Film: Brothers Grimm

Directed by: Terry Gilliam

Year: 2005

Starring: Matt Damon, Heath Ledger

Reviewed by: The Zombieslayer

I'm a big fan of Terry Gilliam. I loved Monty Python and really enjoyed Brazil and Twelve Monkeys. So needless to say, I had a few expectations coming into this film.

The Grimm Brothers in this tale are con artists, taking advantage of local superstitions with elaborate costumes, wires, and gags. The two brothers pretend to rid a town of ghosts while they secretly have two other performers help them rig the whole shebang.

After ridding the town of the fake nuisance, they become heroes. Their luck changes however when they come across a real undead queen.

I loved the sets. The sets get ten dead zombies. I'll probably buy this DVD just to take some scribbles of the sets.

The movie though sucked. None of the dialog was memorable. The character development never really developed and the editing just didn't seem right. I can't dislike the movie because it was so visually neat.

The other bummer about the movie was they had Monica Bellucci, one of the most beautiful women in the world, and she had about five minutes of screen time. What the fuck? Develop her character at the very least.

Yet another reason I hate the rating system, the movie had a PG-13 rating. I'm not faulting Gilliam and company by any means for they have no control of the rating. But you got to see the ripped-up top half of a man, two beheaded people, and a some very brutal deaths as well as cruel medieval torture. Also a few young girls get captured in situations young children shouldn't see, like one girl getting swallowed by a horse.

Some parents brought in their three-year-old kid and the kid was squirming the whole movie, literally ducking his head so he couldn't see over the chair in front of him. Nice going MPAA, you jackasses.

It's worth seeing just to see the superb Bavarian fantasy scenery. Too bad Gilliam didn't do a better job with it, for it was a wonderful concept. Five dead zombies

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