@@adrianowen476 Yeah, a friend of mine heard it from their mum who's from Ostrobothnia, a region of Finland close to Sweden. I'm guessing that it's from an era where Finns emigrated to Sweden and were really notorious for their vices. I just recently heard it and was blown away by the vulgarity of the image. I couldn't stop giggling for minutes.
Love this movie. That "Grandma looking" dog in the window overlooking the canal wasn't planted for the movie, it was a famous dog that always used to be at that window for years. Became a kind of tourist attraction
when the dog died some years ago people from all over the world send their condolences to that place. it was just a dog looking out of a window but it touched the memories of a lot of people
My favorite bit of trivia about this movie is that it was made with a lot of help from the Belgian government and Colin Farrell kept apologizing to everybody (locals, extras, etc) between takes because he felt really bad about his character constantly complaining and insulting Belgium and Bruges because in real life he thought it was awesome and he was having the greatest time both on an off set.
@@joaosantos5503 Feel free to believe what you want, sir. There can be many reasons why a person gets a credit or not on a movie. But here's a tip: look me up on IMDB, find out that I've been doing this job for over 25 years and then ask yourself why someone with a track record like mine would jeopardize his credibility by making a false claim on YT.
@@joaosantos5503 I looked his name up and he's legitimately a location manager who has done a shit load of work in Belgium. It's possible he worked on it but wasn't credited. Hell, might be possible he was just there as a friend of some crew. Point being you should question further before calling someone a big fibber.
Martin McDonagh is a really popular playwright here in Ireland. All of his films are amazing. I definitely recommend Seven Psychopaths, Banshees of Inisherin, and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri. His scripts really have that stage stageplay quality to them. Great characters, great dialogue and a very dark, Irish sense of humour.
The writer of this movie said he spent some time in Bruges and part of him was fascinated by all of it and part of him was bored to tears, and that's how he came up with the two main characters. It's probably how he found the balance between the comedy and darkness, too. Love this movie.
“You’re an inanimate f**king object!” Is my favorite movie insult, not because it’s particularly clever, but just because of the rage the line is delivered with.
Hearing Simone say it was possibly one of her favourite movies was amazing, warms my heart. Seriously brilliant writing in this film, blends the line of comedy and tragedy so well, changing the emotions instantaneously. Also as someone from Ireland (no bias) , Martin mc Donagh is a brilliant writer. Absolutely love your reactions and enjoyed this soo much, especially the laughter. Please keep it up.
This is seriously one of the best movies ever made. When I worked in a video rental store, I often recommended that movie when it came out and EVERYBODY loved it, but they never would have thought to pick it up otherwise, since it is just a small movie. Great acting, great atmosphere, rollercoaster emotions... its so good!
I don't remember the circumstances of when I watched it but it was definitely going in blind. No idea, other than it had a lot of online buzz and recommendation. And the whole time I watched it, like these two, I was just "WTH is this greatness?!?" Seriously terrible shame there aren't more like this because these are impossible to see the first time more than once.
@@spddracer Me too. It was a dream job and after 15 years of working there ... streaming killed it! That is the reason why I do not support these services... EVER!
Mad that 3 of the 4 main characters in this movie all made their Harry Potter debuts in the same movie. Ken - Mad-Eye Moody Harry - Voldemort Chloe - Fleur Delacour
0:37 It's a postcard, you don't see them much anymore, but I'm sure they popularised the expression "wish you were here". If you ever get the chance to go to Bruges *go!* The architecture, people and the food and drink are amazing.
Top 3 movie for sure. No one straddles the line better between understated comedy and heartbreaking drama like McDonagh. However, I still consider In Bruges to be his finest work full of pleasure and pathos. Plus, it has my favorite line delivery ever in a McDonagh film: “You’re a inanimate fucking object!” It cracks me up something fierce every time. Lol
It's the most perfect movie I can think of and Top 2 for me...every scene has reason that either builds up a later scene or resolves a previous one Like Ken being 10ct short of 5€, if the the guy at the counter wasn't so petty about it then Ken wouldn't have had any change on top of the tower and couldn't warn the people before he jumped. And it's impressive how McDonaugh was able to write such exceptional dialogue that can be absolutely hilarious while still feeling completely real...the "jokes" aren't forced in the slightest and not even intentional by the characters, it's just the dynamic these foreigners in Belgium have with each other that's hilarious for anyone who's not a part of it. Oh and not to mention how Colin Farrell absolutely slayed this role, imo clearly his best performance to date...the way he's sobbing in Ken's shoulder when they're at the playground came like a gut punch for how real it felt. The only movie I have the same love for is Lucky Number Slevin, which isn't as perfect but even more underrated...it also has great dialogue, plot, soundtrack, an all-star cast and arguably the best performance by the lead actor (Josh Hartnett). High recommendation for anyone who hasn't seen it
@@AgeofJP I love Slevin too. But that’s the one that’s proven more difficult to entice people into watching. It really is paced well, has great dramatic and comedic performances all around, and some of the best twists in any film including Slevin’s origin itself. I am this close to having the next dog I get be named Slevin.
Many people have mentioned that Martin McDonagh was a playwright before he was a screenwriter and director. Simone immediately picked up on the foreshadowing of Ken being in the tower and pretend shooting Ray and him climbing up, and George remembered the dumdums that ending up destroying Jimmy's head so that he can't be identified by Harry at the end, but there are other great little details in there as well. For instance, Ken only has the change that allows him to warn the civilians below because that stuffy clerk wouldn't take it when he tried to enter the tower. Also, the "Boschian nightmare" that the movie production is filming at the end, that's a reference to the same artist Hieronymus Bosch, whose painting of Judgment Day they're looking at in the museum. One detail you missed, though, was that Chloe doesn't actually work on the film set nor is she an actor. She just makes money dealing drugs to film crews. This was Colin Farrell's big return to form after he shot to stardom in bigger, mainstream things like Minority Report and S.W.A.T., and then his drug problem and subsequent recovery. He is good in many of his movies prior to this but I definitely think that this shows off the true depth of his talent, with his turns from rubbery-faced childishness to genuine sorrow over the death of the kid. Many people are going to recommend Martin's other movies, and I agree that The Banshees of Inisherin, which reunites McDonagh with Farrell and Gleeson and may even score Farrell a well-deserved Oscar, is a great movie, if brutally depressing (I had some real problems with Three Billboards, which I think have to do with McDonagh's relative lack of familiarity with middle America versus Ireland and the UK). But I also want to shine a light on McDonagh's brother John Michael, who has written and directed a couple of movies himself. The best of his films, which also stars Gleeson, is called The Guard, and if you liked this movie, I think you'll love that movie as well.
Also, in a fairly ridiculous deleted scene, you see that Harry not only "got" the guy who killed Ken's wife, but he actually cut his head off with a sword.
I can't believe how completely wrong you are. John Michael's best film is actually Calvary... ;-) (I hope that comes across as a joke, apologies if the text takes too much of the tone away) Colin Farrell was maybe better in Phone Booth, but they are both tremendous performances. I think a difference though is his tonal shifts here are much less expected - that's not a bad thing, just that it maybe makes them stand out a bit more. I'm really looking forward to when I can see Banshees (just need to make the time when I'm not trying to do something else as the McDonagh brothers are worth paying attention to and not just background fodder like a lot of Disney Plus)
Another detail is that the reason the tower is closed when Harry and Ken want to go up is because one of the "fat elephant" Americans had a heart attack climbing the stairs. Shoulda listened to Ray!
Oh, great choice. Love that movie, so sad that it's not widely known. Besides the other works from Martin McDonagh that already got recommended here, I can highly recommend "The Guard" by Martin McDonagh brother John, also starring Brendan Gleeson, similar in style, a very dry dark comedy.
In Bruges is one of my absolute favorite movies. I've lost track of how many times I've seen it. It's a perfect movie. And thanks to this movie, my kids and I stayed in Bruges for a few days. It's wonderful.
The phone rage and inanimate object scene is one of the scenes that most made me laugh ever in a movie. The whole movie is just such a dark humour, love it!!
The first time I saw this, I was left speechless for maybe 15 minutes, just sitting and watching the credits and then the blank screen (DVD). It really is such an under-the-radar-great movie!
The chemistry between Brendon Gleeson and Colin Ferrell is perfect in this film and is in full effect in The Banshees of Inisherin- If you havent seen it, I highly recommend it.
I'm so glad you guys found this one. It is hands down one of my favorite movies. It made such a full circle, and the general balance of the films tone was perfect.
Absolute love this movie, as in top 10 maybe even top 5 movies of all time One of my favourite little details is the fact that if the tower stall guy let Ken in with the €4.90 , he wouldn’t have had the change (coins) to drop at the end when he jump from the tower
I saw this movie for the first time entirely by accident when I walked into the campus cinema on the wrong night, and it absolutely blew me away. I'm so glad you two reacted to it, it's one of my favorite movies ever, from any genre.
There's a brilliant 2011 Irish dark cop comedy with Brendan Gleeson in it called "The guard" which is written and directed by the brother of the guy who directed "In Bruges". Also stars Don Cheadle.
This is one of my very very favorites since i saw it in the theater back in 08. I love it so much. I’ve had people look at me like a lunatic for suggesting that it’s kind of a happy ending - but Ray’s final line “I really really hoped I wouldn’t die” - after wanting to kill himself throughout the film - makes it that way for me.
For the record, Bruges is an amazing place, I loved it. And I did visit it purely because I loved this movie. I even climbed to the top of that tower. It is awesome.
The reason Bruges, Belgium is the setting and punchline of jokes is because it represents purgatory. It's a beautiful and historic place, with nothing to do. The characters are in a moral purgatory in that they're a little good and little evil due to their actions or character traits. That's the overall theme of the movie; and one of many reasons this movie is brilliant.
I've been to Brugge a couple of times, and it's really nice. I only watched this movie much later. I also love it when Ralph Fiennes does more comedic roles like this and Grand Budapest Hotel.
Absolutely in my top ten films of all time and I'm so happy that you watched it. The amount of quotable dialogue in this film is off the charts. Watching Brendan & Colin again in "Banshees of Inishirin" took some adjustment since it's such a different film in tone and feel. Loved your reaction (as always)!
I love all the set up and pay-off in this movie. Like how Ken had the coins to drop from the tower before he jumped because the guy wouldn't take 4.90 for the entry fee.
LOVE your reaction to this one! - I love this film, but it's been so long since I watched it, I'd actually forgotten just HOW funny it was, even your reaction had me in stitches!- literally gonna go watch it properly in a bit! 😂😂
Martin McDonagh wrote this, we studied another one of his plays for our final exams in Ireland. He's spectacular. The chat goes so well because Brendan, Colin, and Martin are Irish and there's a certain musicality to how we speak to each other. It's very much an inexplicable language 😂
It's a suppressor. There is no such thing as a "silencer" except in movies. It's sort of like earplugs, but placed at the source. So maybe 30db of suppression or a little more if the can is really long with well designed baffles. Not much different than a car muffler. If the cartridge is rather small and low on gas volume, it can get pretty quiet, such as with a .22LR pistol. With everything else, it merely prevents hearing damage. Large rifles produce about 130db, which would cause catastrophic hearing loss, so a good can reduces that to about the loudness of a good rock concert. For a 9mm autopistol, it is somewhere in between. Still quite loud enough to be very noticeable, but no hearing damage.
I came in to this movie not expecting much but it surprised the hell out of me and on viewing the movie again i really fell in love with it. Great reaction guys.
Belgium is awesome. They have a statue of a little boy urinating. They have chocolate and waffles. They have a lion on a mound. Bruges really is beautiful and famous for lace. There are of course other beautiful cities. They have cool castles/ chateaus. They speak 3 or 4 languages.
I first watched this on DVD and was totally taken by it, and to such an extent that I immediately re-watched it. So many people love this film and you'll find the treasure=chest of quotable lines from the film instantly deployed when the film is discussed. I loved your reaction to this brilliant film btw.
I've always loved this movie but I never hear it talked about. I'm glad you took the time to react to it. The best thing about this channel is that you recognize genius when you see it, regardless of any preconceptions or biases you might have. A good movie is a good movie - and sometimes...a bad movie is a good movie, depending how you look at it.
The line from Harry "im suicidal, your suicidal, were all suicidal" was how both of them died while ray tried but wqs stopped. I think this is one of the more thought out plots ive seen. Combined with the brilliant execution, it easily in my top 5 faves
Took my wife to Brugge of the back of seeing this movie 13 years ago. We both loved the film that much. I actually proposed while we were there. We did the Tower, everyone does that and we also saw the same dog at the window when we did the canal tour. It is a lovely place and the Belgians brew great beer.
One of my favorite character victories in a screenplay. His character arc and win is simply in the end of the movie he now really hopes he doesn't die. It doesn't matter if he lives or dies in the end just that Ray doesn't want to die anymore.
This is one of my favorite movies. I have seen it several times. There are so many levels to it, so much irony and savory subtext. Bruges could be seen as purgatory, Harry as the devil, and Ken, who literally comes down from heaven to save Ray, as Christ. The costumed characters from the film set in the climax seem to be lifted from the Hieronymus Bosch painting, Hell, that Ray and Ken see in the museum. Some trivia, they are hiding in Bruges under assumed names. The names are the names of the two characters in a Harold Pinter play called The Dumbwaiter, in which two hitmen are waiting for an assignment only for one to find out his target is the other. When Marie gives Ken the phone message from Harry she calls him by one of the names and he says, "yes, no, yes." It's funny on one level because we know he is using an assumed name and has a moment of uncertainty about it, but when you know where the names came from it takes on a rich irony because he *doesn't know which one he is yet.* The movie is full of that kind of thing. Ken says, "I know I'm awake, but I feel like I'm in a dream," twice in the same conversation. Each time with layers of meaning, and each vastly different. It's fucking genius.
It is just so so good. It's a film that gets referenced in my friendship group all the damn time. A few years ago we were in Ghent for a conference. Ghent is very like Bruge, old buildings and canals etc. I was extremely hungover on the morning we did the boat tour on the canals, and it had snowed heavily. I was figuratively like Colin Farrell's character sulking in the boat. I did recover and spent the remaining time looking for alcoves. Ghent is great, cool trams.
The post card art work design is evocative of art from Bruges, they have various religious art works in diptych and in triptych form there which are even shown in the film e.g. The Last Judgment by Hieronymus Bosch.
Oh YES!!! Absolutely one of my favourite films ever! The acting is top notch the script is so dark but at the same time so funny. Got some great lines as well
Such great hysterical and clever writing. McDonagh is a very dark storyteller (his plays especially more so than his films, but even so), but a very intriguing one. Severn Psychopaths, his second film, is his most fun and light-hearted, despite hefty subjects matters.
Back when cable TV was a thing, I tented this movie as a new release on demand I think apropos of nothing as I didn't know who McDonnaugh was and finished watching with the same reaction Simone had. It floored me and it's likely my all-time favorite movie. Glad you both enjoyed it! And please, don't heeet the canadian!
Yeah its one of my favourite movies too. Also it has exposed lots of people to Luke Kelly - Raglan Road (the song playing when Ken dies) which is also one of my favourite songs. Two great Irish actors and a classic Irish song, so good.
"When was the last time you heard Belgium referenced in a movie?" "Paul" starring Simon Pegg, Nick Frost and Seth Rogan. A brief throw-away line but very funny if you pay attention, and not exactly by name, but Brussels, which is close enough for Belgian standards.
Please do all of the McDonagh films! They are all wonderful. If you read plays, he’s one of the most risk-taking, lively playwrights around. His Irish plays are wonderful.
You know, I tend to not make predictions about how you'll like a movie or a certain scene. But this movie had a lot of "this might just become one of Simone's favorite movies" vibe to it. McDonagh is also an award-winning playwright (and his short film, Six Shooter, won the Oscar for the best short film and is available on TH-cam legally). The script in this one is just a masterclass in reincorporation: nothing is thrown away, every single thing has a purpose in the story, and so many things come back in various ways. I love the moral and emotional complexity of it that lifts it way above any other "funny assassins" movie. I just saw his newest one, The Banshees of Inisherin, this week. Very different from this one and I love it to bits.
Seven Psychopaths, Three Billboard’s outside ebbing Missouri, and six shooter are all great movies worth watching. Six shooter is his short film. It might still be on TH-cam
The movie is very theater-like, same as McDonaghs most recent movie, Banshees of Inisherin. Much of In Bruges can be understood quite literally, like bruges being some form of purgatory, or hell even. Not only does Ray mention that over and over, it sometimes seems like it's what bothers him the most. He has also been sent there by his "Boss", his higher up, Harry, (who could represent god, the church, or some form of secular moralism or something entirely different or a mixture of these motives) after he killed an innocent child by accident. Ken on the other hand is a jesus-like figure. It's mentioned at least twice in the dialogue. The first time when Harry calls him Robert Powell from Jesus of Nazareth (who played as Jesus in the 1977 film) and the second time right after he sacrificed himself in order to save Ray. Rays final words to him are "Ken, Jesus". This religious-themed view also enriches the suicide theme: From a secular point of view it's just hilarious that Ken saves Ray from suicide while he's literally a split second away from murdering him himself. But from a religious point of view, suicide is the most atrocious act, and as Ken says to Harry, "it would not have solved Rays problems". All of these dialectical themes between different forms of morality (secular as in some form of legalism, religious, and possibly dogmatism of the church) can be found in almost all scenes and all the people Ken and Ray meet. Be it the early museum scene, or Chloe and her sins (aka selling drugs and robbing tourists) to which Ray immediately feels attracted to, the prostitutes, the pregnant owner of the hotel, and so on. There's a deleted scene that suggests Harry sent Ray and Ken to kill the priest out of capitalist motives. Considering they literally kill people for money there is a clear capitalist morality present in the story and some of it's characters. It's also not the murder of the priest he's been sent to bruges for, it's the murder of a child, innocent by nature, from a religious as well as from a secular point of view. There's also Rays constant complaining about being in bruges while at the same time being literally unable to escape it. Even when he tries to with the help of Ken, he gets pulled back in by, surprise, a representatives of (secular) law, a policeman. The most revealing line comes from him in the last scene, where he basically says all that out loud: "Maybe that's what hell is, an eternity spent in bruges." When viewing the movie this way, meaning as a story about guilt, moral and the collision of different views on these topics, we're not left with an open ending as in "did he survive or not" (which is not only unclear because we don't see him die, but mostly due to him intentionally mixing two tenses "I really hoped I wouldn't die"), because that is not the question that matters at all. By leaving the ending open, the movie directly asks the viewer what he or she thinks would be right. And considering we've been presented several concepts over the course of the movie (suicide, murder, forgiveness, redemption, secular law, letting the mother of the dead child decide, etc...) it forces us to reflect on not just our own spontaneous view of what we think would be right, but to rethink and discuss the ideas (re)presented in the movie and thus forcing us to question and structure our own morality. That's why the open ending is so ímportant. It passes the ball onto us, and forces us not to consume, but to really think and reflect about what we've just seen and what we think is right and why we think that way. There's just so much to uncover, it's unreal how good of a film this is. And it's what makes the film not just a brilliant dark comedy, but a masterpiece and one of my personal favorites of all time.
i usually dont like movies that have sorta...really sad themes, but i really love this one. and of course it helps that i absolutely love the actors and their performance in this
The foreshadowing in this movie is off the charts. "We're all f*cking suicidal." The only person who didn't kill himself was Ray, who was supposed to be suicidal.
A masterpiece of a movie, offering so much in terms of moral depth and discussion of sin and guilt in addition to the humour. It's funny, I had the same reaction of "This is now one of my top five movies." immediately after seeing it.
Whats the most unique insult you've ever heard?
You're not troubled by original thoughts are you?
"His face looks like it spent time as a twat in Sweden."
@@VilleHalonen that sounds like a very region specific insult?
@@adrianowen476 Yeah, a friend of mine heard it from their mum who's from Ostrobothnia, a region of Finland close to Sweden. I'm guessing that it's from an era where Finns emigrated to Sweden and were really notorious for their vices. I just recently heard it and was blown away by the vulgarity of the image. I couldn't stop giggling for minutes.
Your mother was a hamster, and your father smelt of elderberries!
"I think... that's one of my favourite movies."
Ah, yes... the quintessential In Bruges viewing experience.
"You're an inanimate fucking object!" is my friend group's go to insult. This movie is amazing, one of my favourites.
"Alcoves, you haver this word?"
tehis is a top 10 quoteable film.
The wife and I. Almost weekly.
I use it on my wife all the time, but as a random non-sequitur.
Love this movie. That "Grandma looking" dog in the window overlooking the canal wasn't planted for the movie, it was a famous dog that always used to be at that window for years. Became a kind of tourist attraction
when the dog died some years ago people from all over the world send their condolences to that place. it was just a dog looking out of a window but it touched the memories of a lot of people
That’s just wild! Funnest fun fact ever.
The dog's name was Fidèle
My favorite bit of trivia about this movie is that it was made with a lot of help from the Belgian government and Colin Farrell kept apologizing to everybody (locals, extras, etc) between takes because he felt really bad about his character constantly complaining and insulting Belgium and Bruges because in real life he thought it was awesome and he was having the greatest time both on an off set.
As a location manager on set, I can confirm that bit of trivia. Colin was great fun.
It sounds like a Colin Farrell thing
@@pietersanty431 I just looked your name up and you're not in the film's crew list. Nice try, lol
@@joaosantos5503 Feel free to believe what you want, sir.
There can be many reasons why a person gets a credit or not on a movie.
But here's a tip: look me up on IMDB, find out that I've been doing this job for over 25 years and then ask yourself why someone with a track record like mine would jeopardize his credibility by making a false claim on YT.
@@joaosantos5503 I looked his name up and he's legitimately a location manager who has done a shit load of work in Belgium. It's possible he worked on it but wasn't credited. Hell, might be possible he was just there as a friend of some crew.
Point being you should question further before calling someone a big fibber.
Martin McDonagh is a really popular playwright here in Ireland. All of his films are amazing. I definitely recommend Seven Psychopaths, Banshees of Inisherin, and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri. His scripts really have that stage stageplay quality to them. Great characters, great dialogue and a very dark, Irish sense of humour.
His brother has done some amazing films too - I adored Calvary
Three Billboards is one of the realest films I've seen come from NA, great stuff
Didn´t do the job to learn He did all of those. Love them all.
Thank you. I´ll keep an eye out for hos work.
McDonagh brothers is my go to from here on.
Seven Psychopaths remain one of my fave Sam Rockwell films. I highly recomend that.
As an Irishman I love seeing people round the world basking in the greatness of two of our best ever actors 🙂
These guys have to watch Garda its brendan gleeson at his best
If they are in a film where they are nominated at the same time for an Academy Award, they both have to receive it for Best Actor.
@@demonicduck08 I agree, but it's marketed as "The Guard" in the UK, probably the same in US and Canada.
The writer of this movie said he spent some time in Bruges and part of him was fascinated by all of it and part of him was bored to tears, and that's how he came up with the two main characters. It's probably how he found the balance between the comedy and darkness, too. Love this movie.
“You’re an inanimate f**king object!” Is my favorite movie insult, not because it’s particularly clever, but just because of the rage the line is delivered with.
Great line but have you seen the film TAFFIN ?
Hearing Simone say it was possibly one of her favourite movies was amazing, warms my heart. Seriously brilliant writing in this film, blends the line of comedy and tragedy so well, changing the emotions instantaneously. Also as someone from Ireland (no bias) , Martin mc Donagh is a brilliant writer. Absolutely love your reactions and enjoyed this soo much, especially the laughter. Please keep it up.
One of the best films ever made. That scene where Brendan’s coked up face comes into shot is hilarious.
15:23 "I feel like that is maybe the perfect movie moment." -Simone
Brendan Gleeson sliding into frame coked out of his gourd is absolute perfection.
This is seriously one of the best movies ever made. When I worked in a video rental store, I often recommended that movie when it came out and EVERYBODY loved it, but they never would have thought to pick it up otherwise, since it is just a small movie. Great acting, great atmosphere, rollercoaster emotions... its so good!
I miss video rental stores.
I don't remember the circumstances of when I watched it but it was definitely going in blind. No idea, other than it had a lot of online buzz and recommendation. And the whole time I watched it, like these two, I was just "WTH is this greatness?!?" Seriously terrible shame there aren't more like this because these are impossible to see the first time more than once.
@@spddracer Me too. It was a dream job and after 15 years of working there ... streaming killed it! That is the reason why I do not support these services... EVER!
I'm with Simone an almost perfect movie and the dialogue is just Chefs kiss
Mad that 3 of the 4 main characters in this movie all made their Harry Potter debuts in the same movie.
Ken - Mad-Eye Moody
Harry - Voldemort
Chloe - Fleur Delacour
0:37 It's a postcard, you don't see them much anymore, but I'm sure they popularised the expression "wish you were here". If you ever get the chance to go to Bruges *go!* The architecture, people and the food and drink are amazing.
Colin Farrell is incredible in this movie. And the way he first shouts out "Midgets!" and just runs off is so funny.
Top 3 movie for sure. No one straddles the line better between understated comedy and heartbreaking drama like McDonagh. However, I still consider In Bruges to be his finest work full of pleasure and pathos.
Plus, it has my favorite line delivery ever in a McDonagh film:
“You’re a inanimate fucking object!”
It cracks me up something fierce every time. Lol
It's the most perfect movie I can think of and Top 2 for me...every scene has reason that either builds up a later scene or resolves a previous one
Like Ken being 10ct short of 5€, if the the guy at the counter wasn't so petty about it then Ken wouldn't have had any change on top of the tower and couldn't warn the people before he jumped.
And it's impressive how McDonaugh was able to write such exceptional dialogue that can be absolutely hilarious while still feeling completely real...the "jokes" aren't forced in the slightest and not even intentional by the characters, it's just the dynamic these foreigners in Belgium have with each other that's hilarious for anyone who's not a part of it.
Oh and not to mention how Colin Farrell absolutely slayed this role, imo clearly his best performance to date...the way he's sobbing in Ken's shoulder when they're at the playground came like a gut punch for how real it felt.
The only movie I have the same love for is Lucky Number Slevin, which isn't as perfect but even more underrated...it also has great dialogue, plot, soundtrack, an all-star cast and arguably the best performance by the lead actor (Josh Hartnett). High recommendation for anyone who hasn't seen it
@@AgeofJP I couldn’t have put it better. This is one of the few flawless films I’ve seen.
@@AgeofJP I love Slevin too. But that’s the one that’s proven more difficult to entice people into watching. It really is paced well, has great dramatic and comedic performances all around, and some of the best twists in any film including Slevin’s origin itself. I am this close to having the next dog I get be named Slevin.
That line and Harry's letter always get me
@@pabloc8808 Harry is just such a great character, a great mix of propriety and raw violence.
Many people have mentioned that Martin McDonagh was a playwright before he was a screenwriter and director. Simone immediately picked up on the foreshadowing of Ken being in the tower and pretend shooting Ray and him climbing up, and George remembered the dumdums that ending up destroying Jimmy's head so that he can't be identified by Harry at the end, but there are other great little details in there as well. For instance, Ken only has the change that allows him to warn the civilians below because that stuffy clerk wouldn't take it when he tried to enter the tower. Also, the "Boschian nightmare" that the movie production is filming at the end, that's a reference to the same artist Hieronymus Bosch, whose painting of Judgment Day they're looking at in the museum. One detail you missed, though, was that Chloe doesn't actually work on the film set nor is she an actor. She just makes money dealing drugs to film crews.
This was Colin Farrell's big return to form after he shot to stardom in bigger, mainstream things like Minority Report and S.W.A.T., and then his drug problem and subsequent recovery. He is good in many of his movies prior to this but I definitely think that this shows off the true depth of his talent, with his turns from rubbery-faced childishness to genuine sorrow over the death of the kid.
Many people are going to recommend Martin's other movies, and I agree that The Banshees of Inisherin, which reunites McDonagh with Farrell and Gleeson and may even score Farrell a well-deserved Oscar, is a great movie, if brutally depressing (I had some real problems with Three Billboards, which I think have to do with McDonagh's relative lack of familiarity with middle America versus Ireland and the UK). But I also want to shine a light on McDonagh's brother John Michael, who has written and directed a couple of movies himself. The best of his films, which also stars Gleeson, is called The Guard, and if you liked this movie, I think you'll love that movie as well.
Also, in a fairly ridiculous deleted scene, you see that Harry not only "got" the guy who killed Ken's wife, but he actually cut his head off with a sword.
I can't believe how completely wrong you are. John Michael's best film is actually Calvary... ;-)
(I hope that comes across as a joke, apologies if the text takes too much of the tone away)
Colin Farrell was maybe better in Phone Booth, but they are both tremendous performances. I think a difference though is his tonal shifts here are much less expected - that's not a bad thing, just that it maybe makes them stand out a bit more. I'm really looking forward to when I can see Banshees (just need to make the time when I'm not trying to do something else as the McDonagh brothers are worth paying attention to and not just background fodder like a lot of Disney Plus)
I second your recommendation of THE GUARD. It's fantastic and I return to it often.
THE GUARD is a must see for everone who likes In Bruges! Brandon Gleason is such a fantastic actor.
Another detail is that the reason the tower is closed when Harry and Ken want to go up is because one of the "fat elephant" Americans had a heart attack climbing the stairs. Shoulda listened to Ray!
this movie changed the way i said bruges, from then on after seeing this, whenever someone says bruges, i say "fookin bruges?"
Oh, great choice. Love that movie, so sad that it's not widely known. Besides the other works from Martin McDonagh that already got recommended here, I can highly recommend "The Guard" by Martin McDonagh brother John, also starring Brendan Gleeson, similar in style, a very dry dark comedy.
110% yes! The Guard is a great watch.
I saw The Guard again recently. It's the best film no-one's heard of!
In Bruges is one of my absolute favorite movies. I've lost track of how many times I've seen it. It's a perfect movie. And thanks to this movie, my kids and I stayed in Bruges for a few days. It's wonderful.
The phone rage and inanimate object scene is one of the scenes that most made me laugh ever in a movie. The whole movie is just such a dark humour, love it!!
The first time I saw this, I was left speechless for maybe 15 minutes, just sitting and watching the credits and then the blank screen (DVD). It really is such an under-the-radar-great movie!
The chemistry between Brendon Gleeson and Colin Ferrell is perfect in this film and is in full effect in The Banshees of Inisherin- If you havent seen it, I highly recommend it.
"You're an inanimate fucking object!" - an iconic line.
I'm so glad you guys found this one. It is hands down one of my favorite movies. It made such a full circle, and the general balance of the films tone was perfect.
Absolute love this movie, as in top 10 maybe even top 5 movies of all time
One of my favourite little details is the fact that if the tower stall guy let Ken in with the €4.90 , he wouldn’t have had the change (coins) to drop at the end when he jump from the tower
I saw this movie for the first time entirely by accident when I walked into the campus cinema on the wrong night, and it absolutely blew me away. I'm so glad you two reacted to it, it's one of my favorite movies ever, from any genre.
There's a brilliant 2011 Irish dark cop comedy with Brendan Gleeson in it called "The guard" which is written and directed by the brother of the guy who directed "In Bruges". Also stars Don Cheadle.
This is one of my very very favorites since i saw it in the theater back in 08. I love it so much. I’ve had people look at me like a lunatic for suggesting that it’s kind of a happy ending - but Ray’s final line “I really really hoped I wouldn’t die” - after wanting to kill himself throughout the film - makes it that way for me.
For the record, Bruges is an amazing place, I loved it. And I did visit it purely because I loved this movie. I even climbed to the top of that tower. It is awesome.
The reason Bruges, Belgium is the setting and punchline of jokes is because it represents purgatory. It's a beautiful and historic place, with nothing to do. The characters are in a moral purgatory in that they're a little good and little evil due to their actions or character traits. That's the overall theme of the movie; and one of many reasons this movie is brilliant.
I'm glad one of you found the, "you heet the Canadian," part as hilarious as I did. In Bruges is one of the best movies!
I've been to Brugge a couple of times, and it's really nice. I only watched this movie much later.
I also love it when Ralph Fiennes does more comedic roles like this and Grand Budapest Hotel.
In Bruges is one of my favorite movies of this century so far, glad that you both got it!
I knew that you were going to love this movie especially because of that, “you’re an inanimate f-ing object!” line.
Absolutely in my top ten films of all time and I'm so happy that you watched it. The amount of quotable dialogue in this film is off the charts. Watching Brendan & Colin again in "Banshees of Inishirin" took some adjustment since it's such a different film in tone and feel. Loved your reaction (as always)!
I deeply love this movie. No matter how many times I see it, it manages to be both funnier and more serious than I remember.
I love all the set up and pay-off in this movie. Like how Ken had the coins to drop from the tower before he jumped because the guy wouldn't take 4.90 for the entry fee.
LOVE your reaction to this one! - I love this film, but it's been so long since I watched it, I'd actually forgotten just HOW funny it was, even your reaction had me in stitches!- literally gonna go watch it properly in a bit! 😂😂
Martin McDonagh wrote this, we studied another one of his plays for our final exams in Ireland. He's spectacular. The chat goes so well because Brendan, Colin, and Martin are Irish and there's a certain musicality to how we speak to each other. It's very much an inexplicable language 😂
It's a suppressor. There is no such thing as a "silencer" except in movies. It's sort of like earplugs, but placed at the source. So maybe 30db of suppression or a little more if the can is really long with well designed baffles. Not much different than a car muffler.
If the cartridge is rather small and low on gas volume, it can get pretty quiet, such as with a .22LR pistol.
With everything else, it merely prevents hearing damage. Large rifles produce about 130db, which would cause catastrophic hearing loss, so a good can reduces that to about the loudness of a good rock concert. For a 9mm autopistol, it is somewhere in between. Still quite loud enough to be very noticeable, but no hearing damage.
I came in to this movie not expecting much but it surprised the hell out of me and on viewing the movie again i really fell in love with it. Great reaction guys.
Another good Martin McDonagh movie to watch is "The Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri".
I second that. There's very few reactions to that movie.
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@@MasterBetty69 makes a lot of sense to me cause I've never even heard of it
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I’m so pleased at your reaction! Ever since I saw this film it’s been my favorite film and nobody seems to know about it!
You’ve got great taste 😜
This is lowkey a masterpiece actually. I have watched this film multiple times. Everytime, it leaves me in owe.
I was just watching the gag reel of this and it's amazing some of the angles Colin Farrell's eyebrows can reach.
Belgium is awesome. They have a statue of a little boy urinating. They have chocolate and waffles. They have a lion on a mound. Bruges really is beautiful and famous for lace. There are of course other beautiful cities. They have cool castles/ chateaus. They speak 3 or 4 languages.
One of my favourite 'time flies' films. Glad you liked it.
"Snivelling gobshite" is always a winner
Marie is underrated af in this movie, she’s amazing
Great reaction! Highly recommend The Banshees Of Inisherin from this year. Same director, main actors etc. It's up for loads of awards this year.
Hopefully we get it for Paddy's week.
Looks pretty great, didnt realize it was the same director
I first watched this on DVD and was totally taken by it, and to such an extent that I immediately re-watched it. So many people love this film and you'll find the treasure=chest of quotable lines from the film instantly deployed when the film is discussed. I loved your reaction to this brilliant film btw.
My favourite movie of all time, gives you the full range of emotions, incredibly funny but makes me cry more than any other movie.
I've always loved this movie but I never hear it talked about. I'm glad you took the time to react to it. The best thing about this channel is that you recognize genius when you see it, regardless of any preconceptions or biases you might have. A good movie is a good movie - and sometimes...a bad movie is a good movie, depending how you look at it.
Oh my god, I love this movie! I still want to one day see Bruges itself because of it.
Highly recommended to visit Brussels too- 1,5 hr by train
One of my all time favourites! Glad you both enjoyed it.
This movie is far and away one of the most underrated gems of a flick
The line from Harry "im suicidal, your suicidal, were all suicidal" was how both of them died while ray tried but wqs stopped. I think this is one of the more thought out plots ive seen. Combined with the brilliant execution, it easily in my top 5 faves
Took my wife to Brugge of the back of seeing this movie 13 years ago. We both loved the film that much. I actually proposed while we were there.
We did the Tower, everyone does that and we also saw the same dog at the window when we did the canal tour.
It is a lovely place and the Belgians brew great beer.
Love when you guys appreciate a film that was one i also really enjoyed. Great reaction
You mean the Belfry, with "tower'?
Brilliant story, incredible acting with amazingly realisticly humourous dialogue!
One of the finest third acts in a movie ever. You guys are spot on about how ironically moral these hitmen are.
One of my favorite character victories in a screenplay. His character arc and win is simply in the end of the movie he now really hopes he doesn't die.
It doesn't matter if he lives or dies in the end just that Ray doesn't want to die anymore.
This is one of my favorite movies. I have seen it several times. There are so many levels to it, so much irony and savory subtext. Bruges could be seen as purgatory, Harry as the devil, and Ken, who literally comes down from heaven to save Ray, as Christ. The costumed characters from the film set in the climax seem to be lifted from the Hieronymus Bosch painting, Hell, that Ray and Ken see in the museum. Some trivia, they are hiding in Bruges under assumed names. The names are the names of the two characters in a Harold Pinter play called The Dumbwaiter, in which two hitmen are waiting for an assignment only for one to find out his target is the other. When Marie gives Ken the phone message from Harry she calls him by one of the names and he says, "yes, no, yes." It's funny on one level because we know he is using an assumed name and has a moment of uncertainty about it, but when you know where the names came from it takes on a rich irony because he *doesn't know which one he is yet.* The movie is full of that kind of thing. Ken says, "I know I'm awake, but I feel like I'm in a dream," twice in the same conversation. Each time with layers of meaning, and each vastly different. It's fucking genius.
It is just so so good. It's a film that gets referenced in my friendship group all the damn time.
A few years ago we were in Ghent for a conference. Ghent is very like Bruge, old buildings and canals etc. I was extremely hungover on the morning we did the boat tour on the canals, and it had snowed heavily. I was figuratively like Colin Farrell's character sulking in the boat. I did recover and spent the remaining time looking for alcoves. Ghent is great, cool trams.
‘You’re an inanimate fucking object!!’ 😂😂 we say this all the time lol
You gotta watch The Banshees Of Inisherin also. Same writer & director and actors and great funny dialogue!
The post card art work design is evocative of art from Bruges, they have various religious art works in diptych and in triptych form there which are even shown in the film e.g. The Last Judgment by Hieronymus Bosch.
Oh YES!!! Absolutely one of my favourite films ever! The acting is top notch the script is so dark but at the same time so funny. Got some great lines as well
Such great hysterical and clever writing. McDonagh is a very dark storyteller (his plays especially more so than his films, but even so), but a very intriguing one. Severn Psychopaths, his second film, is his most fun and light-hearted, despite hefty subjects matters.
Yep, Bruges is one of the most well preserved (and beautiful) medieval towns in the world.
Whenever my wife and I get in an argument, one of us says "I'm sorry for calling you an inanimate object."
Its the ultimate tense-ness killer.
We need more Colin Farrell appreciation: The Lobster, Fright Night, Phone Booth, and Seven Psychopaths are fun places to start.
I love this movie and I'm so happy yinz did too! How could you not?! 😅
Since 2008 I have been unable to find a better comedy than this. This is an intelligent dark humour comedy at its finest.
Back when cable TV was a thing, I tented this movie as a new release on demand I think apropos of nothing as I didn't know who McDonnaugh was and finished watching with the same reaction Simone had. It floored me and it's likely my all-time favorite movie. Glad you both enjoyed it!
And please, don't heeet the canadian!
Yeah its one of my favourite movies too. Also it has exposed lots of people to Luke Kelly - Raglan Road (the song playing when Ken dies) which is also one of my favourite songs. Two great Irish actors and a classic Irish song, so good.
"When was the last time you heard Belgium referenced in a movie?"
"Paul" starring Simon Pegg, Nick Frost and Seth Rogan. A brief throw-away line but very funny if you pay attention, and not exactly by name, but Brussels, which is close enough for Belgian standards.
In Bruges is SO good, and considering you two really enjoyed it, I really hope Seven Psychopaths is coming soon to your schedules.
This is my all time favorite movie! Criminally underrated. So glad to see a reaction to it.
this is one of my fav films ever so thanks for the reaction. its just better everytime u watch it
I think Martin McDonagh and Quentin Tarantino movies have the best most entertaining dialogue. They just make them so intriguing and original!
Ah can't wait. This is one of, if not, my all-time favorite film.
Please do all of the McDonagh films! They are all wonderful. If you read plays, he’s one of the most risk-taking, lively playwrights around. His Irish plays are wonderful.
I had the DVD of this and one of the extras was a compilation of just the swear words uttered throughout the film..It lasted over 5 minutes long :)
You know, I tend to not make predictions about how you'll like a movie or a certain scene. But this movie had a lot of "this might just become one of Simone's favorite movies" vibe to it.
McDonagh is also an award-winning playwright (and his short film, Six Shooter, won the Oscar for the best short film and is available on TH-cam legally). The script in this one is just a masterclass in reincorporation: nothing is thrown away, every single thing has a purpose in the story, and so many things come back in various ways. I love the moral and emotional complexity of it that lifts it way above any other "funny assassins" movie.
I just saw his newest one, The Banshees of Inisherin, this week. Very different from this one and I love it to bits.
Such a great movie. So glad you both enjoyed it! Thanks for sharing this one. 🙂
Seven Psychopaths, Three Billboard’s outside ebbing Missouri, and six shooter are all great movies worth watching. Six shooter is his short film. It might still be on TH-cam
The movie is very theater-like, same as McDonaghs most recent movie, Banshees of Inisherin. Much of In Bruges can be understood quite literally, like bruges being some form of purgatory, or hell even. Not only does Ray mention that over and over, it sometimes seems like it's what bothers him the most. He has also been sent there by his "Boss", his higher up, Harry, (who could represent god, the church, or some form of secular moralism or something entirely different or a mixture of these motives) after he killed an innocent child by accident.
Ken on the other hand is a jesus-like figure. It's mentioned at least twice in the dialogue. The first time when Harry calls him Robert Powell from Jesus of Nazareth (who played as Jesus in the 1977 film) and the second time right after he sacrificed himself in order to save Ray. Rays final words to him are "Ken, Jesus".
This religious-themed view also enriches the suicide theme: From a secular point of view it's just hilarious that Ken saves Ray from suicide while he's literally a split second away from murdering him himself. But from a religious point of view, suicide is the most atrocious act, and as Ken says to Harry, "it would not have solved Rays problems".
All of these dialectical themes between different forms of morality (secular as in some form of legalism, religious, and possibly dogmatism of the church) can be found in almost all scenes and all the people Ken and Ray meet. Be it the early museum scene, or Chloe and her sins (aka selling drugs and robbing tourists) to which Ray immediately feels attracted to, the prostitutes, the pregnant owner of the hotel, and so on.
There's a deleted scene that suggests Harry sent Ray and Ken to kill the priest out of capitalist motives. Considering they literally kill people for money there is a clear capitalist morality present in the story and some of it's characters. It's also not the murder of the priest he's been sent to bruges for, it's the murder of a child, innocent by nature, from a religious as well as from a secular point of view.
There's also Rays constant complaining about being in bruges while at the same time being literally unable to escape it. Even when he tries to with the help of Ken, he gets pulled back in by, surprise, a representatives of (secular) law, a policeman.
The most revealing line comes from him in the last scene, where he basically says all that out loud: "Maybe that's what hell is, an eternity spent in bruges."
When viewing the movie this way, meaning as a story about guilt, moral and the collision of different views on these topics, we're not left with an open ending as in "did he survive or not" (which is not only unclear because we don't see him die, but mostly due to him intentionally mixing two tenses "I really hoped I wouldn't die"), because that is not the question that matters at all. By leaving the ending open, the movie directly asks the viewer what he or she thinks would be right. And considering we've been presented several concepts over the course of the movie (suicide, murder, forgiveness, redemption, secular law, letting the mother of the dead child decide, etc...) it forces us to reflect on not just our own spontaneous view of what we think would be right, but to rethink and discuss the ideas (re)presented in the movie and thus forcing us to question and structure our own morality. That's why the open ending is so ímportant. It passes the ball onto us, and forces us not to consume, but to really think and reflect about what we've just seen and what we think is right and why we think that way.
There's just so much to uncover, it's unreal how good of a film this is. And it's what makes the film not just a brilliant dark comedy, but a masterpiece and one of my personal favorites of all time.
One of my favourite films. Actually a masterpiece.
i usually dont like movies that have sorta...really sad themes, but i really love this one. and of course it helps that i absolutely love the actors and their performance in this
The foreshadowing in this movie is off the charts. "We're all f*cking suicidal." The only person who didn't kill himself was Ray, who was supposed to be suicidal.
This is my most favorite movie ever! I’m so glad you guys are covering it!
One of all time favourite movies , great reaction guys
I never knew i'd miss Simone's intro riddles 😆
This is probably my favorite movie of all time. Definitely my favorite comedy. So glad you reviewed it!
A masterpiece of a movie, offering so much in terms of moral depth and discussion of sin and guilt in addition to the humour. It's funny, I had the same reaction of "This is now one of my top five movies." immediately after seeing it.
This is probably my favorite movie, the perfect balance between comedy and sadness
I really appreciate the alcoves in this movie.
Definitely top 5 for me, I absolutely love this movie. Glad you guys liked it!