I watched a strange movie tonight – “In Bruges”. I wasn’t quite sure what to expect, the trailer makes it look like a comedy revolving around some criminal hitmen types that are hiding out in Bruges and while there were some truly bizarre moments that you can’t help laughing your arse off at for sheer absurdity (eg: when Ray comes back from his date and describes it to his mate Ken – fuckin’ gold).
But it also had some pretty hefty content for a comedy the hitmen being emotionally distraught and not coping with their chosen profession – Ray (Colin Farrell) is all wrung out over his first hit going pear shaped and the other guy Ken (Brendan Gleeson) doesn’t seem to be coping either with his years in on the job even though they originally appear really nonchalant about it all. I know we all laugh at deadly serious situations all the time it’s one of those ‘Pain + Distance = Humour’ things but a lot of the themes running through the movie were anything but funny and the twists and action stuff in the second half gets pretty messy.
There were some absolute fantastic dialogue and really witty one liners here and there which I always enjoy. So yeah… death, cocaine, medieval history, dutch hookers, a film crew, an American midget, a clock tower and a half blind ‘gay’ skinhead petty criminal….
“Two mankey hookers and a racist dwarf… I’m going home!’
That just about sums it up really 🙂
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