Nov 17 2005

The Brothers Grimm

Published by Fence under Moving Pictures

  • Matt Damon …. Wilhelm Grimm
  • Heath Ledger …. Jacob Grimm
  • Monica Bellucci …. Mirror Queen
  • Lena Headey …. Angelika

Well, this’ll teach me not to keep offline copies of my reviews won’t it. The original had been eradicated from web-land, so my poor memory will have to come up with another review of this film.

I really enjoyed this film, possibly because I’d read so many bad reports and people giving out about it. Okay, so it wasn’t perfect, but it was more than entertaining. Ledger and Damon were good in their roles as brothers out to con their way through life. Maybe the Italian torture fella was a little over done, but I was in that sort of a mood and found him funny.

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Tags: 7 Stars, atmospheric, creepy, doesn't quite work, enjoyable, faerie, fun, Germany - Napoleonic, Heath Ledger, humour, Lena Headey, magic, Matt Damon, memory, Monica Bellucci, potential, The Brothers Grimm

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Sep 10 2004

Hellboy

Published by Fence under Moving Pictures

dir. Guillermo del Toro

Starring:

* Ron Perlman - Hellboy
* John Hurt - Professor Bruttenholm
* Rupert Evans - John Myers
* Selma Blair - Liz Sherman
* Karel Roden - Rasputin

Before I had heard about this film I had never heard of the comics, never really heard of the character of Hellboy at all, so I wasn’t “mad fer it.” But, after hearing a few positive reviews I decided I’d have to check it out at some stage. Then the trailers put me off, did anyone else get them in blocks of three? And I know that most everyone has praised del Toro’s Blade II, personally I preferred the first. Ah well, the film was on at the right time so I popped along.
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Tags: 8 Stars, based on comic, cynical, enjoyable, fun, Guillermo del Toro, Hellboy, John Hurt, Karel Roden, Ron Perlman, Rupert Evans, Selma Blair, superheroes

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