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At least the script did get an Oscar nomination for Best Original Screenplay though. Even though they did get their dues by receiving BAFTA and Golden Globe nominations for their performances, and even a Golden Globe Best Actor win for Farrell, I also feel like they deserved Oscar nominations too, which is what they didn't get. Brendan Gleeson and Colin Farrell also give incredible performances to elevate the movie. That's when I realized that I loved this movie.

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This movie is really heavy, somber and emotionally charged despite what you would think at first. After all that dark comedy, it takes a drastic tonal turn towards some more heavy material and gut-wrenching drama, but without sacrificing the spirit of the movie. It's incredible how after the halfway mark, I suddenly started emotionally connecting with these contract killer characters despite their moral flaws and sadistic actions. By the end of it all, my takeaway is that In Bruges is a thoughtful and nuanced study on the moral code of hitmen, on repentance, PTSD and punishment.

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It's a brilliant script that definitely borrows characteristics from Guy Ritchie and Quentin Tarantino, with the excessive dialogue full of crude insults and trivial rants, the excessive bloody violence, the way every element in the script seems to be building towards a climactic intertwining of fates of sorts. But what Martin McDonagh pulls off after the halfway mark is a brilliant subversion of expectations and everything suddenly becomes clear on where this movie is going, and what it's trying to say. It made me unable to connect with such a callous and mean-spirited character in Colin Farrell. The first act seemed to meander with its plot, and then there were some showcases of cruelty towards innocent characters that seemed to only be played for dark and crude comedy.

I figured I would visit some of his previous works I had missed out on and so I fired up In Bruges, which seemed to be beloved by many.Īt first, I had no idea where they were going with this movie. Ever since then, I've been a fan and I'm now looking forward to his next movie The Banshees of Inisherin coming out later this year.

I first got introduced to Martin McDonagh through Three Billboards Outside of Ebbing Missouri.

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