I am totally looking forward to seeing this film! Have been waiting, for what seems like an eternity, since they first announced it. It hits US theatres on March 10th...I am sooo there!! ππ
Anyone else excited to see this film?
I hadn't heard of it until I checked under your Posts after commenting to you on another thread. I'll have to see what your enthusiasm's all about!!!
EDIT: Oh yes I do. I watched the trailer on the old site. I want to see it sooo bad!
Oh, you should see it! But beware (lol, now I sound like the Reverend), there's violence and incest towards women and children. Some people didn't like the film because of that. But I think it's well worth at least one watch.
I love the Dutch accent Guy is using. He says it was a very difficult accent to master. But since the Director is Dutch, he got a lot of coaching from him...probably his girlfriend, Carice Van Houten, too...she's Dutch also. I really love Guy's voice no matter which accent he's using, I think he has a very sexy voice. You should hear him sing...OMG! His first album, "Broken Bones", released in 2013 I believe it was, and has some great songs that he wrote. Golden Heart is my favourite!...hehehe...I just plain ol' love him! π
It's also very limited to what theatres it's playing in but can be rented for $7.99 on Comcast OnDemand.
Here's a 7 minute trailer with different clips in it. Are you familiar with Tim Roth? If so, you'll see his son, Jack Roth, inside the outhouse on the second clip. Also thought I'd include Guy's "Golden Heart" video too.
Brimstone Clips
Golden Heart
Well, StyxNyx, you are a sweetheart!π Thank you, and yes I'm familiar with Tim Roth. Also, thank you for the warning. If the incest is graphic I'll forward through.
shareThank you, my friend! π And you're welcome! ππ The incest is not really very graphic but it shows hints that it has happened and...awww heck, I can't tell you more for fear of giving away too much of the story. You'll just have to find out all that when you watch it. π
shareHints I can handle. π
shareI didn't realise that was Tim Roths son! As for Guy Pierce, he makes a very good baddie in this film! He was definitely a character I loved to hate.
shareYeah, lots of people don't quite make the connection with Jack Roth being Tim Roth's son. But, you can tell by looking at the two together, that they are, in fact, father & son. I've seen lots of pics of them together and there is definitely a strong resemblance...they even sound a lot alike sometimes!
Guy most definitely makes a great baddie! It's hard for me to ever hate him in his "baddie, evil" film parts though...even when I should...lol. π But yeah...his character should be severely hated in "Brimstone"...and I felt that.
Yeah, now I know he's his son I can definitely see the resemblance!
I definitely had no issues hating Guy in this film! I think the only redeeming characteristic he had was that he truly seemed to believe that what he was doing to his family was the right thing but even so, he was an awful human being!
I think I pitied him more than I hated him. If he truly believed that what he was doing was right, then he was brought up that way and that's why I pity him more. I would love to see a prequel on the Reverend's early life, that would really be interesting!
shareYes, I definitely think he believed he was doing the right thing with his wife at least.
shareI saw this last night.. to be honest I hadn't heard of it until my dad recommended it but I'm glad I saw it now! It's a bit Quentin Tarantino in style with the non linear format as well as the level of violence although I personally preferred it to a lot of Quentin Tarantino films, I did think the end let it down a little though as I found some elements a little over the top such as (spoiler coming).... Liz dislocating her arms without any major struggles or apparent pain. Overall I really enjoyed it though and was pleasantly surprised!
shareI haven't watched it yet. My son downloaded it while I was over at his house though. Next weekend the boys won't be there, so a movie night is in order.
shareYeah, sort of Tarantino style but better...IMO. I'm not a huge Tarantino fan. I liked Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction and The Hateful Eight a lot, but I think that's about it. Kill Bill 1&2...meh. And, no, I didn't care much for the ending to "Brimstone" either. Seemed kind of like a let down but...I guess we just have to make due with what we got out of it. Chalk it up to a peaceful ending. All in all, I think the film, as a whole, turned out VERY well.
shareI think this was a cross between Hateful Eight and Kill Bill.. I'm not a huge fan of Hafeful Eight but I enjoyed Inglorious Basterds and Django Unchained, I do also quite like Pulp Fiction although it's definitely overrated. I think I would have given this a film a 9/10 if the ending had been better but in the end, I gave it an 8 because I really did like the rest of the film.
shareYeah, maybe in some sort of way. I really enjoyed The Hateful Eight, I've only seen it once though so I might have a different insight on it after another viewing. I'm like that a lot, I'll either love or hate a film on first viewing but, after a second viewing, I can have a whole new perspective of it and decide that I actually love what I hated and vice versa.
I didn't like Django Unchained at all. Watched it a few times but I didn't like it those times either. π© Never saw Inglorious Basterds so I can't say anything about that one.
I gave Brimstone a 10/10 because I thought Guy Pearce and Dakota Fanning were outstanding in it and I enjoyed the story...even though it was a pretty ugly one...it was still a great story. And...possibly cause I'm too busy crushing on Guy Pearce to realize that...maybe the film may not actually be worthy of a ten. But then again, I've seen several other people give it a 10, so maybe I AM being truthful of the film, itself, and not letting my feelings for Guy get in the way of my rating.
For me, a film has to be perfect, without flaws to get a 10 and so the ending meant I couldn't say it was perfect..
Its a shame because I thought it was one of my favourite films I had seen in a while. I enjoyed the fact that it covered such a long time period and we learned a little piece more about her history as we go through, but it kept us guessing about how it all fitted together.
I also liked that they took risks and pushed the boundaries because I can't think of any other film that would have broken that taboo with the baby.. Game of Thrones is about the only thing that comes close to that which I can think of.
I just think the ending became a bit too surreal/comic book.. we also never got an explanation for how he survived having his throat cut as he seemed pretty dead at that moment! It just seemed as though the film couldn't quite decide whether it was serious or whether it was a horror movie complete with resurrected bad guys!
**POSSIBLE SPOILERS!**
I tend to look over little flaws as nothing or no one in this world is ever perfect, and everyone's idea of "perfect" is different.
This was also an independent US debut film, from a Dutch director, who's views of boundaries are a bit different than what they are here. He wasn't even sure if it would be accepted by the US. I'm really glad the US picked it up though, I wouldn't have been happy if I would've had to find a bootleg only in Dutch. π
As for the throat slitting part, people ARE able to survive something like that. If they squeeze it closed tight enough, which he appeared to be doing, it will slow the bleeding which will give them extra time. He was obviously found in time to stitch him back up and save him. I imagine the fire alerted people quickly, to run up to that room and saw him laying on the floor like that too. So that instance is what probably got him help soon enough.
All true.. I just thought that in those days particularly, he wouldn't have much chance as they didn't have the medical knowledge and equipment we do now. Regardless of all of those things, I did really enjoy the film!
shareYeah, medical knowledge was certainly not as advanced in those days as it is now but, they DID know how to sew people up back then. That's actually, probably, one of the oldest medical techniques around when you think about it. I've seen it twice so far, and enjoyed it just as much the second time as I did the first...maybe even more! π
shareWe probably ought to not say things that happened in "Brimstone", it might spoil it for other's. That's why I wrote "possible spoilers" on my post.
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