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The Brother's Grimm (Terry Gilliam)
"Grimm Has Great Set + Costume Designs, But Lacks The Magic It Needs To Be Entertaining."
Two brothers, Will and Jake Grimm are traveling con-artists. They sucker small towns into paying them to get rid of ghost and witches that they create. Although when a town has a real witch problem, The Brothers Grimm are sent. The only problem is, they have no clue what they're doing.
After watching this film, I believe Terry Gilliam also had no idea what he was doing. The Brother Grimm is a film with so much potential that it could have been a marvelous eye-popping magical adventure. Unfortunately we have to sit through a long winded film with horrible dialogue and cardboard acting.
Matt Damon is miscast in this Gilliam adventure, he tries to play his part with a sense of comedy. The only problem is the writing material isn't funny and Damon can't pull off comedy. Heath Ledger is Damon's brother, who's in love with the town cursed loon. Here Ledger is a bumbling, not too brave, child-like shy younger brother. Monica Beluccia has little to no screen time and only appears near the climax of the film.
Gilliam is a great director and had a chance to take tons of fairy tales and make them into some sick twisted funny film. The Brother Grimm comes off too childish and Hollywood. Gilliam should have made the film darker, then it's comedic tone could really take off. The entire first half of the film is a total bore, I almost fell asleep, until the climax.
The climax isn't very big or explosive in anyway, but it did somehow keep me awake. You know with every fairytale that in the end they live happily ever after, so there is no danger in whether or not any of the characters make it out alive, cause they will. Peter Stormare was the most annoying character throughout this entire film. His accent made my ears bleed, along with every other French accent in the movie. It was horrible to listen to, especially with such weak dialogue to boot.
The special effects are too amazing at all, they don't even come off as campy, just crappy. Where Grimm does get it's points from is the great costume and set designs. Gilliam and his crew has taken us back to the 18th century and given us a wonderful world to marvel at. It is quite impressive. It's too sad to say that with the chaos going on on screen, it's hard to appreciate such beauty.
Brother's Grimm had a lot going for it, and if Gilliam took another approach, could have possibly pulled off a really great film. It's too bad that the horrible writing and acting drag this film to become one of the worst of 2005. The Brother's Grimm should exterminate this film instead of evil.
4/10
"Grimm Has Great Set + Costume Designs, But Lacks The Magic It Needs To Be Entertaining."
Two brothers, Will and Jake Grimm are traveling con-artists. They sucker small towns into paying them to get rid of ghost and witches that they create. Although when a town has a real witch problem, The Brothers Grimm are sent. The only problem is, they have no clue what they're doing.
After watching this film, I believe Terry Gilliam also had no idea what he was doing. The Brother Grimm is a film with so much potential that it could have been a marvelous eye-popping magical adventure. Unfortunately we have to sit through a long winded film with horrible dialogue and cardboard acting.
Matt Damon is miscast in this Gilliam adventure, he tries to play his part with a sense of comedy. The only problem is the writing material isn't funny and Damon can't pull off comedy. Heath Ledger is Damon's brother, who's in love with the town cursed loon. Here Ledger is a bumbling, not too brave, child-like shy younger brother. Monica Beluccia has little to no screen time and only appears near the climax of the film.
Gilliam is a great director and had a chance to take tons of fairy tales and make them into some sick twisted funny film. The Brother Grimm comes off too childish and Hollywood. Gilliam should have made the film darker, then it's comedic tone could really take off. The entire first half of the film is a total bore, I almost fell asleep, until the climax.
The climax isn't very big or explosive in anyway, but it did somehow keep me awake. You know with every fairytale that in the end they live happily ever after, so there is no danger in whether or not any of the characters make it out alive, cause they will. Peter Stormare was the most annoying character throughout this entire film. His accent made my ears bleed, along with every other French accent in the movie. It was horrible to listen to, especially with such weak dialogue to boot.
The special effects are too amazing at all, they don't even come off as campy, just crappy. Where Grimm does get it's points from is the great costume and set designs. Gilliam and his crew has taken us back to the 18th century and given us a wonderful world to marvel at. It is quite impressive. It's too sad to say that with the chaos going on on screen, it's hard to appreciate such beauty.
Brother's Grimm had a lot going for it, and if Gilliam took another approach, could have possibly pulled off a really great film. It's too bad that the horrible writing and acting drag this film to become one of the worst of 2005. The Brother's Grimm should exterminate this film instead of evil.
4/10