Picked this up not knowing much about it.
Was a very good, very dark comedy
Made me laugh and made me go Ooooo!
Definitely worth a watch on DVD.
i loved this film.
I felt rather bad laughing during the cinema showing though, all the inuendo and dark commedy just made me laugh.
you felt bad laughing at a dark comedy???, maybe I should watch it
didnt really like it, im sure i turned it off half way through, very slow movie to get into
Film 4 movie - that should sum it up for most as to whether you will like it or not. I actually really enjoyed the movie - slow paced an all but made me laugh and rewind several scenes. Downloaded months ago - think its just come out on DVD here.
1st scene to make me sit up and laugh, then rewind for another laugh - Colin Farrell talking to the Yank family about why they shouldn't go up the church spire.
Another rewind scene is when Ralph Feinnes is buying the gun and telling the thug why he needs to shut up
One of those movies definately worth a watch.
ok yeah. the bit where he is basically saying your fat bastards and its a narrow passage cracked me up... especially when the other guy comes down n says the same thing lol
Some qoutes - imagine Colin Farrells character (Ray) doing a slightly fast irish accent:
Ken: Coming up?
Ray: What's up there?
Ken: The view.
Ray: The view of what? The view of down here? I can see that down here.
Ken: Ray, you are about the worst tourist in the whole world.
Ray: Ken, I grew up in Dublin. I love Dublin. If I grew up on a farm, and was retarded, Bruges might impress me but I didn't, so it doesn't.
Another funny scene - done over the phone between Ken (a hitman) and his very irate boss Harry (played by Ralph Fainnes)
Ken: Harry, let's face it. And I'm not being funny. I mean no disrespect, but you're a cunt. You're a cunt now, and you've always been a cunt. And the only thing that's going to change is that you're going to be an even bigger cunt. Maybe have some more cunt kids.
Harry: [furious] Leave my kids fucking out of it! What have they done? You fucking retract that bit about my cunt fucking kids!
Ken: I retract that bit about your cunt fucking kids.
Harry: Insult my fucking kids? That's going overboard, mate!
Ken: I retracted it, didn't I?
In a bar, trying to piss his mate off
Ray: One gay beer for my gay friend, one normal beer for me because I am normal.
One of the fucking funniest lines in the movie, said dead straight pan by Colin Farrell, had me pissing myself....
Ray wants to go bowling and drinking - Ken wants to go look at touriesty shit and it happens to be Kens turn to decide what to do................
Ken: We shall strike a balance between culture and fun.
Ray: Somehow I believe, Ken, that the balance shall tip in the favor of culture......... like a big fat fucking retarded fucking black girl on a see-saw opposite...a dwarf.
Ray: [beating a tourist that he believes to be American] That's for John Lennon, you Yankee fuckin' cunt!
Another fucking funny scene: (Harry = Ralpf Feinnes)
Eirik: I was trying to rob him. And he took my gun from me. And the gun was full of blanks. And he shot a blank into my eye. And now I cannot see from this eye ever again, the doctors say.
Harry: Well to be honest it sounds like it's all your fault.
Eirik: What?
Harry: I mean basically if you're robbing a man and you're only carrying blanks and you allow your gun to be taken off you and you allow yourself to be shot in the eye with a blank which I assume that the person has to get quite close to you then, yeah really it's all your fault for being such a poof, so why don't you stop wingeing and cheer the fuck up.
Yuri: Eirek - I really wouldn't respond.
Eirik: I thought you wanted the guy dead?
Harry: I do want the guy dead, I want him fucking crucified but it don't change the fact that he stitched you up like a blind little gay boy, does it?
Ray: A lot of midgets tend to kill themselves. The disproportionate, I meant. Herv Villechaize offed on Fantasy Island. I think somebody offed on Time Bandits. I suppose they must get really sad about like being really little and that people looking at them, laughing at them, calling them names. You know, short arse. There's another famous midget. I miss him but I can't remember. It's not the R2D2 man; no, he's still going. I hope your midget doesn't kill himself. Your dream sequence will be fucked.
Chlo: He doesn't like being called a midget. He prefers dwarf.
Ray: This is exactly my point! People going around calling you a midget when you want to be called a dwarf. Of course you're going to blow your head off.
The funniest scene of the movie:
Overweight Man: Been to the top of the tower?
Ray: Yeah..yeah, it's rubbish.
Overweight Man: It is? The guide book says it's a must see.
Ray: Well you lot ain't going up there.
Overweight Man: Pardon me? Why?
Ray: I mean, it's all winding stairs. I'm not being funny.
Overweight Man: What exactly are you trying to say?
Ray: What exactly am I trying to say? You's a bunch of fuckin' elephants.
[overweight man attempts to chase Ray around but quickly grows tired]
Ray: Come on, leave it fatty!
[the overweight women calm down the overweight man]
Overweight Woman #2: [to Ray] You know you're just the rudest man. The rudest man!
Ken: [coming back from the tower] What's all that about?
[Ray shrugs]
Ken: They're not going up there.
[to overweight family]
Ken: Hey, guys. I wouldn't go up there. It's really narrow.
Overweight Woman #2: Screw you, motherfucker!
Ken: [to Ray] What was that about?
Ray: [shrugs]
yep its one of those that I keep thinking about and smiling