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cwfilmbuffDVD 47: In Bruges
I saw this advertised earlier in the year and thought it looked amusing, but didn't go out of my way to see it. Had I known it was written and directed by Martin McDonagh, the man behind 2004's Six Shooter, I would have caught it opening weekend, and I wouldn't have been let down. What could have been a standard fish out of water comedy about hit men hiding n a small Belgium town after a job gone wrong is elevated by the characters, who are well written and excellently portrayed. Most interesting is the fact that the most likable character is a genuinely bad person - beyond the killing and violence he is downright offensive throughout the movie, while the "villain" is a dedicated family man who strictly adheres to a moral code. And those are just two among an ensemble that doesn't have a single weak link, in what turns out to be one of the funniest movies I've seen in a few years.
D48: The Fountain
This continues to be one of the most beautiful movies I've ever seen. Odd to say so little about it after being so verbose on the previous movie, but that's really all there is to say: It's a thoroughly beautiful film.
I saw this advertised earlier in the year and thought it looked amusing, but didn't go out of my way to see it. Had I known it was written and directed by Martin McDonagh, the man behind 2004's Six Shooter, I would have caught it opening weekend, and I wouldn't have been let down. What could have been a standard fish out of water comedy about hit men hiding n a small Belgium town after a job gone wrong is elevated by the characters, who are well written and excellently portrayed. Most interesting is the fact that the most likable character is a genuinely bad person - beyond the killing and violence he is downright offensive throughout the movie, while the "villain" is a dedicated family man who strictly adheres to a moral code. And those are just two among an ensemble that doesn't have a single weak link, in what turns out to be one of the funniest movies I've seen in a few years.
D48: The Fountain
This continues to be one of the most beautiful movies I've ever seen. Odd to say so little about it after being so verbose on the previous movie, but that's really all there is to say: It's a thoroughly beautiful film.
