Ledger's face says what he thinks of Matt Damon.
It took me awhile to warm up to this film. As I watched I felt some moments were
play-like. As if the actors were
performing on a stage with a live audience.
That is probably why I thought the beginnings were more fanciful or
whimsical. This is a fantasy story book
type of movie which isn’t exactly my brew.
I did like Jacob Grimm (Heath Ledger) as he dedicated his life to a more
magical study. He’d never witnessed any
enchantments before the time of this story in the movie. He was goofy and a bit unique as I never came
across such a character before. He is
the brother Grimm I liked more. It’s
possible due to the stories he wrote in his book as I enjoy to write as well. Heath did a solid job as his character but it
wasn’t anything to really applaud, but I’d say it’s probably my second favorite
performance by him. The other brother
Will (Matt Damon, not a fan) is a mere con artist looking for the next score of
money by means of trickery. It’s a role
we’ve seen before in stories and the performance of the character was about
average.
I
believe the movie suffered mostly due to the French military’s presence. The scenes with them sucked the magic and
direction of the story away. If I’m
going to watch fantasy I don’t really prefer to have something as bland as
military involved as much as it was. The
interesting parts are the adventures of what the brothers are up to next. It would have been better if some other
method used to coax the brothers to the events at the tower with the witch.
The
movie had some minor laughs but lacked a darker nature I hoped to see. It was creepy at times but you only get so
edgy of seeing a tree move or twist a branch by itself. It occurred so often I got too accustomed to
it. Angelika (Lena Headey) was one of
the main characters but she gets very little character development and nothing
gets resolved with her father at the end.
She seemed very sad that something horrible happened to him initially
but that didn’t carry over into the ladder part of the story, especially the
end. Actually most of the characters had
little going on development wise. I
blame it on wasted screen time for the French military. The story was iffy and felt lacking in a way
in that regard. I have no strong
emotions for this movie. It’s
uninteresting half the time, special effects really only can take a movie so
far, you need a story to pull you in all the way. For me it’s one of those movies that if you’re
a fan of one of the lead actors or actresses it could possibly get you more
from the film. Other than that I wouldn’t
rush to see this one. One last thought,
why couldn’t Matt Damon die?
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