it to be a very fulfilling film. All the characters are superbly written and acted!

Cluny the Scourge · Jun 30, 2009

The Second Spartan said:
Impressive, did you find that out by yourself or read it somewhere?

It's what I saw in the film; I don't know if anyone else agrees with me. I suppose ultimately we'd have to ask the scriptwriter to know if he really intended it that way.

Trajan · Jun 30, 2009

I loved it. One of those films I will never forget.

Arch-hereticK · Jun 30, 2009

Cluny the Scourge said:
It's what I saw in the film; I don't know if anyone else agrees with me. I suppose ultimately we'd have to ask the scriptwriter to know if he really intended it that way.

I agree, I noticed the similarities of the sacrifice. It was intentional I'm sure, the way his body is splayed on the ground.

The OT vs the NT is quite interesting though, I think you've got something there. :thumbsup2

Devil_Dog · Jul 3, 2009

Just watched it last night and loved it.It made me laugh out loud,which to few films make me do.Loved the bit in the restaurant
"Ah,a bottle"
Whack.
So many great lines in this film.

EireEmerald · Jul 3, 2009

Devil_Dog said:
Just watched it last night and loved it.It made me laugh out loud,which to few films make me do.Loved the bit in the restaurant
"Ah,a bottle"
Whack.
So many great lines in this film.

A midget on horse tranquilizer?!?!?!?! :laughter:

In Bruges

In Bruges

Here's Johnny!

Houston, we have a problem.

Here's Johnny!

Petit Burgués

Use your imagination

Houston, we have a problem.

Frankly my dear, I don't give a damn.

Mama says, 'Stupid is as stupid does.'

Open the pod bay doors, HAL.

A martini. Shaken, not stirred.

Here's Johnny!

A martini. Shaken, not stirred.

Child of Nihil.

Mama says, 'Stupid is as stupid does.'

You had me at hello.

I'll be back!

ron :wub:in swanson

Child of Nihil.

Use your imagination

Petit Burgués

I love the smell of napalm in the morning.

A martini. Shaken, not stirred.

Wax on,wax off.

Frankly my dear, I don't give a damn.

_

Wax on,wax off.

Capodecina

Indefinitely Banned

Here's looking at you, kid!

Here's Johnny!

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