I should have read the DVD jacket for the Brothers Grimm before I watched the movie. I was expecting to see and action picture, which this movie really isn’t. Had I read the credits and who the director was. I probably would have actually understood the movie a little better. Why? About halfway through the movie, I thought to myself that this film was trying to be like the Adventures of Baron Munchausen. Duh! Of course it was. It was by the same director, Terry Gilliam. Okay, now I get it.
Even though I do get it now, it still wasn’t a very good movie. It just wasn’t right. The dialogue, the acting, everything was just a little off. For example there is this bizarre scene in which the brothers have been caught by the general. The general tries to get information from them about the nature of the disappearances in a village by threatening to kill Angelika. He has her chained inside a wash tub that is sitting below giant spinning blades. A tiny cute little kitten walks by his feet. He kicks the kitten and it gets chopped apart by the blades. Blood and flesh fly around the room. Some of it hits the general in the face. He waves off his valet who tries to wipe it off, picks the piece of flesh off his face, and eats it. He gives a small grin of satisfaction after he’s done so. It’s not funny. It’s not even gross, it’s sickening. Would I have thought it was funny if I had known Terry Gilliam was the director right from the start? I will never know. But even now knowing he is the director, I don’t like it. My son liked it though without knowing anything about the movie. Perhaps my own preconceived notions about the film got in the way of me enjoying it.
One other bad thing about this movie: Matt Damon. He is terrible. Someone please get him a contract for the next Jason Bourne movie. Please!
at January 17, 2006 9:17 AMI wasn't as impressed with Grimm as I had hoped to be. I liked Munchausen better for the reality mixed with myth thing. Glad to see you're blogging Hope!
Posted by: ScottK at January 26, 2006 8:44 AM