Brothers Grimm (2005)

[kyektulu]

I couldnt find a thread on this film so here goes:

Anybody seen it?

I have just got a copy and am going to watch it tomo but I have heard mixed reviews about it, most saying it isnt good and more of a childs movie...

[Teir]

hmmmm, interested to hear any opinions also. Been meaning to see this one myself....

[GOLLUM]

Yeh yet to see it but I know it got good wraps for the special effects/detail inputted into the film. I think the average critics score in OZ was 3- 3.5 stars out of 5.

[Culhwch]

Originally Posted by GOLLUM

I think the average critics score in OZ was 3- 3.5 stars out of 5.

Yeah, I heard the Wizard gave it four stars, but the Wicked Witch of the West only gave it one and a half....

Wanted to see this one in the cinema but sadly missed it, so I'm waiting for the DVD. From what I've heard there were difficulties with the studio and that has resulted in an uneven film, but it still looks to be up my alley.

[direghost]

I saw it--like Culhwch says, it's very uneven. Some scenes are classic Gilliam, just terrific and wonderful, others are so bad they just leave you with head shaking and a bewildered scowl. On the whole, the good outweighs the bad though, so definitely watch it!

[GrownUp]

Originally Posted by kyektulu

most saying it isnt good and more of a childs movie...

Oh, I wouldn't say that. Definitely has scenes in it that would horrify children. I don't really know who it was aimed at. Watching the trailers, I would have thought it was aimed at me, but when I saw it I concluded it didn't actually have any aim
...as someone had dislodged its viewfinder and left it flailing wildly and misfiring.

[Thadlerian]

I think this film is, quite frankly, the worst film I've seen in my whole life. It might be possible that there have been worse ones that I have repressed, but I doubt it.

I saw Gilliam's 12 Monkeys, which was pretty good, and I expected something like that. But Brothers Grimm... urgh!

I think it's because it's so positively unfunny. It attempts to be funny all over the place, but most of it feels just embarrassing. The characters are clichéd way beyond reason and sanity. The concept had potential, but they wasted it all on some dumb plot about nobly saving this and that, and it all comes together happily in the end, when it turns out that the dead protagonist wasn't dead after all. And that wasn't even a spoiler; you could see it coming all the way from the beginning.

And any hopes about it working as a children's movie evaporate when you get to scenes like the controversial kitten-in-grinder, which doesn't even contribute to the story.

Some bad movies you enjoy just because they're so bad. Brothers Grimm isn't even among those.

[kyektulu]

Originally Posted by GOLLUM

Yeh yet to see it but I know it got good wraps for the special effects/detail inputted into the film. I think the average critics score in OZ was 3- 3.5 stars out of 5.

To be honest Gollum I dont put much, if any, stock in what critics say, it seems to me nothing pleases them and most of them go out of thier way to be an ass.

[Adasunshine]

Originally Posted by kyektulu

To be honest Gollum I dont put much, if any, stock in what critics say, it seems to me nothing pleases them and most of them go out of thier way to be an ass.

I'm with you fully on this one Kye, I can't stand a critic, most of them seem so up their own backsides and think that what they say is the most important thing you'll read, and that goes for critics in any profession, whether it be books, film, television, sport, music whatever, they all think their opinion reigns supreme!

No offence intended to those critics who are members of this site, I understand you have a job to do and to be honest, what a wonderful job it is!

xx

[Lissa]

I liked it when i saw it in the theater. My mom and sister didn't like it though. I thought it was a fun twist on the old fairy tales. It really is just a light, entertaining movie. If you are looking for something with more substance you will be disappointed.

[kyektulu]

Maybe I will save this film for a night of light hearted entertainment...

I am wary about watching it after what u said Thadlerian...

[Alysheba]

While it wasn't the worst movie that I've seen, it was all over the place. I tried to be funny, but I didn't laugh once. Some parts made no clear sense and the movie didn't flow. Damon and Ledger are very good actors but they were not utilized nor was their dialouge entertaining. The special effects were pretty much the same as any other movie in it's type of class, but for me it just was disapointing. I expected more.

[kyektulu]

Watched this film tonight, the only word I can use to describe it is DIRE.

[Denie Alconn]

Well, whatever you might say about the film, I still would like to watch it for myself and make my own mind up....maybe it has it`s funny spots?

[kyektulu]

Everyone has different tastes in movies, maybe you will like it Denie.