{"id":1005,"date":"2018-03-12T15:00:44","date_gmt":"2018-03-12T21:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/?p=1005"},"modified":"2018-03-18T15:16:48","modified_gmt":"2018-03-18T21:16:48","slug":"movie-in-bruges-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/index.php\/2018\/03\/12\/movie-in-bruges-2008\/","title":{"rendered":"MOVIE: In Bruges (2008)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"InIn Bruges
\n<\/u><\/strong>Year: 2008
\nRating: R
\nLength: 107 minutes \/ 1.78 hours<\/p>\n

It\u2019s interesting to see Martin McDonagh\u2019s first film with the hindsight of his two other movies. While I missed\u00a0In Bruges<\/em>\u00a0(2008) back when it came out, I have recently enjoyed\u00a0Seven Psychopaths<\/em>\u00a0(2012) and\u00a0Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri<\/a><\/em>\u00a0(2017). Having now seen all three of McDonagh\u2019s films, I see the themes and motifs he uses throughout his directing. I already had hints of these common elements; it\u2019s just that seeing\u00a0In Bruges<\/em>\u00a0for the first time has cemented them. From using short people to drug use to some uncomfortable violence, McDonagh has a style all his own, and it clearly shows in his breakout film.<\/p>\n

I think what draws me to McDonagh\u2019s films is his expert use of multiple \u201cChekov\u2019s Guns\u201d as well as tying all these various foreshadowings together in a satisfying way. Whether it\u2019s a fat American, spare change, or the untimely death of a child, each part of\u00a0In Bruges<\/em>\u00a0was included for a purpose that becomes evident in some truly genius twists along the way. Some may say that the ambiguity of the endings of his movies is frustrating, but I almost like the open-ended conclusions that seem to say \u201cand life goes on.\u201d<\/p>\n

While I did enjoy\u00a0In Bruges<\/em>, it still had some areas where McDonagh eventually improved through his continued filmmaking. Even though they spoke English, half the time, I couldn\u2019t understand what was being said by the actors. This almost caused me to turn on closed captions for some semblance of \u201csubtitles.\u201d Other than that, the dark comedy helped to balance the deeply dramatic plot as it centered around death in its many forms. I was already a fan of McDonagh\u2019s films, but\u00a0In Bruges<\/em>\u00a0helps to confirm that the McDonagh trilogy is one of the best pieces of filmmaking to happen in the last decade.<\/p>\n

A fantastic first film in the \u201cMcDonagh trilogy,\u201d I give\u00a0In Bruges<\/em>\u00a04.5 stars out of 5.<\/p>\n

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In Bruges Year: 2008 Rating: R Length: 107 minutes \/ 1.78 hours It\u2019s interesting to see Martin McDonagh\u2019s first film with the hindsight of his two other movies. While I missed\u00a0In Bruges\u00a0(2008) back when it came out, I have recently enjoyed\u00a0Seven Psychopaths\u00a0(2012) and\u00a0Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri\u00a0(2017). Having now seen all three of McDonagh\u2019s films, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,2],"tags":[126,1161,1160,1137,13,8,1138,1139],"class_list":["post-1005","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-4-5-stars","category-movie","tag-126","tag-colin-ferrel","tag-in-bruges","tag-martin-mcdonagh","tag-movie","tag-review","tag-seven-psychopaths","tag-three-billboards-outside-ebbing-missouri"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1005","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1005"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1005\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1052,"href":"https:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1005\/revisions\/1052"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1005"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1005"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1005"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}