Saturday, May 31, 2014
Superb
I watched one of my all time favorite films today. Martin McDonagh's
Two guys. Their boss tells them to go to Bruges, Belgium to lie low after murdering a priest and accidentally killing a little kid.
The boss has put them in Bruges because he thinks it is a nice place to visit. He had a good time there.
The boys enjoy each other's company until it becomes apparent that one had a slightly different assignment than the other.
So far so good. This summary doesn't include the appearance of a film crew with a dwarf as one of the actors, a girl who deals drugs who gets attracted to one of the guys or the fact that in the brief time the two guys are together they develop a deep friendship, almost a mentor student relationship.
A rich stew. Funny as hell. Great dialog. Beautiful to watch, the cathedral and "fairy tale" streets.
Brendan Gleeson and Colin Farrell are the two guys on the lam. Ralph Fiennes is their boss and Peter Dinklage is a member of the movie cast who keeps being in the wrong or right place at the opportune or inopportune time.
Everyone is on their finest form but this is the film that shows Colin Farrell as a wonderful actor who is not going to have a movie hero career. He is an actor from top to bottom who becomes this dodgy character who one cannot stop watching.
I am not sure why this movie plays so well for me. I need to space it out a bit between viewings to disremember the plot details but I think I could actually watch it more frequently.
It is also truly scary. This is McDonagh's forte. Scary, intelligent and funny suspense films and plays.
A 5 out of 5. I will see it again in a year or so.
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