Old before I die

2008 July 7

by Pino

This October I will officially feel old and I won’t be able to die young anymore However, there is one more thing I want to do before I die and maybe before getting too old: visit Bruges, Belgium.
Ok, this is only bullshit, but I needed a way to connect the song by Robbie Williams with the movie I’ve been watching last Saturday: In Bruges (aka Brügge Sehen und Sterben, aka In Bruges – La Coscienza dell’Assassino).
I don’t know how to describe or to rate this movie: for me is simply great, it’s more or less like a British version of Pulp Fiction and the actors, especially Colin Farrell, are superb. Of course this is only my personal opinion, but I’ve been reading some good reviews almost everywhere. The dialogues are excellent: I could quote the entire movie Since I want you go to watch the movie instead of losing time by reading its quotes, I just mention the best one (it was hard to choose, tho):

Ken wants to climb the Bell Tower in Bruges
Ken: Coming up?
Ray: What’s up there?
Ken: The view.
Ray: The view of what? The view of down here? I can see that down here.
Ken: Ray, you are about the worst tourist in the whole world.
Ray: Ken, 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.

Ooh, without Colin Farrell’s acting, this line is half as funny (but I embedded the trailer in the post) Actually, Dublin is a shithole. I’m living in Berlin. I love Berlin. If I were still living in Caprino Bergamasco and was retarded, Dublin might impress me but I don’t, so it doesn’t
If you already watched the movie you might enjoy the quotes on imdb… I’m wondering how the movie is when dubbed in German or Italian… mmm, I reject the idea!!! But I must admit I needed some subtitles to understand the British and Irish accents of the main characters… And even with them, I needed sometimes a dictionary or wikipidia to understand better some lines. Like the one about Tottenham. Luckily even Ray says: