Grimm is a busy movie. Gilliam in his latter films - gets a tad over ambitious and indulgent, he crams them full of stuff. Reminds me a little of Whedon and his writers towards the end of BTVS, where they were equally cramming stuff into episodes and getting a tad complicated. You almost wish the movie was longer so Gilliam could do more.
One of the things that is fascinating about the film - is the actors who play the brothers are cast against type. Heath Ledger - normally the romantic lead and hunk in films, with his long blond locks, plays the nebbish and close-shaven Jacob, who is socially awkward and seldom gets the girl. While Matt Damon, normally plays the nebbish, socially awkward, close shaven role - is playing the romantic lead, hunk, with the long blond locks. Does it work? In a way. It's certainly interesting. And was done at the actor's request. Gilliam went along because he was fascinated by the idea of it. (I got this bit from the commentary that comes with the DVD.)
It's an odd movie. Almost too much going on. But some amazingly haunting images that will stay with you long after it is over. Of the two films, I'd definitely recommend Grimm over Narnia as not only the more creative effort but the more interesting and gripping of the two.
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Date: 2006-01-16 04:51 pm (UTC)One of the things that is fascinating about the film - is the actors who play the brothers are cast against type. Heath Ledger - normally the romantic lead and hunk in films, with his long blond locks, plays the nebbish and close-shaven Jacob, who is socially awkward and seldom gets the girl. While Matt Damon, normally plays the nebbish, socially awkward, close shaven role - is playing the romantic lead, hunk, with the long blond locks.
Does it work? In a way. It's certainly interesting. And was done at the actor's request. Gilliam went along because he was fascinated by the idea of it. (I got this bit from the commentary that comes with the DVD.)
It's an odd movie. Almost too much going on. But some amazingly haunting images that will stay with you long after it is over. Of the two films, I'd definitely recommend Grimm over Narnia as not only the more creative effort but the more interesting and gripping of the two.