Voldemort Goes to Bruges.

When we got home from Oregon the other day, we decided to watch one of our library movies -- I've had quite a few checked out lately and it's no easy task trying to watch them all before they're due back. I had been wanting to see the film In Bruges for quite some time. I loved my weekend in Bruges and thought it was so beautiful and fun and cute so when I heard about this movie, I was curious. It's fun to watch movies filmed in places you've visited. I like recognizing things and pointing out places I've been and occasionally, learning about something that I should have seen but didn't know about while I was there.

Anyhow, here's something you should know about this movie: it was terrible!! We were beyond disappointed. We were also frightened, disturbed, scarred, and even a bit annoyed. The DVD box totally lies too. It says things like "A hilarious, twisted pleasure" and "Undeniably fun and refreshingly un-P.C." and the back of the box claims "...edgy, action-packed comedy, filled with thrilling chases, spectacular shoot outs and an explosive ending you won't want to miss!" and "Get ready for the outrageous and unpredictable fun you will have, In Bruges, the movie critics are calling 'wildly entertaining.'" What the heck?? It definitely tried to be funny and occasionally it almost succeeded but then you would think, should I really be laughing at that? After the first 45 minutes I turned to Steven and asked if we should just turn it off but the cover had been so promising that we decided to stick it out. Terrible. Just terrible. It makes me sad that Bruges has to be associated with it. I hope I forget all about it before the next time I go there. (And yes there will be a next time -- I can't wait to take Steven.) That is not what I want to be thinking about while I'm walking through Bruges eating waffles and taking in the storybookland-like sights.

I should have known it wasn't worth two hours of my time when I saw that Ralph Fiennes was in it. No offense to him, but out of the dozens of films he's done I only really like a small handful of them -- including, of course, the Harry Potter films. I think he does an excellent job making Voldemort's character incredibly twisted and dark and unlikeable. The Prince of Egypt and Schindler's List were good too but I don't think they can be credited to the work of Mr. Fiennes.

Fortunately, we watched the movie Legendary today, which I thought was really quite good. I'm always up for an inspirational sports film, especially one based on true events. It had good music and a good story and Danny Glover so all in all it was a success. We just finished watching I, Robot. Will Smith and Shia  LaBeouf in the same movie?! Wow. That's what I have to say about that. Ha! I had seen it once with Paige freshman year. I believe we watched it with a couple of friends in Moyer (the only time I was ever in Moyer) but I didn't remember too much of it. It was fun and relaxing watching it with Steven tonight. A great way to end the evening. No more of that crazy Voldemort-man shooting up the streets of Bruges. Yuck. My advice to you: do not watch In Bruges. Phew. Glad we sorted that out.