The Brothers Grimm
I've always loved fairy tales. When I was younger, I would beg my grandma to read to me from her book of fairy tales. Even now, whenever I come across that book, I read it from cover to cover. Since I enjoy them so much, I greatly enjoyed The Brothers Grimm. This movie is a fabulous combination of fairy tales, one that story-lovers everywhere should love.
Jake and Will Grimm are brothers who live in French-occupied Germany, and are complete scam artists. Using Jake's knowledge of old legends and Will's charm and talent for speaking and acting, the two brothers feed on people's superstitions. For example, at the beginning of the movie, a small town has called the Grimms in to dispose of a 'witch' that has been tormenting the town. Jake and Will (along with their two assistants) stage the killing of 'the witch' and make a ton of money doing it. This is what they do all over the place and they are famous for it.
Unfortunately for the two brothers, the French government finds out that they are nothing but imposters. They can either be boiled to death in a big vat of water or complete a small assignment for the French.
It wouldn't make sense for them to choose death, because that wouldn't make a very good movie. Obviously, they choose to go and do the French assignment. They are sent to a small village on the edge of a wood that is claimed to be 'enchanted'. The townspeople have a problem -- ten of their little girls have been taken away by some...thing. The brothers Grimm have to go into the wood and find out where these girls went, and what took them.
With the help of Angelika, a young woman who lives in the village, they venture into the forest and look for the girls. Still relying on superstition, the brothers try to stage an 'exorcism' of the 'enchantments', but they soon realize that the forest really is enchanted, and there really is a deep and sinister plot that is a fairy tale come true. The brothers must
I loved how this movie incorporated so many different fairy tales to tell one story. For example, Little Red Riding Hood and Gretel from 'Hansel and Gretel' were two of the girls that got abducted, and in kidnapping the girls, the perpetrators pricked their fingers to make them fall asleep, just like in 'Sleeping Beauty'. Angelika, who turned out the be the twelfth abducted girl, had to be awakened by true love's first kiss, and that would awaken the rest of the girls. Also, the 'Mirror-mirror-on-the-wall-who's-the-fairest-one-of-all' was put into the plot very nicely.
The animation and camera work were really awesome. I loved the way the trees could move on their roots. Another cool effect was the way the wolf could turn into a man. I also really enjoyed the humorous air of the movie. It was really quite funny -- Heath Ledger and Matt Damon make an awesome team on-screen. I loved the characters that played the French antagonists...they were really funny.
3 and a half stars. It's ok. I guess they went a little overboard on the complexity.
Jake and Will Grimm are brothers who live in French-occupied Germany, and are complete scam artists. Using Jake's knowledge of old legends and Will's charm and talent for speaking and acting, the two brothers feed on people's superstitions. For example, at the beginning of the movie, a small town has called the Grimms in to dispose of a 'witch' that has been tormenting the town. Jake and Will (along with their two assistants) stage the killing of 'the witch' and make a ton of money doing it. This is what they do all over the place and they are famous for it.
Unfortunately for the two brothers, the French government finds out that they are nothing but imposters. They can either be boiled to death in a big vat of water or complete a small assignment for the French.
It wouldn't make sense for them to choose death, because that wouldn't make a very good movie. Obviously, they choose to go and do the French assignment. They are sent to a small village on the edge of a wood that is claimed to be 'enchanted'. The townspeople have a problem -- ten of their little girls have been taken away by some...thing. The brothers Grimm have to go into the wood and find out where these girls went, and what took them.
With the help of Angelika, a young woman who lives in the village, they venture into the forest and look for the girls. Still relying on superstition, the brothers try to stage an 'exorcism' of the 'enchantments', but they soon realize that the forest really is enchanted, and there really is a deep and sinister plot that is a fairy tale come true. The brothers must
I loved how this movie incorporated so many different fairy tales to tell one story. For example, Little Red Riding Hood and Gretel from 'Hansel and Gretel' were two of the girls that got abducted, and in kidnapping the girls, the perpetrators pricked their fingers to make them fall asleep, just like in 'Sleeping Beauty'. Angelika, who turned out the be the twelfth abducted girl, had to be awakened by true love's first kiss, and that would awaken the rest of the girls. Also, the 'Mirror-mirror-on-the-wall-who's-the-fairest-one-of-all' was put into the plot very nicely.
The animation and camera work were really awesome. I loved the way the trees could move on their roots. Another cool effect was the way the wolf could turn into a man. I also really enjoyed the humorous air of the movie. It was really quite funny -- Heath Ledger and Matt Damon make an awesome team on-screen. I loved the characters that played the French antagonists...they were really funny.
3 and a half stars. It's ok. I guess they went a little overboard on the complexity.
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