My review of Brothers Grimm...

Hey everyone! Jon here just gettin' back from watching Brothers Grimm on the silver screen and let me tell ya, it's a real treat. If you want a precursor to what you should expect, just watch every Gilliam film ever made, this film is an orgy of Gilliam visuals. The comedy in the film is reminiscent to Jabberwocky, the pacing of the film calls back to Baron Munchausen, the comradery of the Brothers is a love hate one not too different from Raoul Duke and Dr. Gonzo. Just throw in a little Jonathan Pryce and those crazy French and you have a film that we are all pre-destined to adore. Give it to Terry to take a big budget production and create something totally original out of the fairy tales that we already know and love. It is such a bizaar film with some very haunting imagery, grotesque humour and some great performances from the actors involved. Heath Ledger is particularly good and seems to connect better with the audience than Damon is able to, considering the nature of his incredulous character. Stormare's Cavaldi is a tortured individual with a loveable/demonic charm who has some great "moments" throughout the film. Lena Headey brings a fresh face to the film (for me anyway) and does a quality job as the leading lady. As for Monica Bellucci, I would really have liked to have more of her, but who wouldn't, right? All in all, I give it 3 1/2 stars out of 4 in comparison with other fantasy films that have been coming out. To compare it to Terry's past films, it's not one of his best and does start out a little slow, but the rest of the film and how it just get more and more psychotic in nature makes up for everything. Go see it, I highly recommend it