# "In Bruges" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 2, 2012, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-bruges/633487 "2012-09-02T22:43:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2012, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-bruges/633487/41 "2012-09-04T05:07:04Z")
I think the Dope is drunk again. It has the hiccups. ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2012, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-bruges/633487/42 "2012-09-04T05:18:47Z")
> [@An\_Gadai](#): > > I still haven’t seen The Guard. Must give it a look. My sad claim to fame is I’ve sold books to Brendan Gleeson a couple of times. He seemed a tad grumpy. Gleeson is very good in **The Guard**. It’s an odd character and he plays it well. I’ve always liked Don Cheadle too, and he also does a good job. ---
**Author:** ![Alka\_Seltzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c89c15/32.png) [@Alka\_Seltzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alka_Seltzer)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2012, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-bruges/633487/43 "2012-09-04T11:35:22Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > [I assume we are all planning on seeing Seven Psycopaths, the upcoming movie from the same director? Also starring Colin Farrel again.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6HJoOt0jS9Q) Thanks for the heads up, didn’t realise it was out this month. ---
**Author:** ![Raguleader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/258eb7/32.png) [@Raguleader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raguleader)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2012, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-bruges/633487/44 "2012-09-04T11:58:52Z")
> [@Beastly\_Rotter](#): > > You fucking retract that bit about my cunt fucking kids! I retract that bit about your cunt fucking kids. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2012, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-bruges/633487/45 "2012-09-04T12:18:45Z")
> [@Accidental\_Martyr](#): > > Gleeson is very good in **The Guard**. It’s an odd character and he plays it well. I’ve always liked Don Cheadle too, and he also does a good job. Gleeson is probably my favourite actor. He’s got a great range and really puts his all into most roles he plays. [I Went Down](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Went_Down)is another classic he starred in. ---
**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2012, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-bruges/633487/46 "2012-09-04T12:51:18Z")
> [@Rollo\_Tomasi](#): > > It’s only available for rental on disc from Netflix, not streaming. It doesn’t appear that iTunes has it for sale or rental. Amazon has it streaming. ETA: Never mind. They don’t. I am almost certain they did just a few months ago though! ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2012, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-bruges/633487/47 "2012-09-04T15:02:42Z")
> [@Rollo\_Tomasi](#): > > It doesn’t appear that iTunes has it for sale or rental. They did a couple of months ago; I rented it from iTunes then. I wonder what’s up, since **Frylock** thinks that Amazon also had it previously, but doesn’t any longer, either. Fookin’ Bruges. ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2012, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-bruges/633487/48 "2012-09-04T16:58:25Z")
Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf…I’m heading home. ---
**Author:** ![tim-n-va](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim-n-va/32/3001_2.png) [@tim-n-va](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tim-n-va)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2012, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-bruges/633487/49 "2012-09-04T17:14:27Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > Fookin’ Bruges. On the DVD, one of the extras was a series of outtakes of the various characters saying that line. It goes on so long that it stops being funny and then continues until it is funny again. Either that or I’m just sick and twisted. ---
**Author:** ![MostlyClueless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@MostlyClueless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MostlyClueless)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2012, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-bruges/633487/50 "2012-09-04T17:30:43Z")
Conveniently, it’s also available on youtube. [Fuckin’ Bruges](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDyEbUUpiLc). ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2012, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-bruges/633487/51 "2012-09-14T14:30:44Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > I will absolutely get _The Guard_. I promise. 🙂 I watched The Guard last night. I liked it a lot. It was slow getting started but it got better and better. The Gleeson character was very interesting. At first he just seems to be kind of a shallow goofball, but his character reveals depth as the plot moves along. LOVED the ending. ---
**Author:** ![sparky\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/77aa72/32.png) [@sparky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sparky_1)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2012, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-bruges/633487/52 "2012-09-14T14:37:54Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > I watched The Guard last night. I liked it a lot. It was slow getting started but it got better and better. The Gleeson character was very interesting. At first he just seems to be kind of a shallow goofball, but his character reveals depth as the plot moves along. LOVED the ending. I tried watching it last weekend and couldn’t really get into it. A lot of it was I had a difficult time understanding the dialogue. I’ll probably try watching it again at some point, seeing as some of it was pretty funny. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2012, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-bruges/633487/53 "2012-09-14T19:18:38Z")
> [@sparky\_1](#): > > I tried watching it last weekend and couldn’t really get into it. A lot of it was I had a difficult time understanding the dialogue. > > I’ll probably try watching it again at some point, seeing as some of it was pretty funny. Put the captions on! I always have them on. The film is very slow to get started, but I think it’s worth it. ---
**Author:** ![HansH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ed655f/32.png) [@HansH](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HansH)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2012, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-bruges/633487/54 "2012-09-18T13:58:28Z")
Delicatessen is another good dark comedy. The story happens in a grim, post-apocalyptic future where people are forced to resort to cannibalism in order to survive. ---
**Author:** ![Aro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b3f665/32.png) [@Aro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aro)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2012, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-bruges/633487/55 "2012-09-18T16:23:02Z")
Two lines from the movie have passed from the screen into almost everyday usage in our house, in many different situations, as both excuse and abuse- “Sure, I can barely do English” (useful for explaining lack of other languages when abroad, or indeed any slip of the tongue) And the classic non-PC reposte; “Quit wingeing like a big, gay baby” (for when anyone complains about anything) ---
**Author:** ![manila](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e5b9ba/32.png) [@manila](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manila)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2012, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-bruges/633487/56 "2012-10-23T11:13:46Z")
[![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GfpTDvZIAQ) Bumped the thread because its an amazing film and I just noticed these deleted scenes are now on Youtube if you never bought the DVD Hope they make it all back in to the movie when (if) there is a director’s cut. They added much! Deleted scenes from movies IMHO seem to be the crap that can be done without, but these scenes in the main would have added to the warmer human side of Ray. Some of the scenes would have maybe made the movie a bit more simplistic by “explaining” too much background and the ambiguity in the original screenplay is compulsive, but the continuing superb dialogue shouldn’t be missed. Its worth it for that alone. ---
**Author:** ![Lust4Life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecc23a/32.png) [@Lust4Life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lust4Life)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2012, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-bruges/633487/57 "2012-10-23T19:33:14Z")
Totally loved the film to death. I can say no more. ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2012, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-bruges/633487/58 "2012-10-24T00:31:31Z")
I saw “Seven Psychopaths” this weekend - not as good as “In Bruges”, but definitely entertaining and very original. _Very_ violent, in case you can’t tell from the name. ---
**Author:** ![Alka\_Seltzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c89c15/32.png) [@Alka\_Seltzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alka_Seltzer)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2012, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-bruges/633487/59 "2012-11-18T19:58:50Z")
Thanks to everyone who recommended _The Guard_ in this thread. Watched it this evening, and it was well worth seeing. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2012, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-bruges/633487/60 "2012-11-18T20:58:18Z")
> [@Alka\_Seltzer](#): > > Thanks to everyone who recommended _The Guard_ in this thread. Watched it this evening, and it was well worth seeing. Same here. I got it on Netflix a few weeks ago, and it was great. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-bruges/633487.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-bruges/633487.md?page=4)