Daily Musing: In Bruges

Just saw In Bruges (with Brendan Gleeson, Colin Farrell and Ralph Fiennes) on TV and had to comment, one of the most disturbing yet appropriately ironic movies ever.  First saw this on a plane ride and was pleasantly impressed / haunted for the latter half of the 16hr flight.  One of the few movies that, by the end, left me unsure whether to be amused or sad or satisfied or traumatized.  The best description I have for it - a beautiful disaster.  Set in what appears to be an idyllic medieval town, two hitmen take a vacation are in hiding, as one of them deals with the guilt of a mission gone awry.  The characters' psyches are fully explored, and hidden agendas are revealed, cumulating in a lot of blood and gore in the very cleverly and tightly written story.  Bonus points come in the form of (1) the deliciously villainous and comical Ralph Fiennes, who still managed to make me pity him by the end (though if the man can make me love him as Amon Goeth in Schindler's List, he can do anything), and (2) Ralph's fellow Harry Potter alum Clemence Poesy (aka Fleur), just because I love HP (actually, it just hit me that Brendan Gleeson is also affiliated with HP!).

In any case, highly recommend when in the mood for a dark comedy.  Along the same vein as Burn After Reading, but dare I say more enjoyable ...