LaFountaine

“The Brothers Grimm” Movie

On Friday, I saw the movie “The Brothers Grimm”, which starred: Matt Damon, Heath Ledger, Monica Bellucci, Jonathan Pryce and Lena Headey.

The storyline involved the following: “Brothers Will and Jake Grimm make a killing saving superstitious villagers in French-occupied Germany from imaginary witches, demons and other supernatural pests. Though Will (Matt Damon) relishes the money and the glory--not to mention the fawning lasses--Jake (Heath Ledger) feels a tad guilty about stiffing the locals out of their hard-earned coin. All Jake really wants to do is tell stories, which is why he writes everything they encounter down in his journal. Meanwhile, General Delatombe (Jonathan Pryce), the local French magistrate, gets wind of their scam and uses persuasive measures--like threatening to boil the brother's co-conspirators in oil--to convince the them to admit they're charlatans. Once Will and Jake cave to the pressure--something they do with relative ease--they're brought to a remote village by Cavaldi (Peter Stormare), General Delatombe's chief toady, where young girls are being stolen away in the night by unnatural forces. Seems 500 years ago, a once-beautiful queen (Monica Bellucci) cast the spell for eternal life, spreading death and pestilence across the land. Now in an attempt to recapture her lost beauty, the old witch must drink the blood of twelve virgins at the stroke of midnight during a lunar eclipse. Enter the Brothers Grimm with their showy weapons and shiny armor, as they do battle the one thing they've managed to avoid their entire lives: the reality of enchantment.”

I give the movie a “B”, and the movie is worth the price of an admission ticket, a large popcorn and a small soft drink. I’m not a fantasy movie fan, but this movie had plenty of action. The story was a little complicate, and most of the movie characters were not likeable.

posted by Frank LaFountaine @ 12:30 PM