08-03-2008, 11:18 PM
Continuing our review of In Bruges,
The In Bruges equivalent of the gravediggers are scenes like the big fat American tourist and lines like "I grew up in Dublin. I love Dublin. If I grew up on a farm, and was retarded, Bruges might impress me but I didn't, so it doesn't" - they made me smile, and the English people next to me too.
On the other hand, the Amsterdammers in the cinema had to smile at the scene with the tourist who has to pay 5 euro, comes with a lot of small cash, and ultimately pays with a banknote of 50 euro; this was something the English people did not laugh about.
Quote:I think it's the same as Hamlet. The ending, in which everybody dies and there are four bodies on the stage, is of course unconvincing, so Shakespeare makes the final act begin with the funny scene of the two gravediggers. This brings the audience in a slightly merry mood, and makes the violent end more unexpected, harder, and ultimately convincing.Jona Lendering:c1wk34ep Wrote:also very funny.hock: Yup, I can see there's a difference between Dutch and English humour..... :wink:
I honestly thought it was one of the best tragedies I've ever seen.
The In Bruges equivalent of the gravediggers are scenes like the big fat American tourist and lines like "I grew up in Dublin. I love Dublin. If I grew up on a farm, and was retarded, Bruges might impress me but I didn't, so it doesn't" - they made me smile, and the English people next to me too.
On the other hand, the Amsterdammers in the cinema had to smile at the scene with the tourist who has to pay 5 euro, comes with a lot of small cash, and ultimately pays with a banknote of 50 euro; this was something the English people did not laugh about.
