# "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:** 5
**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:** [May 9, 2014, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-bruges/633487/81 "2014-05-09T01:58:13Z")
I did, but in the original thread. Forgive my stupid iPod Touch link. [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=9490325&postcount=8](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=9490325&postcount=8) ---
**Author:** ![Erdosain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/erdosain/32/7284_2.png) [@Erdosain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Erdosain)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2014, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-bruges/633487/82 "2014-05-09T02:16:23Z")
> [@interface2x](#): > > 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. God, I loathed every frame of “Seven Psychopaths.” I can’t understand how the same person could have come up with both films. It got 83% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes, so I guess it’s just me, but it was as bad as “In Bruges” was good. ---
**Author:** ![Penfeather](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penfeather/32/384_2.png) [@Penfeather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penfeather)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2014, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-bruges/633487/83 "2014-05-09T02:24:56Z")
If you missed the deleted scenes from\* In Bruges\*, here’s Matt Smith - as a young Harry - [decapitating a policeman](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rANwBGXt7v8). Decapitations are cool. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2014, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-bruges/633487/84 "2014-05-09T02:52:24Z")
> [@Penfeather](#): > > If you missed the deleted scenes from\* In Bruges\*, here’s Matt Smith - as a young Harry - [decapitating a policeman](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rANwBGXt7v8). Decapitations are cool. Huh. I’m kinda glad they cut that. ---
**Author:** ![HazelNutCoffee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac91a4/32.png) [@HazelNutCoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HazelNutCoffee)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2014, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-bruges/633487/85 "2014-05-09T04:53:26Z")
Martin McDonagh is brilliant. If you like his movies you should read The Pillowman. One of my favorite plays about an author who writes twisted children’s stories. ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2014, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-bruges/633487/86 "2014-05-09T05:13:55Z")
> [@MovieMogul](#): > > I’m surprised nobody ever mentioned that 3 years before _Bruges_, McDonagh won an Oscar for [this film](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9w9BJXeL4E)–also with Brendan Gleeson, also terrific. Loved it. I’m wondering something though (spoilered for final reveal) [spoiler]So Motormouth is the guy who shot his mother in the face, but I’m still not sure what to make of the cot death and “banging it on something” angle. It seems to me it’s implied that either : - his baby just died out of the blue and in his grief and ignorance that cot death really is something that sometimes happens for no reason, he assumed his mother had been responsible - it was his baby brother or son, she \*did \*bang it on something because it was getting on her nerves and he went mental - he’s just a psycho, he’s the one who banged the baby for making noise then shot his mother - something else I can’t quite see. But which is it, do you reckon ?[/spoiler] Also Gleeson contemplating his schwacked rabbit in disbelief of what just happened brought honest to god tears of laughter to my eyes. So perfect. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2014, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-bruges/633487/87 "2014-06-08T02:26:35Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > For a while at least this may become that movie I tune into any time I see it on. This appears to be true. I can’t resist this movie. > [@](#): > > Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf. I think I’m heading home. Coming up? ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2014, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-bruges/633487/88 "2014-06-08T02:31:29Z")
YOU’RE an inanimate fucking object! ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2014, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-bruges/633487/89 "2014-06-08T02:51:10Z")
Dear Lord I love that movie. ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2014, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-bruges/633487/90 "2014-06-08T14:37:02Z")
I’ve seen it. Like a lot of British comedies, it had me laughing hysterically and horrible depressed. ---
**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:** [June 8, 2014, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-bruges/633487/91 "2014-06-08T19:28:29Z")
> [@HeyHomie](#): > > …it had me laughing hysterically and horrible depressed. An unbeatable combo. The question is, what snacks go with that mood? ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2014, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-bruges/633487/92 "2014-06-08T19:40:40Z")
> [@Shalmanese](#): > > I dunno, I own the DVD and I’m not that impressed by it. It’s just an inanimate fucking object. What do you mean it’s not really your thing? What’s that supposed to mean? It’s not really YOUR THING?!! WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT SUPPOSED TO MEAN? IT’S A FAIRYTALE TOWN, ISN’T IT?!!! HOW’S A FAIRYTALE TOWN NOT SOMBODY’S FUCKING THING?!!! ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2014, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-bruges/633487/93 "2014-06-08T21:36:32Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > An unbeatable combo. The question is, what snacks go with that mood? Tradition calls for cold, greasy fries and soggy fried fish. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2014, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-bruges/633487/94 "2014-06-09T00:15:16Z")
> [@HeyHomie](#): > > I’ve seen it. Like a lot of British comedies, it had me laughing hysterically and horrible depressed. Sounds like you understood it perfectly. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2015, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-bruges/633487/95 "2015-06-28T04:43:03Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > For a while at least this may become that movie I tune into any time I see it on. “What exactly am I trying to say? You’s a bunch of fuckin’ elephants!” Seth Meyers just interviewed Farrell, and seemed more interested in this movie than True Detective: > **[Watch Late Night with Seth Meyers Clip: Seth Asks Colin Farrell About His...](https://www.nbc.com/late-night-with-seth-meyers/video/seth-asks-colin-farrell-about-his-favorite-movie-in-bruges/2876729)** > > Watch Late Night with Seth Meyers highlight: > Seth Asks Colin Farrell About His Favorite Movie In Bruges - NBC.com ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2015, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-bruges/633487/96 "2015-06-29T04:05:25Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > Seth Meyers just interviewed Farrell, and seemed more interested in this movie than True Detective: > > [Watch Late Night with Seth Meyers Clip: Seth Asks Colin Farrell About His Favorite Movie In Bruges - NBC.com](http://www.nbc.com/late-night-with-seth-meyers/video/seth-asks-colin-farrell-about-his-favorite-movie-in-bruges/2876729) Thank you for posting this. He’s doing exactly what I would do if I met Colin Farrell. I don’t want to talk about anything else except In Bruges. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Penfeather](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penfeather/32/384_2.png) [@Penfeather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penfeather)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2015, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-bruges/633487/97 "2015-06-29T04:47:04Z")
So, hang on. Would all of the white midgets in the world be fighting against all the black midgets in the world? ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2015, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-bruges/633487/98 "2015-06-29T16:26:17Z")
Fookin’ Bruges… Loved the movie - darkly funny, great characters, great dialogue. I have never seen Gleeson be anything other than magnificent in a movie. He’s amazing in _In Bruges_, and equally good as an embattled Catholic priest in _Calvary_ and as a smartass rural cop in _The Guard_, too. ---
**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:** [June 29, 2015, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-bruges/633487/99 "2015-06-29T16:46:10Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Fookin’ Bruges… > > Loved the movie - darkly funny, great characters, great dialogue. > > I have never seen Gleeson be anything other than magnificent in a movie. He’s amazing in _In Bruges_, and equally good as an embattled Catholic priest in _Calvary_ and as a smartass rural cop in _The Guard_, too. He played Michael Collins in the TV series, The Treaty years ago and was excellent in that role too. He was once in my shop and was rather grumpy. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2015, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-bruges/633487/100 "2015-06-29T17:24:03Z")
All the mentions of black comedies without one reference to _Very Bad Things_? This is the movie that’s so black that I haven’t been able to watch it a 2nd time. Or maybe it’s just bad? I dunno, but I have a sense of fear when I have a chance to watch it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-bruges/633487.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-bruges/633487.md?page=6)