Monday, August 29, 2005

Brothers Grimm Review

To put it quickly, Brothers Grimm is the arthouse Van Helsing. Terry Gilliam's film is way better than that wretched piece of crap, but it still isn't any good. The film looks like a Gilliam film and the actors are all trying, but the screenplay is pointless after a decent set-up. There are a half-dozen decent laughs that are exhausted after the first thirty minutes and that leaves about ninety minutes for nothing to happen. Viewers who looooooove good art direction should get a kick out of it, but the film is giant misfire for everyone involved. Seeing the film solidifies that Harvey Weinstein knew it was bad and the only reason it was getting a release in the graveyard that is late August is because Harvey and Bob are clearing the shelf before departing Miramax.

2 Comments:

At 3:49 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hello!

This is kind of off-topic, but I've read your blog and you mentioned seeing the Johnny Cash biopic "Walk the Line". You seemed to like it and the performances of Phoenix and Witherspoon. I was wondering, are you able to give a full review of the film? And does the film or the performances have a chance at any Oscar nominations?

Thanks heaps!

 
At 1:32 PM, Blogger Perry said...

Walk the Line is one of the best iflms of the year. I'll go into greater detail when the film's release date gets closer. I fully expect Resse Witherspoon to be nominated for best actress and Joaquin Phoenix deserves to be, although he faces tougher competition.

 

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