In Bruges - Britmovie

orpheum · 07-05-2008, 01:58 PM

Anyone see this and was it any good?

wearysloth · 07-05-2008, 02:06 PM

Very funny. Very profane. Very violent.
My only gripe is that there seems to be two films in there and one, the story of two Irishmen afloat in a foreign land is much better than the gangster one. Cautiously Recommended...

Moxx of Balhoom · 22-05-2008, 11:37 AM

I enjoyed it, probably my favourite British film so far this year, great performances from both Farrell and Gleason, it does veer off in a different direction in the second half true, but not as noticeably as The Bank Job or The Cottage, both of which swung from light comedy to dark violence quite sharply, I feel that even during the darker second half In Brugges retained it's sense of humour - and for my money any film with Peter Dinklage has to be worth seeing. (well except maybe Underdog)

orpheum · 22-05-2008, 11:40 AM

Well i thought that it was truly awful and walked out before the end.Quite frankly at times i just could not make out what the two leads were saying,thus making it very difficult to follow the plot.I found much of the second half ridiculous.The only good part were the views of Bruges

Lord Brett · 22-05-2008, 01:04 PM

I thought it was excellent. Just the sort of smaller scale movie which is about dialogue and acting that is too often chased off the multiplex screens by 50 screenings a day of Iron Man or Indiana Jones.

orpheum · 22-05-2008, 03:36 PM

If you cant understand the dialogue it is all rather meaningless!

Hugo · 22-05-2008, 07:03 PM

"My only gripe is that there seems to be two films in there and one, the story of two Irishmen afloat in a foreign land is much better than the gangster one".

Yes, there are two films here. The one about the relationship between the two hitmen is an unacknowledged reworking of Harold Pinter's one act play The Dumb Waiter. I'm surprised that Pinter didn't sue for royalties.

blacknorth · 18-06-2008, 04:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hugo

Yes, there are two films here. The one about the relationship between the two hitmen is an unacknowledged reworking of Harold Pinter's one act play The Dumb Waiter. I'm surprised that Pinter didn't sue for royalties.

You think there'll be royalties then?

07-05-2008, 01:58 PM	#1
orpheum is wishing he were sitting in the 3/9s at the Odeon Temple Fortune Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: London Posts: 1,302 Country: iTrader: (4)	In Bruges Anyone see this and was it any good? __________________ Welcome To Highbury The Home Of Football

22-05-2008, 11:40 AM	#4
orpheum is wishing he were sitting in the 3/9s at the Odeon Temple Fortune Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: London Posts: 1,302 Country: iTrader: (4)	Well i thought that it was truly awful and walked out before the end.Quite frankly at times i just could not make out what the two leads were saying,thus making it very difficult to follow the plot.I found much of the second half ridiculous.The only good part were the views of Bruges __________________ Welcome To Highbury The Home Of Football

22-05-2008, 03:36 PM	#6
orpheum is wishing he were sitting in the 3/9s at the Odeon Temple Fortune Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: London Posts: 1,302 Country: iTrader: (4)	If you cant understand the dialogue it is all rather meaningless! __________________ Welcome To Highbury The Home Of Football

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07-05-2008, 02:06 PM	#2
wearysloth has no status. Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Florida, USA Posts: 249 Country: iTrader: (0)	Very funny. Very profane. Very violent. My only gripe is that there seems to be two films in there and one, the story of two Irishmen afloat in a foreign land is much better than the gangster one. Cautiously Recommended...

22-05-2008, 11:37 AM	#3
Moxx of Balhoom has no status. Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Oxford Posts: 5 Country: iTrader: (0)	I enjoyed it, probably my favourite British film so far this year, great performances from both Farrell and Gleason, it does veer off in a different direction in the second half true, but not as noticeably as The Bank Job or The Cottage, both of which swung from light comedy to dark violence quite sharply, I feel that even during the darker second half In Brugges retained it's sense of humour - and for my money any film with Peter Dinklage has to be worth seeing. (well except maybe Underdog)

22-05-2008, 01:04 PM	#5
Lord Brett is too blinking busy and needs a lie in Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Bradford, West Yorkshire Posts: 928 My Mood: Country: iTrader: (2)	I thought it was excellent. Just the sort of smaller scale movie which is about dialogue and acting that is too often chased off the multiplex screens by 50 screenings a day of Iron Man or Indiana Jones.

22-05-2008, 07:03 PM	#7
Hugo has no status. Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 379 Country: iTrader: (0)	"My only gripe is that there seems to be two films in there and one, the story of two Irishmen afloat in a foreign land is much better than the gangster one". Yes, there are two films here. The one about the relationship between the two hitmen is an unacknowledged reworking of Harold Pinter's one act play The Dumb Waiter. I'm surprised that Pinter didn't sue for royalties.