The Brothers Grimm
Legendary fairytale scribes, brothers Will and Jake Grimm, travel around the Napoleonic countryside vanquishing monsters and demons in exchange for quick money. But when the French authorities figure out their scheme, the con men are forced to contend with a real magical curse when they enter an enchanted forest where young maidens keep disappearing under mysterious circumstances.
I really didn't expect alot out of this movie and that's really a good way to go into a movie. This movie is basically a combination of 10+ fairy tales. Tales from Rapunzel to Sleeping Beauty are covered and that's really the only enjoyment I got out of this film. This movie would have been unbearable if it wasn't for the enjoyment of figuring out which fairy tales they were combining into this story. My wife and my sister enjoyed the story, but they also mainly enjoyed the incorporation of multiple fairy tales. Matt Damon performs fairly bad as is typical, however, Heath Ledger actually was fairly impressive as Jake Grimm. He actually did some very good acting and really impressed me (which he's never done before). The concept of this film is very cool, however, that seems to be where it stops: at concept.
While you might think this movie would be fine for smaller children, it really isn't. Some scenes that would very frightening to children (i.e. a horse eating a small girl), are sprinkled throughout this film.
I suppose this is the type of film you'd come to expect at the end of the summer movie season. Nothing outstandingly good nor bad about this film. It's really a shame that they couldn't capitalize on the awesome concept of multiple fairy tales being used and instead settled for a mediocre storyline and fairly bad acting. They could have easily taken this film from bearable to incredible.
3.0 out of 5
I really didn't expect alot out of this movie and that's really a good way to go into a movie. This movie is basically a combination of 10+ fairy tales. Tales from Rapunzel to Sleeping Beauty are covered and that's really the only enjoyment I got out of this film. This movie would have been unbearable if it wasn't for the enjoyment of figuring out which fairy tales they were combining into this story. My wife and my sister enjoyed the story, but they also mainly enjoyed the incorporation of multiple fairy tales. Matt Damon performs fairly bad as is typical, however, Heath Ledger actually was fairly impressive as Jake Grimm. He actually did some very good acting and really impressed me (which he's never done before). The concept of this film is very cool, however, that seems to be where it stops: at concept.
While you might think this movie would be fine for smaller children, it really isn't. Some scenes that would very frightening to children (i.e. a horse eating a small girl), are sprinkled throughout this film.
I suppose this is the type of film you'd come to expect at the end of the summer movie season. Nothing outstandingly good nor bad about this film. It's really a shame that they couldn't capitalize on the awesome concept of multiple fairy tales being used and instead settled for a mediocre storyline and fairly bad acting. They could have easily taken this film from bearable to incredible.
3.0 out of 5
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