"In Bruges"- dark, violent, hilarious.

[spindrift]

Ray: One gay beer for my gay friend, one normal beer for me because I am normal.

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Ray: Why didn't you wave hello to me today when I waved hello to you today?
Jimmy: I was on a very strong horse tranquilizer today; Wasn't waving hello to anybody. Except... maybe to a horse.
Ray: Huh? What are you talking about?
Jimmy: Just horseshit.
Ray: You from America?
Jimmy: Yeah. Don't hold it against me.
Ray: Well, that's for me to decide, isn't it?
Ray: [to Denise] You from America too?
Denise: No, I'm from Amsterdam.
Ray: Amsterdam! Amsterdam's just a lot of bloody prostitutes, isn't it?
Denise: Yes, that's why I came to Bruges. Been trying to get a better price for my pussy here.
Ray: Huh?
[pause]
Ray: You two are weird.



best thing Colin Farrell's done evah!

[Mike r]

It's one of my favourite movies this year.

I especially like the scene near the end in the hotel where the two characters are discussing how the chase should continue.

[bomber]

Excellent film, some corking lines!  Couldn't help feel the Ray - Ken relationship was amazingly similar to Ted - Dougal

"Well, here we are in a room with two manky hookers and a racist dwarf."

[Tiger]

Bruges is the most dull place I think I have been to. My wife took me there for  a 'holiday break' earlier this year and I have to say it was so dull that coffe and cakes was a real highspot.
Endless shops selling chocolate, or lace or chocolate in lace.  Average age of people 60.

[Eccentrica Gallumbits]

Anyone else keep readng this thread title as "Irn Bru"- dark, violent, hilarious?

[mattc]

Great film - not what I expected.

Couldn't help feel the Ray - Ken relationship was amazingly similar to Ted - Dougal

Yes! It was sort of how
the Coen Brothers would do the movie version of Father Ted
[having a priest involved in the plot helped]

There was only one dodgy moment, and it's a very small criticism:

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When Ken hits the ground outside the tower and survives long enough for some dying words. Which didn't even seem necessary for the plot; Ray could have just spotted Harry, found the smashed gun then legged it back to his hotel.

[her_welshness]

One of my favourite films.

Best bit was when they were discussing Midget World War and which race would dominate.

[LEE]

Fat American Tourists meet the wrong person.

[citoyen]

Plenty of alcoves in Bruges.

[Cudzoziemiec]

One of the few films I worked on* that I wanted to watch.

*This does not mean I was involved in any way in making the film.

[Charlotte]

Saw this last night at Chateaux Weasel after popping over to borrow a sword.

I wasn't expecting a great deal from Colin Farrell but I absolutely loved it.  Definitely gets my nomination for best dwarf-slapping scene inna film evah.

[Flynn]

"What exactly are you trying to say? What exactly am I trying to say? Youse are a bunch of fucking elephants!" Person in front of me in the cinema was lucky I wasn't drinking my Coke at that point.

[citoyen]

Not an actual spoiler but in spoiler tags because NSFW...

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[Littlesox]

Agreed - great film, repays a second viewing.

Cohen's do Father Ted ?

Now that, I would have to see.

Fave sitcom spin-off made by fave directors.

[Ewan Houzami]

One of the few films I worked on* that I wanted to watch.

*This does not mean I was involved in any way in making the film.

A mate of mine did the catering! I've got Seven Psychopaths lined up and ready - to compare and contrast.

[jsabine]

Bruges is the most dull place I think I have been to ... it was so dull that coffe and cakes was a real highspot.

It's a shithole

[noisycrank]

+1 for one of those films that totally exceeded my expecteations

[ianrauk]

I first saw it on a flight back from the US of A.
I think the other passengers though I was some sort of weirdo with a loud laughing fetish.

Really do not like Colin Farrell, but he's brilliant in this.
Doesn't mean I want to watch him in anything else though.

[bumper]

It's on film 4 tonight at ?11.25?

[Riggers]

I remember it being a cracking film, but thought Rafe Feins psychotic mobster too closely mirrored Ben Kingsley's character in Sexy Beast.

Only a minor dissatisfaction.

[JennyB]

For some reason I now 'hear' the poems of WB Years in the manner of Colin Farrell.   

Extremely weird.

[citoyen]

I remember it being a cracking film, but thought Rafe Feins psychotic mobster too closely mirrored Ben Kingsley's character in Sexy Beast.

I think the big difference is that Don Logan is genuinely terrifying while Harry Waters is actually a bit of a berk - Ken isn't really scared of Harry in the way Gal is scared of Don.