# "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:** 11\ **Page:** 6
**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 29, 2015, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-bruges/633487/101 "2015-06-29T21:41:36Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > 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. 🙂 Same here! > [@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. **Equipoise** has recommended _The Guard_ half a dozen times and I still haven’t watched it…I suppose I should do something about that. ---
**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:** [June 29, 2015, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-bruges/633487/102 "2015-06-29T22:03:12Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > Same here! > > **Equipoise** has recommended _The Guard_ half a dozen times and I still haven’t watched it…I suppose I should do something about that. Yes, you should really watch _The Guard_. Gleeson and Don Cheadle are both very good. It has a 95% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. ---
**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, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-bruges/633487/103 "2015-06-29T22:06:46Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > **Equipoise** has recommended _The Guard_ half a dozen times and I still haven’t watched it…I suppose I should do something about that. I was in the minority who did not like it. However, Calvary(also by In Bruges director’s brother) is amazing and probably one of the top movies of 2014(or 2013 if it came out then). I also recommend Seven Psychopaths, which is from In Bruges director and stars Colin Ferrell, Woody Harrellson, and Christopher Walken. And many others. It’s not quite as good as In Bruges, but watch it and then re-watch it a few months later. It’s also amazing. ---
**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 30, 2015, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-bruges/633487/104 "2015-06-30T00:48:54Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > I was in the minority who did not like it. However, Calvary(also by In Bruges director’s brother) is amazing and probably one of the top movies of 2014(or 2013 if it came out then). > > I also recommend Seven Psychopaths, which is from In Bruges director and stars Colin Ferrell, Woody Harrellson, and Christopher Walken. And many others. It’s not quite as good as In Bruges, but watch it and then re-watch it a few months later. It’s also amazing. I thought the Guard was a pile of shite and couldn’t understand the love for it both here and internationally. It was amateurish and flat as 20 day old open soda. ---
**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:** [June 30, 2015, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-bruges/633487/105 "2015-06-30T03:39:38Z")
> [@An\_Gadai](#): > > I thought the Guard was a pile of shite and couldn’t understand the love for it both here and internationally. It was amateurish and flat as 20 day old open soda. Agreed ---
**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 30, 2015, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-bruges/633487/106 "2015-06-30T06:09:42Z")
I dunno, I think I could watch Gleeson dryly taking the piss out of everybody in sight pretty much forever. ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2015, 9:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-bruges/633487/107 "2015-06-30T09:02:25Z")
There’s an aspect of _The Guard_ that resembles an Irish children’s fantasy series I’ve read. It’s a lot like the Artemis Fowl series by Eoin Colfer. The Artemis Fowl series are fantasies where the characters (fairies, elves, pixies, etc.) talk like they’re in an American action movie. There’s supposed to be something ridiculous about elves, etc. talking like American action heroes. Colfer actually calls the series “_Die Hard_ with fairies.” The same is true in _The Guard_. An American FBI agent has come to Ireland to hunt down drug dealers. The film is not supposed to be a straight action movie but one where one character finds the tropes of the action movie to be laughable. ---
**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 30, 2015, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-bruges/633487/108 "2015-06-30T14:49:31Z")
Yes, \*The Guard \*has a wry self-awareness of buddy-cop movie tropes that I found very funny (similar to _Hot Fuzz_ in that way). See it and judge for yourself, **Maserschmidt**. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2015, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-bruges/633487/109 "2015-06-30T14:56:38Z")
> [@An\_Gadai](#): > > I thought the Guard was a pile of shite and couldn’t understand the love for it both here and internationally. It was amateurish and flat as 20 day old open soda. I’m dittoing this. Gleeson’s performance is the only thing that pulls it (barely) out of the mire. Also not a fan of _Calvary_, which has none of the humor of In Bruges. The movie is unrelentingly grim. Maybe if you are a fan of Lars Trier you would like it. I am not. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2015, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-bruges/633487/110 "2015-06-30T15:01:56Z")
I came in to see if anybody else didn’t like it. Guess it’s just me. 🙂 I like British comedies a lot, too, but I was just bored and annoyed by this one. Oh well! ---
**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:** [July 1, 2015, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-bruges/633487/111 "2015-07-01T02:35:38Z")
> [@Spoke](#): > > Also not a fan of _Calvary_, which has none of the humor of In Bruges. The movie is unrelentingly grim. Maybe if you are a fan of Lars Trier you would like it. I am not. Whoa, it’s nowhere near as grim as Trier. It’s just a more serious drama than some movies. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-bruges/633487.md?page=5)