I want to go to Bruges...

Rating: 9/10 (15 February 2009)

...at least a little bit.
At times, 'In Bruges' will make you wet your pants you're laughing so hard, and at other times, it brings you so far into the depressed, self-loathing mind of Ray that you yourself are as melancholy and irritable as the character.
I believe that it is the sudden complexity of the hit-man character, which is very 'Godfather'-esque, that makes the film so absolutely irresistible. Like Bruges, you go to this film because it is poignant and beautiful, but at times gets boring. Or, at least, it should be boring. I, myself, was instead captivated by every moment, every frame, of 'In Bruges.' Wow. What can I say? Except that I have memorized the last few words, I can think of nothing.
"Because at least in prison and at least in death, you know, I wouldn't be in ----in' Bruges. But then, like a flash, it came to me. And I realized, ---- man, maybe that's what hell is: the entire rest of eternity spent in ----in' Bruges. And I really really hoped I wouldn't die. I really really hoped I wouldn't die. ."
(This character is Irish, so you can just guess what those dashes are.)